Monster Hunter 4 outsold the Vita!

[Player2]

badgenome said:

Player2 said:

The case is that Monster Hunter would've sold less on Vita because the 3DS has a more appealing library than it, and for most people a single game isn't enough to warrant the purchase of a system, they buy a system because it has several games they want to play.

That's a tough case to make because it's all hypothetical. The Vita's hardware situation might look a lot different if MH4 had never been announced for the 3DS, and so might its software situation.

It's hypothetical if we assume the Vita would've got significant exclusives if MH4 was announced on it, but I don't see Dragon Quest, Ace Attorney, SMT4, Etrian Oddysey or any of the 3DS Level 5 developed games jumping to Vita in that case.