I was just thinking back to when Hellena Taylor claimed that the Bayonetta franchise was worth around $450 million, but today I just figured out why that makes no sense.
Bayonetta 1 sold around 1.35 million units as of March 2010, whereas Bayonetta 2 sold around 50,000 units for the Wii U version and 1.04 million units for the Switch version, totaling up to around 1.54 million units across both versions.
That altogether makes 2.89, or less than three million units. Assuming both games were $60 when they came out, that makes around $173.4 million, which is still only about 1/3 of what Taylor said the franchise was worth.
Just awaiting the day their amiibo comes out.