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

[Teeqoz]

sc94597 said:

Teeqoz said:

You should also consider the fact that home console games commonly retail for 50% more than handheld games. This can go a long way in recuperating extra development costs, and once you cross a certain sales barrier, will even give you extra profits.

But they also cost more to develop if attempting to compete with AAA titles (which is what Capcom must do to be relevant in the West on home consoles/PC's.) Any gains from retail price, likely will be eaten up by development costs. The game probably would've retained an AA budget expectation on Switch where the competition isn't so AAA dependent. If Capcom tries to make an AAA game on an AA budget they are going to fail to get the Western sales growth they hope for. 

One other thing to consider is that Nintendo heavily subsidized marketing and localization costs for the 3DS titles. Sony might be doing something similar, but it remains to be seen, especially when we consider that it is a multiplat. 

I know, which is why I wrote "This can go a long way in recuperating extra development costs" and that it has to cross a certain unit sales barrier for it to pay off (exactly what that unit sales barrier is depends on the development cost of the game, and what Sony pays versus what Nintendo might've payed, so it's hard to say anything definitive about how high that barrier is). I don't however think this title is doomed to fail as many people have implied.