Japan Sales - Media Create,Famitsu, & dengeki: week 37 ( Sept. 9- Sept.15 ) Monster Hunter 4 Unleashed!

[Shinobi-san]

tbone51 said:

Shinobi-san said:
wait people actually believe that Nintendo didn't pay for Monster Hunter exclusivity?

How do you explain the game not releasing on PSV as well?

If the game had gone multiplat then yeah sure, that would make business sense from Capcom. But exclusive to a new platform that the game has never been on before? Uhm yeah.

That would be a very odd decision from Capcom.

But then again looking at the numbers this week....with 3DS having a huge % of the market...the decision to go exclusive doesn't look that bad. But still the game would have sold at least a million on the PSV in addition to 3DS sales. That's a lot of lost revenue.

I don't think its possible for anyone to reasonably argue that Nintendo didn't pay for it. It was a good move by Nintendo imo, I don't see why people are trying to make as if that didn't happen.

There is no proof nintendo money hatted Capcom. Yes i believe they did but capcom could of just thought it do better on 3ds and keep it on 1 platform which in this case is the best scenario

Theres almost never any hard proof of these kinda things. Theres no proof (other than Pachter saying hes got info from "good sources") that MS paid Rockstar for making GTA4 multiplat. But nobody doubts this fact. Its not like Rockstar or MS have come out and made this public. And i dont see why they should. Consumers arent interested in this kinda details it will also just anger consumers of competing platforms. No company wants to do that.

@bolded - Doing better on 3DS is not what im arguing though. I agree the game has more potential to do better on 3DS. But its impossible to argue that the game would do better as an exclusive title. Heres where i see it as proof. Because in order for Capcom to maximize profits and revenue, taking MH multiplat would be the obvious thing to do. Its what they have done with all their home console games. Its not like the PSP wasnt popular in Japan...or sales of MH games on PSP wasnt selling. Its risky to switch up platforms and go exclusive with a main entry in a popular franchise. I really doubt this was a decision made by Capcom alone with nothing to persuade them.

But yeah the timing of the development of the game could also be something to think about. But that still doesnt explain exclusivity.