Guys, NONE of you are getting a very important point:
a Vita MH4 would've been far less attractive to Capcom because it would've been (much) MORE EXPENSIVE to develop. They would have seen much less profit, even if it had sold the same amount.
I noticed this point is either completely overlooked or severely underestimated.
Even -if- they had made MH4 a Vita exclusive, they would need to sell much more copies to achieve the same profits. Think of the difference between the development budget of AAA Wii and AAA PS360 games. The 3DS-Vita situation would be very comparable, relatively-speaking.
On top of that development would have taken longer, too, so Japan would likely still be waiting (likely well into 2014, too).
That's not even taking into consideration all of Nintendo's bonuses, like publishing the game and whatnot. Clearly it's been a no-brainer for Capcom to go with 3DS over Vita, regardless of intall base.
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