How Much Is the ‘Bayonetta’ Franchise Worth? What to Know

The first Bayonetta game sold more than a million copies, and while that may seem like the beginning of a moderately successful franchise, Tatsuya told the outlet that he found these numbers less than satisfactory.

“Bayonetta didn’t sell what we wanted it to sell,” he said. “We were hoping it was going to do a little bit better than that, though you can’t put it all on the game itself. I think there were a lot of issues with when it came out, the kind of marketing behind it.”