Yet another fantastic argument. Good job. keep it up.

"MH games sell historically well on Playstation portables"

This statement is flawed because MH had only been released exclusively on the PSP for that whole generation, so yes it would sell best, seeing that it was only released on that system. And the best selling MH was Monster Hunter Freedom Unite with 5.3m, now if MH4 on 3DS can’t sell up to that number then you can say that Capcom made a mistake.

I don't disagree with the bolded. That's not the point.

For most people with limited expenses and/or limited space having a second or third console is a big deal. It's not a bad thing, but it IS convenient or even not an option. Complaining about lack of support is only natural. That's why I don't see anything wrong about WiiU owners complaing about 3rd party games, though the low sales of on wiiu of anything (exaggeration, I know) not 1st party makes sense. On the other hand, the success of Mh as a franchise on ps consoles suggests that a port, a spin off or a an actual game on vita would make business sense for Capcom (i.e. they would actually make money). Sure, it would help vita hd sales and ps fans sleep better at night, but that doesn't change the fact that it is either a bad decision from Capcom or possibly a good one if Ninty gave them more money for portbale exlcusivity than they could make on vita.

Not necessarily. MH has been growing as a franchise for a number of years. It is possible that it will sell better on 3ds not because it's a ninty console, but because of all the exposure it received by being released on every platform available. When it was released on psp, it was still growing as franchise. We will never know whether their decision was right or not or where it sells better.

1) Not one game. MH4, RE: R are already two huge games and whatever is coming in the future will most probably miss Vita as well. It's not one game, it's a company ignoring the whole platform.

2) It's not silly, it's called voting with your wallet and is the foundation stone of a free market. I don't like what this company does, so I stop buying their products, can't see anything silly about it. It's exactly what people did with DmC. Fans don't want this new stupid Dante, they want the old one. They didn't buy DmC, so crapcom won't make a DmC2 now, if anything - when they get over what happened, they'll make a proper DMC5 with old Dante - just what fans want. Fans showed their power and I'm doing this one more time.

3) Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us. It's not like it's been said numerous times in this very topic and many other...

4) Yup. I want higher quality games and I have no doubt that a version of a game developed for Vita will be superior to a version of the same game developed for a 3DS, especially a game like MH or RE. Vita version will have better graphics and better controls - two things that make a big difference for me.

Also - comparing the lack of a MH or RE game on Vita to the lack of multiplats on Wii U is only right in principle, but there actually is a difference in real life. I can understand why a small or medium company decides not to make a Wii U port of a game that's maybe gonna sell 100-150k on Wii U. I don't like it and think there is no real excuse for huge companies like EA to do so, though Nintendo should do some additional enticing here, since a huge chunk of responsibility for core market moving away from their platforms lays on them. On the other hand these crapcom games would surely sell enough on Vita to make a profit, there is no risk of losing money on a Vita version. They wouldn't sell just 100k. I wouldn't be angry at any company for not making exclusive Vita games and instead going for multiplat 3DS/Vita. Porting a game is financially viable, especially if it's a big franchise with a tradition on Sony platforms, thus having a market here. If you refuse to do that - I refuse to buy your games.

It would be nice if there was a Monster Hunter game on Vita, but sometimes not every game comes to every platform. It's been that way for 40 years.

If you love Monster Hunter so much, then you should buy a Wii U or a 3DS.

If you don't care about Monster Hunter, then why complain about its absence on Vita?

If you want MH on Vita just for bragging rights or to boost hardware sales, then I don't know what to tell you. It's not Capcom's job to sell Vita hardware or to secure development deals for Sony.

I've seen vastly more gloating from Sony/MS fans over games Wii/Wii U missed out on, so I'd say it's more of a matter of whether they remember their cockiness now that it's (possibly) happened to them. 

You say that as if we were debating back and forth on some subject...which we weren't. So yeah, no idea what you're going for here.

I think Monster Hunter is a good example of why Japanese games are become less relevant these days. Western Devs try to get their games out on every format under the sun to build huge userbases while Japanese devs will ofter barely make a single format that rarely leaves their home country.

Skyrim = Let's get this baby out on the PC/PS3/360/YoMamma with full DLC support including a new frikkin island and for love of money get this out to as many countries as possible!

Final Fantasy Type-0 = I want the PSP and nothing else! Don't you dare let this thing leave Japan or you're fired!

Unsurprisingly Skyrim sold over 150 times more that Type-0

I realise the example is not directly related to MonHunt but I think it's a good clear-cut example of Japans strange mindset when it comes to formats, global releases and their strange tendency to completely switch formats mid-franchise from time to time. It's like the prospect of releasing on the Vita and 3ds is just too mindblowing for them.

Yep, that is the reason why Monster Hunter 4 won´t have online play....oh wait !