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CrashMan on 03 April 2008

Looking at Monster hunter sales on the PSP and the sales boost to hardware in Japan, do you guys think we will see something similar happen on the Wii?



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The_vagabond7 on 03 April 2008

I think so. Naysayers like to proclaim that monster hunter is only successful on PSP, but really there isn't much to compare it to. The wii version will be the first console monster hunter to follow the success of Monster Hunter 2. It will have online and be built with the success of the PSP versions in mind. I think Monster Hunter 3 will be a huge success in Japan.



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kingofwale on 03 April 2008

It's possible. It all depends on what its online feature is.

Half-assed like SSBB, you are looking at 3 million. At its potential, it can do twice that (in Japan alone, since we know it will barely break a million elsewhere)

with almost non-online play, it won't break 2 million.



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MontanaHatchet on 03 April 2008

The Monster Hunter series has grown to an extent that it can not be stopped. Sales may be lower than the PSP version, but it will still be an easy million seller.

I think that sales of the PSP and Wii indicate that a lot of people in Japan have both, and I doubt fans of the series would mind making the transition to another console.



 

 

Parokki on 03 April 2008

A sales spike? Monster Hunter is one of the biggest franchises in Japan, so definitely. Can't say how big, though, since the market there is crazily unpredictable.



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sc94597 on 03 April 2008
kingofwale said:
It's possible. It all depends on what its online feature is.

Half-assed like SSBB, you are looking at 3 million. At its potential, it can do twice that (in Japan alone, since we know it will barely break a million elsewhere)

with almost non-online play, it won't break 2 million.

 I heard something like online co-op. I never played a monster hunter game before so I might pick up the psp one to see what it's like. 



DMeisterJ on 03 April 2008

I don't think it will do awesome like the PSP version.

My reason is that they've had three opportunities to play it on the PS2, those three offerings have sold less than the first one on the PSP.

I think it sells well because it's a portable version of a great game.

Didn't Monster Hunter 2 have online?

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Lifetime sales

Low end 500k
High end 1mil
Sales 750k



krik on 03 April 2008

Well, the PSP really does shine with Monster Hunter sales... just look at the PS2 sales in comparison:

 EDIT2: Remove sales table since it screwed up the topic :(

As you can see the PS2 sales did suck in comparison but I think the Wii will do better than the PS2, maybe not as well as PSP though

EDIT: ROFL, the table is too large for the post... oh well, here is the link http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=monster+hunter&console=&publisher=&genre=&keyword=&order=Sales

 

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--OkeyDokey-- on 03 April 2008
The_vagabond7 said:
I think so. Naysayers like to proclaim that monster hunter is only successful on PSP, but really there isn't much to compare it to. The wii version will be the first console monster hunter to follow the success of Monster Hunter 2. It will have online and be built with the success of the PSP versions in mind. I think Monster Hunter 3 will be a huge success in Japan.

Exactly. Everyone says only the handhelds ones are successful, but if you look at the first week sales of the original PSP version, it actually started off weaker than the ps2 games.

It slowly caught on, and eventually developed a huge fanbase. The Wii version will be just as big, if not bigger.



DMeisterJ on 03 April 2008

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