Capcom: “We’ve Got no Plans for a PS Vita Monster Hunter at the Moment”

[Scisca]

MikeRox said:

Scisca said:

 

PC is a different thing than a console, this argument is just rubbish. There is no business advantage in releasing a game for all platforms (Wii U included) and just ignoring Vita. Sony made Vita in a way that makes porting easy and cheap, so thay can't say that the game wouldn't earn the money back. 3DS is in a better position now, but nothing is stopping them from releasing multiplats.

 

I love Vita to bits. I think you will know that from my constant ramblings in the Vita thread. But there is 1 very obvious business reason not to release a game on Vita. That suggests they do not feel the returns would be worth the investment of the port.

I'd love to know what sort of investment/returns came from the likes of Need for Speed Most Wanted, Legends of War (once the sales figures come in) and the other Vita titles which have been ported. Even Warner Bros' 3DS and DS ports actually.

I'd love to think Developers make lots of money on Vita, but no business turns down obvious money and the fact that not just Capcom, but most other major publishers aren't currently keen to release stuff on Vita suggests at the moment, they don't see enough potential returns to make the initial investment.

Hopefully they're all proven wrong and all these indies and smaller publishers pouring their heart into Vita games will make millions in return for their support!

I've read some time ago that selling 100k copies covers the cost of a port of an Assassin's Creed game. Porting a game to Vita should cost as much, if not less, so if a port of a game sells 200-300k, it is easily profitable. The franchises we're talking about would easily sell such numbers on Vita, so there is no reason not to port them.