tbone51 said:
No announcement yet. Of course its not confirmed at all, but it really is looking that way. Mhw targeting the western fans while theyll keep mh5 on switch (for japan) but it could be for both systems as well.
I mean why not call mhw mh5? It literally isnt a spun off (sort of) |
Capcom have said this is the future of the series and it's not a spin off. Sure they will probably do MH5 but if world sells as planned then it will surely come to other platforms and not just switch.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=229473
collint0101 said:
The jump to the 3ds was necessary because by that point monster hunter had cemented itself as a portable series and the Vita wasn't doing well. Monster hunter did great on the 3ds and it was the first time the series was ever truly relevant in the west then the pissed it all away |
MH hit it's peak on psp. When it became a phenomenon the PSP sales exploded as millions bought a PSP for monster hunter portable. So the audience wasn't just already on psp.
So if it had released on vita the same thing would have happened. Millions of MH fans buying a Vita to play it. Nintendo after seeing the success of the PSP obviously didn't want the vita to be big competition so likely struck a big deal to get it on 3DS.
Now it did respectable in the west on 3DS so I imagine capcom think a MH on a more popular action game platform has great potential. Especially when you include pc and xb. We'll see how it turns out.
