3DS outsells Vita by over 46:1 in Japan, 40:1 in different tracker

[Kynes]

naruball said:

Kynes said:

naruball said:

Kynes said:
The problem Sony has is that with those sales, no mentally sane developer would invest on a Vita AAA exclusive game. This time they don't have a twin console that could make it viable in the long term.

Yeah, not really. A couple of months ago a Japanese game sold best on Vita (beat psp and 3DS). Persona 4 Golden did amazing as well. I have no doubt that a monster hunter game on the vita would sell extremely well, even better than on the 3ds.

Why would you do it, when you could sell more and at the same time, it would be cheaper to develop for the 3DS? I keep hearing that mythical monster hunter game for the Vita. At least for now it's 2 MH games for 3DS, 0 for Vita. It seems Capcom think they will make more money on the 3DS.

How can you be certain that it would sell more on 3ds? Like I said, that Japanese game was released on vita, psp and 3ds and despite the vita's tiny install base, it outsold the 3ds and psp versions. Though I do agree with your argument that it would be cheaper to develop for the 3ds.

Install base. I'm sure most people who want a new monster hunter game already have or will have soon a 3DS, so it's a much cheaper investment for them to buy that game on the 3DS than on the Vita when/if the Vita has it's game. We are not talking of niche games, we are talking of MH, a huge franchise in Japan.