{"id":42603,"date":"2017-04-11T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=42603"},"modified":"2017-04-11T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:06:29","slug":"half-bayonetta-saga-will-ever-playable-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2017\/04\/11\/half-bayonetta-saga-will-ever-playable-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Only half of the Bayonetta saga will ever be playable on the PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sega was pretty coy for how they implied, but didn&#8217;t actually announce, that Platinum Games&#8217; Bayonetta would be available on Steam today.  So while it wasn&#8217;t exactly a surprise when <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/460790\/\">it showed up<\/a>, it was nevertheless a delight.  It&#8217;s a great game and certainly my brawler of choice.  I&#8217;ll take the Palin-esque Bayonetta over the emo Dante or brooding Kratos any day of the week.<\/p>\n<p>However, don&#8217;t expect Bayonetta 2 to follow.  The original game was published by Sega, who is more than happy to provide for venues other than the console systems in your living room.  But Bayonetta 2 was published by Nintendo.  Although they&#8217;ve flirted with other platforms (Pokemon Go, anyone?), they&#8217;re awfully parochial when it comes to non-Nintendo platforms.  You&#8217;ll probably see Mario Kart on Steam before Bayonetta 2, which should happen sometime around the heat death of the universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega was pretty coy for how they implied, but didn&#8217;t actually announce, that Platinum Games&#8217; Bayonetta would be available on Steam today. So while it wasn&#8217;t exactly a surprise when it showed up, it was nevertheless a delight. It&#8217;s a great game and certainly my brawler of choice. 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