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_honeybadger_ on 18 January 2010
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Raze said:
_honeybadger_ said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
The portability issue and piracy is why the games aren't working on the PSP, not the specs.

Again, Monster Hunter 3 is a watered down version of what it could have been on the PS3. That obviously didn't matter.

so MONSTER HUNTER 3 sold less than a 1/3 of what it has sold on the PSP. Even more if you check the current japanese charts Monster Hunter PSP is currently outselling Monster Hunter 3 and the reason for that is that the PSP version provides an unique experience that the WII cannot replicate.

So a game 2+ years old is selling more than the latest iteration, as I said before japanese gamers like Monster Hunter on the PSP because it allows them to play together whenever and wherever they want and thats something the console Monster Hunter cannot replicate and is made pathetic by comparison.

 

So  an unique experience that cannot be replicated by a console = portable game success.

 

Bad Example WII Fighter.

Btw, you know that MH3 outsold the PS2 version already, and it hasn't even hit the Americas or Others yet, right? Look at PS2 install base compared to Wii (roughly 50% of the PS2 userbase), MH3 is quite a success for a console game.

So franchise was unable to capture an expanded audience before, is released on a portable system and finds an Massive Fanbase, New Main entry of the franchise is made on another system that doenst share the inherent qualities of the Portable System that made it unique = product selling 3 times less than spinoff on the portable system.

 

Games Dont exist in a vacuum, I compared Monster Hunter 3 the spinoff on the PSP and the 2+ year old game is currently more popular than the 6 months old game(Monster Hunter PSP is outselling monster hunter 3 even when monster hunter 3 is sold at bargain bin prices). It doesnt means that Monster Hunter 3 is selling poorly, what it means is that the type of game that monster hunter is has proven to be more successful in order of magnitudes on the PSP and by comparison makes the Monster Hunter WII entry look pathetic.