Japan is not gonna forget about the PS3, make no mistake.

[Gnizmo]

makingmusic476 said:

@OP: The console Monster Hunters have never been that popular. The PSP ones are so successful because of the local wi-fi play between friends.

Tbh, I think that a slim ps3 + FFXIII will have a similar effect on the ps3's sales in Japan as MH had on the PSP.  It won't have quite as large an impact, but it will have a substantial one.

 The PSP made its come-back completely independant of Monster Hunter. It was the PSP Slim that doubled the average weekly sales of the system. No one game can ever save a system.