Mandalore76 said:
VGKing said:
The Monter Hunter games sold millions on PSP. There's a reason for that. It's because the PSP doesn't have Pokemon or Mario. Monster Hunter pretty much had the PSP all to itself. Monster Hunter on the 3DS will have trouble reaching the same success as the PSP since it has a lot more competition. This is why you see 3rd party games selling better on Vita or PSP instead of DS or 3DS.
Yes, the games should be where they sell best and for Monster Hunter that should be the PSP or Vita. Capcom has to build a fanbase for the franchise on the 3DS when there is already one on the PSP. If they had made a Monster Hunter game for Vita, it would have been a smooth transition. But Nintendo stepped in and pulled a Microsoft. Now look at the Japanese market. Look how dreadful those sales are across the board....3DS isn't picking up the slack for the Vita. This may sound crazy but the lack of Monster Hunter on the Vita due to some Nintendo/Capcom deal has hurt the games industry in Japan.
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Wow, so 3DS isn't just responsible for it's own impressive sales, it's actually supposed to "pick-up the slack" for Vita's appalling sales as well? I have even more respect for 3DS now knowing the burden that it has been left to bear from it's competition.
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No, it's not supposed to but if they keep securing games like Monster Hunter ont heir platform it probably should. Everyone knows that Monster Hunter sold millions of PSPs. Nintendo knows this and its why they have some deal wth Capcom. Now, it's Nintendo's duty to bring all those people to their platform or they will all be waiting for a Monster Hunter on Vita that may never come.
It's better to have 2 healthy platform on the market than to have 1 that's doing a little above average.
