
Originally Posted by
Elite Lord Sigma
My understanding of the situation is that the original game, while selling 1.9 million copies, was not successful enough for Sega to pursue a sequel; they're not exactly in the best financial circumstances right now. Sony and Microsoft were not interested when Platinum approached them, so they then turned to Nintendo to publish the game. For the developers, if Nintendo hadn't agreed to publish Bayonetta 2, it wouldn't have been made at all.