Why gamers don't buy a game because it is for another console?

[Heavenly_King]

osed125 said:

Thefrag said:
Still you gotta admit this is kind of dick move on capcoms part. I know a bunch of ppl that solely bought a psp and a vita (for the future prospect) for monster hunter. Why in the holy hell are they making it exclusive to the 3ds only? That should piss more ppl off! Now ppl have to go out and buy another system just to play one game! You know ppl have lives besides video games, bills, children, wives, lets not try and make these ppl sound like they arent real games cause they dont want to buy 4000 different consoles just to play their favorite game series. It is effed up that its not coming to vita cause it started on psp, there are loads of ppl who bought a vita for monster hunter, and the handheld is really hurting now. Seriously capcom could have single handedly saved the vita, what a bunch of douches for not making it multiplat.

To be fair that's not supposed to be Capcom's job, as a third party company they don't care if a console they didn't make is failing, they won't take the risk if a game fails, because even if it is a Monster Hunter game there might be the small possibility that the game doesn't make the expectations of people. Making the Vita sales is Sony's job, either making a game of their own or invest in another one.

The game as a whole would not fail if it is multiplat.   Even if the PSVITA version of the game does not sell great, the 3DS version of the game will.  Every PSVITA game sale means profit even if they are not so great.  It is really weird to see that a greedy company as Capcom to deny themselves more money.

Capcom think they could earn more cash via exclusivity, but that is only truth in the short term, because in a long term perspective they wont get as much money if the title was multiplatform.

I bet, considering the above, that at most it is a timed exclusive.