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c0rd on 13 June 2010
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SaviorX said:
LordTheNightKnight said:

"And even with all this, LP2 (PS360 combined) is tracking ahead of the Wii's MH3 (again, in the west)."

That still doesn't mean Monster Hunter would have sold better, since it is a more western appealing. And it's a bit off to the side, but all the extra time and cost isn't looking good when the game might end up scraping by with either half a million or less than a million.

Wait, who expected MH3 to take off in the West? Most predictions I saw in the month before release only projected between 500k-1 million in the West lifetime.

I still can't believe that people want to continue droning on and on about how this "SHOULD'VE BEEN A PS3/360" multiplat. It was originally supposed to be on the PS3, and Capcom changed it. A Monster Hunter game is coming to the 360 in Japan. What more could people possibly want?

I'm just curious...if it was on the PS3 and 360, how much would people expect it to sell?

Alright, last time I'll comment on the MH3 deal (sorry if it's somewhat off topic):

I brought the game up as an example of what not to do if a third party wants their Wii game to be truly successful - essentially putting a PS2 game with better graphics on the Wii. If they made room for worthy changes, like motion combat, improved interface, maybe 2p online co-op (see MKWii), the game could have really taken off. Instead, we see sales as they are - good, but nothing special.

Nobody said the game should've been a PS3/360 multiplat, either. I was saying the sales would definitely have been higher in the west if it were, because again, it's essentially a last-gen game with improved graphics and online (hello, perfect HD game formula). I think it's silly to believe the Wii could compete with a smaller userbase (61m vs ~68m), and with a game that was built with the HD consoles' values in mind, instead of what the Wii stands for. Hell, the game comes packaged with what's essentially a Playstation controller...

Finally (to LTNK), I already stated I didn't think MH3 should have been on the HD consoles, due to development costs, incentives (Nintendo's MH3 promotion), and most notably, Japan. Still, the game illustrates why it seems 3rd party games don't sell as well on the Wii (big budget or not), as they do on the HD consoles - it's because 3rd parties don't utilize the Wii's strengths.