Monster Hunter World Sales Prediction!

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Hiku said:

xMetroid said:
 It would need to sell a lot better than the 3DS games (some passed 4 million) to be a succes. In other words, a game with an incredibly higher dev budget performing under a 3DS games would be terrible

Assuming the 3DS games just barely broke even, yes. But that's not likely the case.
The more the 3DS games exceeded the point of just making back the development costs, the more wiggle room Monster Hunter: World has to avoid "terrible" by falling short of that.
Also, you have to take in account all the Monster Hunter: World collaborations they have going on, etc.

You're assuming Capcom wants to make less profit as in the past. If they're anything like my company, they want more profit, not less. 

Not only is the development budget much higher, Monster Hunter World has a far bigger marketing push behind it than the 3DS games.