Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate's Release Date Officially Nailed Down

[Mr Khan]

outlawauron said:

Otakumegane said:

Wander_ said:
i wonder how much Nintendo paid CAPCOM to take MH away from Sony ??

Nintendo apparently has a policy of not paying for exclusives. Take that as you will, but no doubt Sony's hurting from not having MH.

I'll take it as absolute garbage. I believe this discussion has come many a time before. It's illogical to think they don't pay or offer incentives (in fact, it'd be a horrendous business move not to).

OT: Hope it does well. Wii U needs more Q1 support.

Clearly Nintendo does offer some incentives. The CCPro was basically conceived for Monster Hunter Tri.

My guess is that MHTri wasn't originally a moneyhat (Capcom thought it would be easier to make for Wii than PS3), but it definitely became one. Certainly something exchanged hands for Nintendo to get Capcom to keep away M from Vita like they have. And then they'll offer publishing or promotional support, like with Lego City Undercover, Dragon Quest IX, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge.

What Nintendo doesn't seem to moneyhat is multiplats, like Microsoft's effort to get games like GTAIV and FFXIII made at all for 360.