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Soundwave on 27 September 2017
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Soundwave said:

Nope IMO "World" will become the new console only line of MH games, so it'll be MH World 2, 3, etc. for PS4/XB1. 

Switch is going to get its own next installment, whether they want to call that Monster Hunter 5, Monster Hunter 6, Monster Hunter 5 Portable (which doesn't really make sense for Switch because it can be played at home), Monster Hunter 5 Switch .... etc. etc. etc. I don't know. 

This isn't really even a new thing, Capcom had a the home line of MH games before on PS2 and Wii, and then the much, much more popular line for the PSP. The portable line is the main "series" of MH when it comes to sales, doesn't even matter which dev team is behind it. The "main" MH made MHTri for Wii, but the PSP games (MHP3) was far, far bigger. 

Call it World if you want("World" is such a fucking terrible name, I keep calling it Worlds because it sounds just so much more natural), but it is pretty much the next mainline Monster Hunter. Even if Capcom didn't come out and say it, the MH4 team has been the main team for Monster Huner for a long time now, and they're working on it. Beyond that, I expect Monster Hunter Worlds to get some form of paid content later on, either in the form of big expansions or small microtransactions. That kind of stuff has simply been adopted on consoles for a long time where as handheld gaming rarely has it in triple A games. Not only could it maximize profit on what is surely a huge investment, but it keeps hype around a game. If Capcom want it to succeed, they're going to want Worlds to be in western headlines for a while on gaming sites. Even if there aren't big content updates, I expect the World team will still be working on it for a tad while. 

So who would develop a MH Switch game? The generations team? The way I see it, there will either be a World port, or a very hastly made exclusive title that probably won't be well made.


The Japanese audience decides what is the next "impact" MH game and that won't be a home console game. 

We went through this before with MH Tri on Wii ... that was the next "mainline" MH game ... it also sold 1/4 of what the PSP MH games were selling. Same thing with the PS2 MH games. These are both consoles that are more successful than the PS4. 

The portable MH line ... whatever Capcom chooses to call it is the "main" MH series when it comes to sales, Japan gives zero fucks about what Capcom says the next MH is. The next "big" MH for sales in Japan will be on Switch because Switch is portable. And that game is IMO already well into development. 

Capcom will announce it after MHW releases.