A ton of new Monster Hunter World details (PS4/XB1/PC)

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sc94597 said:

dark_gh0st_b0y said:

but i highly doubt that the West will appreciate MH as much as Japan or even close, so either Japan gets to buy more Ps4's or MH gets less popular overall

One thing that has to be mentioned is that a lot of the appeal of Monster Hunter in Japan is the local multiplayer. Just having the brand stamped on it, isn't appealing for Japanese audiences because their lifestyles (mobile, long work hours, etc) don't support it. Monster Hunter games are a fix when you had 40 minutes to waste with your classmates/coworkers. 

It seems as if Capcom is trying to save itself from financial disaster by separating the series which has been keeping them afloat into two baskets based on two regions. They want a portable series (which will be on Switch), but which Nintendo will no longer help with localization to the West, and a Western series for PC/XBO/PS4, but they are overrating the appeal of the game (even this westernized version) for western audiences, in my opinion. 

This is a huge risk, and it could mean that Capcom finally ends up being bought out, after all of these years of companies trying. I wonder who it will be, and what it means for the series. 

so they are splitting the main MH into two, in an attempt to make it more popular in the West, but I guess the portable for Switch is just speculation/rumor for the time

I agree it's a big risk

since the clock and missions are gone as mentioned above, and with instant drop-in online, this sounds like an MMORPG with offline mode, it's got potential