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Kasz216 on 18 September 2013
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badgenome said:
Kasz216 said:

Secondly, Vita was fucked and never going to be the PSP Long before it lost Monster Hunter.  Unless it pulled out some X-factor.    As can be seen by the fact that Vita isn't hitting PSP numbers like it did before Monster Hunter became a big thing.


That alone shows it would of shaved off at least SOME Monster Hunter base.  

I don't think it does show that. The PSP came at a time when the Playstation brand was the fucking KING. It had a Vita-esque software line-up and still sold like crazy just by virtue of being a PS2 1.5 in your pocket. Once that cooled, it was Monster Hunter that pretty much saved the day. Like I said to Talal, I think that Monster Hunter could only have exploded on a system with such a large existing user base, but I don't think that a known quantity like Monster Hunter is today would necessarily sell worse on the Vita just because it's struggling. Especially if those struggles are in large part because of no MonHun.

We'll have to wait on legs, I agree. It just doesn't seem like Capcom has gained or lost anything ever since Tri. At this point, Monster Hunter is what it is.


What does it matter that the Playstation brand was king?  Less sales is still less sales that definitly would of effected it.

As for it being what it is... If you ask me, based on the move, their focus on the west, and most importantly their predictions of BELOW past series.   They were expecting it to drop on either the 3DS or the Vita, and figured the Vita was the better deal, espiecally with Nintendo Promotional help.