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Kenryoku_Maxis on 08 March 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
"However, the series is not exactly popular in America."

That doesn't prove it won't be. Why do so many of you think this is the same situation as the past games?

I didn't say it wouldn't be.  I just said it would take a lot of advertising over multiple titles to make the series popular.  And gave a good example, Dragon Quest.  Every RPG series, from FInal Fantasy to Mass Effect, has gotten popular through two things.  Tons of hype and advertising.  Nothing is popular overnight.  And frankly, this game isn't getting 1/100th the advertising a game like Mass Effect or Fallout 3 did.



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LordTheNightKnight on 08 March 2010

"And gave a good example, Dragon Quest. Every RPG series, from FInal Fantasy to Mass Effect, has gotten popular through two things. Tons of hype and advertising."

Dragon Quest has yet to become popular in the west. Final Fantasy VII broke through in one game due to the $100 million marketing campaign Sony gave it. Mass Effect took one game to become a hit.



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dahuman on 08 March 2010
Mr Khan said:
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I heard the controls for MH3 were archaic and cludgy. I suspect that will end up turning people off. While it maybe great to core gamers who like that. It's not really accessible unless it's intuitive. I'm betting the controls will hamper this game.

While I think a game like this looks awesome. I think I would rather see Monster Hunter 4 : Tokyo :P people hunt awoken monsters in the middle of the major city. Roof top battles on sky scapers against giant birds :P

The controls are fine. Camera is smoother than Galaxy's, and the basic combat is smooth enough. The only thing that would really make it click would be lock-on, and more importantly lock-on strafing of some sort, to center your combat on the monster you want. That's the only frustration i experienced from the demo so far, that i would try a jump slash in one direction and the monster would attack in a completely different direction.

 

It was actually kinda funny, the Jaggi and i just kinda attacking in random directions, neither of us really fixed on the other.

lock on wouldn't work, you need to chop off different parts of the body to get loot at the end to craft stuff with. specific spot lock on would break the game as well, making it too mehhhh.



Angelv577 on 08 March 2010

I can't imagine when ps3 drops it price to $200, at that moment, the ps3 probably will sell a lot.



LordTheNightKnight on 08 March 2010
Angelv577 said:
I can't imagine when ps3 drops it price to $200, at that moment, the ps3 probably will sell a lot.

Did you accidentally post in the wrong thread?



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 08 March 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:

"And gave a good example, Dragon Quest. Every RPG series, from FInal Fantasy to Mass Effect, has gotten popular through two things. Tons of hype and advertising."

Dragon Quest has yet to become popular in the west. Final Fantasy VII broke through in one game due to the $100 million marketing campaign Sony gave it. Mass Effect took one game to become a hit.

My point was, both Final Fantasy and Mass Effect got popular due to the massive amounts of marketing and hype put behind them.  While Dragon Quest has yet to become popular because no company has yet to put a major marketing push behind it (my counter example).

Monster Hunter Tri is getting a moderate marketing push, but its nothing like a Final Fantasy or Mass Effect game.  So it'll consequently probably sell a moderate amount.  And for a third party Wii game, a moderate amount, with no name brand recognition, is around 200,000-400,000 copies.  Maybe 500,000 or above if its lucky.



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hunter_alien on 08 March 2010

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 sold 670k in the west, MHFU is at 640k, and with the legs its heaving it will probably ship 700k in the west alone. So MH3 might actually become the first MH game to break the million in the western regions



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jarrod on 08 March 2010

MHT isn't on a PlayStation or an Xbox though, I don't think the exact same things necessarily apply as with games like FFVII or Mass Effect.  Look at something like Professor Layton, and compare that game's hype/advertising to what "moderate" amount Tri's going to get.  Same deal for DQIX actually.

 



Kenryoku_Maxis on 08 March 2010
jarrod said:

MHT isn't on a PlayStation or an Xbox though, I don't think the exact same things necessarily apply as with games like FFVII or Mass Effect.  Look at something like Professor Layton, and compare that game's hype/advertising to what "moderate" amount Tri's going to get.  Same deal for DQIX actually.

 

Possibly, but considering Dragon Quest couldn't even gain a foothold on the DS (the kind of all platforms), its kind of hard to say anything about that series.

But yes, Monster Hunter Tri might be the curve ball the surprises everyone and makes a million in the west.



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sc94597 on 08 March 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
jarrod said:

MHT isn't on a PlayStation or an Xbox though, I don't think the exact same things necessarily apply as with games like FFVII or Mass Effect.  Look at something like Professor Layton, and compare that game's hype/advertising to what "moderate" amount Tri's going to get.  Same deal for DQIX actually.

 

Possibly, but considering Dragon Quest couldn't even gain a foothold on the DS (the kind of all platforms),

What do you mean? DQIX has yet to be released in the West. Do you mean the remakes?