Monster Hunter 4 outsold the Vita!

[Talal]

badgenome said:

Talal said:
I personally don't think it could have sold as much on Vita than on 3DS. It would have been huge and it would have helped the Vita a lot, but it wouldn't have been this big.

Okay, but why? What is it about the 3DS that makes it prime territory for Monster Hunter? System price? Because there are simply more units in the wild? Or because Mario and Animal Crossing fans are natural Monster Hunter players?

I could understand this idea if the jump to the 3DS had resulted in Nintendo-like uber sales, but unless that happens through legs, it didn't. It doesn't even seem to have beaten MHP3's opening, or I think Capcom would have said so.

A combination of multiple reasons. In this case, I think that user base is very relevant. If the Vita had sold something like 5 million in Japan already it wouldn't have been as much of a factor, but it's less than 2 million in Japan right now. MH being on the Vita would have helped it sell a bit more due to the fact that people know that MH will be releasing on it, but even if it had 3 million at this point it wouldn't be very sensible to predict that 2 million of those 3 million Vita owners would buy MH on the first week. The PSP was already quite strong in Japan when MH released the Vita isn't.