routsounmanman said:
Don't overestimate the effect that MHW had. Don't get me wrong, it was a great success for Capcom, and they should never go back to being Nintendo-only or handheld-only, but for every MHW there were a SFV and Capcom vs Marvel disaster. Meanwhile, on Nintendo platforms, they always had great success (MH on handhelds) or mild, profitable successes like RE on Switch, Phoenix Wright games, etc. Basically Nintendo is very risk averse for them, and they would be stupid to turn their backs on them, which is exactly what they are doing. |
The thing is, that's what Nintendo means for Capcom at this point, just an easy and cheap way to get extra income for them, but a non-existent factor in their business decisions anymore. They want to be big players in the west with their AAA game offerings, and Switch or 3DS are the last consoles you'd think about when someone says AAA. I wish things were different, but they wouldn't be treating the Switch the way they've since launch if they actually needed the platform in their strategy.
Basically, they've identified Nintendo hardware as something for risk-safe low investments with decent return, and the combined PC-PS4-Xbox platforms as the place to bet big on to obtain huge profit margins.
