Monster Hunter 4 outsold the Vita!

[irstupid]

badgenome said:

irstupid said:
THe Vita supporters in this argument make it sound like the majority of 3DS's sales PRIOR to this games release are due to the game coming out sooner or later.

I'm pretty sure there were not 12+ million 3DS owners in Japan because Capcom announced MH4 for the system.

If no monster hunter was EVER announced for either Vita or 3DS, what do you guys think the sales of each console woudl be.
Current:
3DS - 12.3 million
Vita - 1.8 million

What would sales be if no MH announcement?
3DS - ???
Vita - ???

I have no idea, but that's not the point. The point is that it is incredibly dumb to say that because the Vita has only sold 1.8 million units as it stands, MH4 on the Vita would have had to manage a ridiculously unlikely 100% attach ratio to match the sales it pulled on the 3DS.

I should hope that no one really thinks that 12 million people bought a 3DS for a game that was bought by only ~2 million so far, but I guess we can't rule out that there are because if there are people who will believe the above, there must be people who will believe anything.

That's my point.  Lots of people seem to think that if MH4 was announced on the Vita it would have some huge install base cause everyone would be waiting for it.  For all we know the VITA would get 100% attach rate, but they could also get a 0% attach rate.  We have no idea how many of that 1.8 million would buy or not buy a MH game.  To assume is pointless.  

THe fact is that MH4 sold a shit ton on 3DS.  What it would have done on VIta we will never know