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badgenome on 18 September 2013
orniletter said:
What people seem to be missing is that Capcom wanted growth.

Capcom wants a lot of things (1.2 million for Lost Bomba 3). It will be interesting to see if they get it, but I really doubt it. Any major growth at this point would have to come from outside Japan, and I just don't see multiplayer-heavy timesinks like Monster Hunter taking off in the west outside of consoles/PC.



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orniletter on 18 September 2013
badgenome said:

Capcom wants a lot of things (1.2 million for Lost Bomba 3). It will be interesting to see if they get it, but I really doubt it. Any major growth at this point would have to come from outside Japan, and I just don't see multiplayer-heavy timesinks like Monster Hunter taking off in the west outside of consoles/PC.


That is in the stars, I just wanted to point out the logic behind their behaviour (yes, there seems to be a modicum of logic hidden in Lost Planet 3-Dragon´s Dogma must sell 10 mill. copies- Capcom)

The growth of the franchise was less likely on the expensive PSV (and the rest is icing on top like more expensive development costs and the rest in my post above)



Sal.Paradise on 18 September 2013

I really thought this would be a Tbone thread. Now I don't know what to be angry at, but I'm here so I might as well post.



benao87 on 18 September 2013
pokoko said:
Anyone who thinks that Monster Hunter wouldn't have sold roughly as well on the Vita is completely misunderstanding Japan and the Monster Hunter franchise. The Vita hardware curve would have began moving upward from the moment the game was announced. The Japanese would probably buy a Vita just for Monster Hunter, to be honest, but Monster Hunter PLUS Toukiden, Soul Sacrifice, and God Eater 2?

Yeah, it would have sold just as well.

So, Capcom is the definite reason why PSV is failing in Japan. Good to know.



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orniletter on 18 September 2013
badgenome said:

 


agree...disagree ?



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peachbuggy on 18 September 2013

badgenome said:



peachbuggy said:
Am i missing something here?




Yes.



damage control anyone? I don't think i've missed anything as its plain to see. Impossible for game to do similar sales on the vita unless it has a 100% + attach rate. Don't know how i can make it any clearer. It's impossible to spin this into anything other than devastating for the vita and very good for the 3ds



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badgenome on 18 September 2013
peachbuggy said:

damage control anyone? I don't think i've missed anything as its plain to see. Impossible for game to do similar sales on the vita unless it has a 100% + attach rate. Don't know how i can make it any clearer. It's impossible to spin this into anything other than devastating for the vita and very good for the 3ds

Reading problems anyone?

It's impossible that Monster Hunter could move Vitas, even though it moved 3DSes (which hardly need help)? It's impossible that the presence of a Monster Hunter would have given other publishers more confidence in the Vita's future as a platform, resulting in more software support, resulting in more systems sold?

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING.



pokoko on 18 September 2013
orniletter said:

What people seem to be missing is that Capcom wanted growth.

What Capcom wants is multiple markets for MonHun.  If they just wanted straight up sales, MH4 would have been PSP/PSV, which would probably have sold over 2M.

MH4 is going to be ported, it's going to get "new" versions on other consoles, and the next MonHun will probably be on a different device.  It might even be on smart phones first.



badgenome on 18 September 2013
pokoko said:

What Capcom wants is multiple markets for MonHun.  If they just wanted straight up sales, MH4 would have been PSP/PSV, which would probably have sold over 2M.

MH4 is going to be ported, it's going to get "new" versions on other consoles, and the next MonHun will probably be on a different device.  It might even be on smart phones first.

Ahem.

There's also the possibility of continuing to have two "series" and doing a Monster Hunter Portable 4th. If Sony were smart they'd $trongly encourage Capcom to do such a thing.



orniletter on 18 September 2013
pokoko said:
orniletter said:

What people seem to be missing is that Capcom wanted growth.

What Capcom wants is multiple markets for MonHun.  If they just wanted straight up sales, MH4 would have been PSP/PSV, which would probably have sold over 2M.

MH4 is going to be ported, it's going to get "new" versions on other consoles, and the next MonHun will probably be on a different device.  It might even be on smart phones first.

So you disregarded my entire point and didn´t adress any of it