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noname2200 on 30 August 2009
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psrock said:
naznatips said:
psrock said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Would have sold better on the PS3... lol I'm kidding, but they've shipped a million, it's doing well for a console MH game, most of the fanbase is on the handhelds, maybe if another MH game comes along on Wii it might push more fans to pick up a Wii and the game.

MHF on PSP did alright compared to MHF2 but that's what kick started things for the handheld. Maybe we'll see a similar trend with the Wii games.

To be fair, it would have sold about the same maybe a litle less on the PS3.

I seriously doubt that. It outsold every PS3 game's lifetime Japanese sales by the end of its 2nd week... it's hard to argue it would have done better on PS3. It's also by far the best selling 3rd party console game this gen, and likely to double MGS4's lifetime Japanese sales or more.

It's obvious Capcom made the right decision by releasing this game the console with the bigger user base and will make way more money due to lesser devolopment cost, but I really think this game would have been huge no matter if itson the Wii or PS3, it's one of the biggest franchises right now in Japan thanks to the PSP.

I have to agree with psrock: while I think the lower dev costs of the Wii mean that Capcom's making more money off a game that demonstrably isn't really about HD graphics, if they HAD put the title on the PS3 (or even 360), it would be doing about as well right now (or only a smidgen worse). I think Monster Hunter just has a very devoted core fanbase in Japan by now, moreso than nearly every other franchise.

There's a very good reason why Nintendo's made this game a target of moneyhats, especially in light of how they almost never do that nowadays.