Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - 21st - 27th August 2017

[Mnementh]

Kresnik said:

uran10 said:

So... let me get this straight. Monster hunter fans should buy a port, of an enhanced edition (which already sold over 2 mil), of an enhaced edition (which already sold over 2 mill). I'm sorry but your logic doesn't make sense right now. Are you really using a lazy , straight port of a multimillion seller 3ds game to justify why MH should not be on nintendo platforms? I'm sorry but why should MH fans buy the same game 3-4 times with minor updates each time? btw this last edition had no updates. Would you buy the same game with minor updates or in this case no update from the previous release 3-4 times?

MHX was kind of a spin-off/alternative take, not an enhanced edition.

Also this logic would hold more weight if Monster Hunter 3G hadn't sold more on WiiU at launch, which was a straight HD port of an enhanced port itself (on a significantly less popular platform):

04./00. [WIU] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2012.12.08} (¥4.800) - 106.388 / NEW 

And it's miles off the last 'lazy, straight port' prior to that:

Monster Hunter Freedom 3 HD Ver. (Capcom) {2011.08.25} (¥4.800) - 287.829 / NEW 

I don't see why you're picking apart his post, because time and time again MH fans have proven that they will buy the same game with minor (or no updates) each time. It's just, increasingly people are unwilling to do that, which is fair. It's less of a reflection of Switch; and more of a reflection of what Capcom have done with the IP, but regardless this is still a poor opening week for XX.

Right, MHX was an alternative take with many recycled monsters. Then came MHXX (double cross), that was an enhanced version. And that was ported to Switch. Interesting to see, that afterall MHXX isn't that far behind MH3U WiiU, that afterall was an enhanced version YEARS after the original. But majority of MH3U (or 3G) sales were on 3DS anyways.