Is monster hunter rise going to be the best selling 3rd party game ever on a Nintendo console

[ZyroXZ2]

curl-6 said:

ZyroXZ2 said:

I think it's more a matter of "should" then if it will or not. Capcom actually made genuine effort, and basically no third party does that for Nintendo anymore because of how far behind their hardware is (thus, it basically always requires genuine effort to do). I think it SHOULD become the best selling 3rd party game in the Switch.

Pretty much, it is easily the most effort any third party has put into a Switch game to date; a genuine blockbuster built from the ground up for the hardware with the kind of production values generally reserved for Playstation/Xbox/PC titles.

Not to mention it's comfortably the second best game on the system after Breath of the Wild.

Erhm, I'd actually put it above BotW... lol

mjk45 said:

ZyroXZ2 said:

I think it's more a matter of "should" then if it will or not. Capcom actually made genuine effort, and basically no third party does that for Nintendo anymore because of how far behind their hardware is (thus, it basically always requires genuine effort to do). I think it SHOULD become the best selling 3rd party game in the Switch.

I also did skip two pages, so if someone said that, just know I'm agreeing with you lmao

I'm real glad you skipped two pages it saves me editing all those defamatory remarks.. oops!! I meant those educational examples of why you shouldn't skip posts.

I love skipping pages, makes me seem like I'm just so busy with life and all like "I ain't got time for all dat reading"!

Darwinianevolution said:

curl-6 said:

Pretty much, it is easily the most effort any third party has put into a Switch game to date; a genuine blockbuster built from the ground up for the hardware with the kind of production values generally reserved for Playstation/Xbox/PC titles.

Not to mention it's comfortably the second best game on the system after Breath of the Wild.

The sad thing is that it's true. It's taken so long to 3rd parties to notice the Switch's potential the first big 3rd party to actually really bet on the system came four years after its release.

Whoa there, the Switch DOESN'T have potential, that's the core issue.  Its weak hardware requires serious focus and effort to downscale and optimize to a level that is often below the very lowest settings of the sliders in their graphics engines.  Nintendo will always struggle with 3rd parties, especially now that the power gap between the XSX and Switch is THE biggest power gap in modern gaming history.

The fact that Capcom took the risk is why I applaud Capcom.  They have the money, the know-how, and the resources, and they invested.  It's not about the Switch's potential, it's about the investment by the developer.  Ergo, I do not applaud the Switch or see the Switch in a better light because of MHRise, I applaud Capcom and see Capcom in a better light because of MHRise (though I already tweeted awhile back that Capcom has silently but swiftly become a world-class top dev with lots of new games, good remakes, and ports coming to every platform).