This is old news and I don't know if you already saw this neither how true this is, but take it with a grain of salt:
http://www.tssznews.com/2015/12/29/source-ms-sony-passed-on-bayonetta-2/
http://www.tssznews.com/2015/12/29/source-ms-sony-passed-on-bayonetta-2/