bmmb1 said:
Any link to MH being more popular and selling more as a series in EU than US? (I looked in vgchartz and didn't see any indication in the numbers). My take is that US is getting the demo because that is a Capcom marketing strategy and EU is getting the special bundles because that is a Nintendo marketing strategy. (Capcom is the publisher in the US, Nintendo in EU). |
Both are Nintendo marketing strategies as they're publishing the game after all Capcom would never market it in the west this vigourously trust me having followed the series since MH1 what you see now is only because of Nintendo pushing things, I'll try and dig up the link but here was a quote back in January on MH3 and Europe.
Capcom on the launch of Monster Hunter 3 in Europe…
“Monster Hunter has always performed reasonably well in Europe on PSP, even if it is light years ahead scores in Japan. There is a very strong desire for Capcom to make a permanent license in the West. Since it is a title that lends itself to multiplayer gaming, the Wii is adapted. It is, moreover, a title that can easily pass from the universe “gamer” to the general public. So yes, our ambitions are very high, but we’re still in the estimates. It’s hard to give you a precise figure, given the high elasticity of sales with marketing campaigns for the Wii.”
