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CCFanboy on 18 January 2013
BasilZero said:

Simple.

Monster Hunter 4 is exclusive to 3DS

Monster Hunter 4G/Portable/Vita/Insert Capcom words such as Ultimate/Super/Arcade/Remix/Turbo/etc is exclusive to PSVita.

So all in all, its exclusive to 3DS AND Vita ;p, Capcom logic at its best!


lol. I see what you did there. I believe it will get on vita eventually. Just not day and date. Perhaps that 4g release you mention :P



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Train wreck on 18 January 2013

I just though about it, Famitsu is supposedly going to have another game exclusive showing this week, it'd be funny if it was MH vita.



teigaga on 18 January 2013
Nem said:
teigaga said:
Nem said:
teigaga said:
Nem said:


Theres no logical reason for Capcom to do that, except if they want to clean their hands of secondary guilt for the Vita's flop.

money hatting


Sony isnt supposed to have money.

Yet they continue to found titles for both the Vita, Ps3 and are about to launch a new system in the next 16months, with its own exclusives. They clearly have enough to invest in projects, they just must have realised that 3rd party titles might make for better investments in regards to the Vita than most 1st party titles/franchises. If this rumour turns out to be true it'll definitely turn a profit for sony in the long run, boosting the systems profile in Japan 3x fold (even if it is multiplatform) and thus promoting japanses game development which will benefit even western owners (provided they like japanese games). I still have hope for FF-type 0 in the west!


Ok, i guess i have to get literal with you.

They have money to keep their current operations and for now to keep paying their debts. That doesnt mean they have money to squander (wich is why they cant afford a drastic price cut on the Vita).

Remember, for every loan that Sony takes to pay their operations and pay their old debt they have to pay an even greater interest.

When they no longer have the financial means to finance their current operations is when they bankrupt. Hopefully by next year the PS4 is out, and the PS3 keeps churning money for them and they can turn it around.

Also, if this rumor is true, it might be enough to save the Vita if its an upgraded version from the 3DS. If its just multi-platform, then i dont think it will make a huge difference.

So explain to me, what constitutes current operations and how would funding a Monster Port not fit into this category? 

Secondly, I see no reason why this wouldn't save the Vita in Japan, especially considering the strong Q1 it has comming up. Knowing that they could also get monster hunter on the Vita is bound to increase people interest in the system as opposed to making 3DS the mandory handheld purchase.  Bare in mind the Vita being saved does not equate to it selling 3DS numbers.



CCFanboy on 18 January 2013
Alby_da_Wolf said:

Why shouldn't Capcom do it?


Because from everything we have gathered to this point, nintendo have it as an exclusive. At least a timed one. Probably they want to do it but nintendo got there first. Business is business.



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cunger on 18 January 2013

Semi big deal. The Monster Hunter franchise sold so many PsP systems because it was exclusive. This will clearly be a quick port of a 3DS game and won't be as big a system seller for Sony as Nintendo since the 3ds is more afforadable and has a lot more games that Japanese gamers would be interested in. It's the primary platform in Japan right now. But if this happens it's certainly better for Sony than if it doesn't happen. It would be one less nail in the Vita's coffin.



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outlawauron on 18 January 2013

Still think MH will release on Vita in some way, shape, or form. Whether that's MH4, MH4P, or some other new title.



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Nem on 18 January 2013
Train wreck said:
naruball said:
Train wreck said:
 

Just a question, what has sony's current financial situation stopped it from doing in the last say oh 12 months?

psvita price cut?

Well according to people like him and others, with their financial situation they shouldnt have been able to :

came out with expensive bravia TVs, still releasing PC and tablets, redesigned playstations, the vita, still producing movies and selling records, still coming out with expensive SLR and HDR cameras, launching a bond phone and other smartphones, be number 4 in total us patents. im sure a company with as many trouble as it (and yes the company has multiple) would not have the working capital to any of that.


Stop sayin things completely opposite of what i told you. I stated that they have money to finance their current operations and to pay their debts for the time beeing.

If you really wish to ignore the fact that Sony's credit rating is dire and they have a huge debt go ahead. It doesnt make you right though.



Hymnos on 18 January 2013



Train wreck on 18 January 2013
Nem said:
Train wreck said:
naruball said:
Train wreck said:
 

Just a question, what has sony's current financial situation stopped it from doing in the last say oh 12 months?

psvita price cut?

Well according to people like him and others, with their financial situation they shouldnt have been able to :

came out with expensive bravia TVs, still releasing PC and tablets, redesigned playstations, the vita, still producing movies and selling records, still coming out with expensive SLR and HDR cameras, launching a bond phone and other smartphones, be number 4 in total us patents. im sure a company with as many trouble as it (and yes the company has multiple) would not have the working capital to any of that.


Stop sayin things completely opposite of what i told you. I stated that they have money to finance their current operations and to pay their debts for the time beeing.

If you really wish to ignore the fact that Sony's credit rating is dire and they have a huge debt go ahead. It doesnt make you right though.

I’m not ignoring those issues at all.  You and other are ignoring the fact that companies still have to be operationally running, no matter what situation they are in.

It’s not, OMG WE GOT DOWNGRADED WE HAVE TO STOP EVERYTHING AND PAY DOWN DEBT! it doesn’t work that way.  Sony still has to generate income and be more conscience on the spending and borrowing side.  They also need luck to get a breakthru product/better world economic growth that can lift sales and earnings.  Same with a stable currency.   

It would be like you securitizing Ford for making new cars.  They are still rated junk by two credit agencies and have been for 7 years, they still have a massive debt load and they still report larges losses from time to time but they have had and generally positive product mix for their cars and are now experiencing higher sales in China. With that one of the agencies, Fitch, upgraded it credit back to investment grade in April 2012.  7 years and a lot of things going right, this shit doesn't happen overnight.



Train wreck on 18 January 2013
Hymnos said:

So he is confirming that its coming, awesome!