Bayonetta

Yes, I suppose it's true that EA hasn't exactly had the greatest success with its new IPs recently. Dead Space sold far less than it really deserved, though 1.4 million is nothing to sneeze at. I still think Dante's Inferno will outsell Bayonetta. Sega games sell horribly, and Platinum games doubly so. Plus I don't think Japan matters all that much this generation. The sales charts in Japan seem to be absolutely dominated by DS games and JRPGs. I can't remember the last time I saw a hardcore action game in them.

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Originally Posted by bVork

The sales charts in Japan seem to be absolutely dominated by DS games and JRPGs.

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The best they can hope for is it turns into another Valkyria Chronicles where the sheer word of mouth bumps sales a lot. And then they release a shitty sequel on the PSp.

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Originally Posted by bVork

The Japan release is still set for October. I think you're wrong about this outselling Dante's Inferno, by the way. Even taking Japan into account, I think Dante's Inferno will cream Bayonetta. So will God of War 3, if it follows the pattern of the previous installments.

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I just noticed DI is coming out in January too. I thought it was going to be much, much later than that. That could be a bit of a problem. But I don't honestly see DI being that big unless the reviews are amazing. It's a very derivative game that isn't going to stand out on personality the way Bayonetta is. Both games were at E3 and I just didn't feel a lot of buzz going on for DI, whereas Bayonetta was getting lots of best of show awards and a lot of positive attention. It just feels to me like there's more excitement there.

Frankly, I think Bayonetta's going to be the better game, too.

Dead Space is the definition of derivative, and it sold at least 3x what Bayonetta will.

Dead Space was actually pretty forward thinking as far as the survival horror genre goes, and even the sci-fi setting is way underutilized within that genre. Dante's Inferno looks like a good game, but it really feels like a GoW clone. Of course Bayonetta is very Devil May Cry, but at least that can frame itself as a sort of spiritual successor. It's better than the last DMC and there's not going to be a new DMC anytime soon.

Dead Space was the real Resident Evil 5.

Also bring all three (Bayonetta, DI, GoW3) in rapid succession. I don't care. They're all going to be pretty awesome.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Of course Bayonetta is very Devil May Cry, but at least that can frame itself as a sort of spiritual successor. It's better than the last DMC and there's not going to be a new DMC anytime soon.

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If you put Devil May Cry 5 and a Capcom logo on the package, Bayonetta would sell 2x what it will in January.

I don't doubt that, but luckily no one will be doing that in January.

Spiritual sequels never do as well as the original game (unless they're named Metal Slug), but they usually do better than other new IPs.

Wait... what's the spiritual successor relationship with Metal Slug?