Star Scream on 05 February 2009
"The publisher suggested that Japan’s year-end shopping season “lacked excitement”, claiming that the key reason for this is the handheld market having “fully disseminated.”
“The absence of flagship titles as well as consumers’ money-saving attitudes also negatively affected sales,” said Capcom."
http://www.edge-online.com/news/capcom-reports-net-income-fall-of%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%AC95
Bit rich considering they had nothing worth of note released for either PSP or DS in the Q4 (no new DS or PSP games for Holidays!), and considering that the Best re-release of MHP2G was their best selling game.
Also bit rich considering Monster Hunter Portable 2G sold 2 million copies during that period (9 months ending Dec 31)
