Is Capcom close enough to Sony for MH5 Vita?

[outlawauron]

Mnementh said:

outlawauron said:

 

MH was growing with each entry in the West as it was in Japan (VGC has PSP entries going 250k -> 620k -> 980k in the West). Especially with Nintendo's assistance in publishing it in Europe, the series was bound to keep growing.

Like I said though. A game doesn't become more expensive because there's an HD resolution slapped on it. HD development just requires more resources or longer development times. There's already a huge team in place (so yes, even MH4 cost a lot despite its platform), so I think cost can be a cheap reason. pun intended

Longer dev-time at same team-size is exactly more expensive (the team wants to be paid). HD-resolution needs higher resolution textures and more polygons for objects to still look acceptable. So yes, I think developing for Wii made the game at least 30% cheaper. Do you think on PS3 would have been more sales to offset that?

You really think HD textures and polygons would have added an additional year (about what 30% would come out to) to the development cycle? Not to mention whatever progress they made on the original PS3 version that was scrapped.

Edit: I'm not saying PS3 version would have done better or that the Wii was a wrong decision. I just said cost is a cheap reason when you're dealing with huge teams.