Capcom focused on Monster Hunter: World for West, won't commit to MH:XX localization

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Volterra_90 on 14 June 2017

Lol, they're doing an fantastic job on pissing off MH fanbase XD.

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sc94597 on 14 June 2017

Hiku said:

I don't know why people are freaking out about this. Switch will get continued Monster Hunter support for sure.

The question isn't about whether or not Switch will still get Monster Hunter games; it will, MHXX is already coming. The question is whether or not Capcom will localize them. If they can't bother to localize a game that is already >50% localized, because they are afraid it would crack their fragile basket of eggs (MHW), then I doubt they'd localize any new portable Monster Hunter titles, unless MHW fails regardless (which is likely.) So this puts people who want the portable versions to be localized against those interested in MHW. In the West, how Capcom has set things up, one's success directly affects the other's existence.

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I knew Monster Hunter World was the start of a new series of Monster Hunter games. AKA: There wont be a Monster Hunter 5

Well Monster Hunter World was called Monster Hunter 5 for a while during development, so it basically is 5.

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Train wreck said:
I think Nightii on gaf said it best, while people bitch and complain on various forums about Capcoms' intentions, a new generation of people will get to play what looks like a decent Monster Hunter, those will be the real winners.

Yeap theyll have fun with mhw for ps4 and switch owners will have fun with mh5. Also this game came out in the west already for 3ds.

I think you mean that PS4/XBOX and PC west owners will have fun with MH5 and switch only owners will just have to wait for sometime in the future.

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tbone51 said:

Kerotan said:

Capcom have said this is the future of the series and it's not a spin off. Sure they will probably do MH5 but if world sells as planned then it will surely come to other platforms and not just switch.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=229473

Well with switch exclusive, multiplat with switch, or even without it being on switch mh5 is in development.

The thing is...

1) MHW is primarily for the West. Dont forget even Mh4u in the west did something like 1.5mil on 3ds. Which isnt bad numbers at all (and its not aimed at them). MHW isnt proven yet to be the huge hit (i think itll do good in the west) just yet and the game comes out in 2018.

2) MH is a yearly franchise, no way in hell mh5 isnt being developed and they are waiting on MHW performance to see what platforms the next installment will be on. MHW is like what a 2+year development game? Maybe 3years?

Capcom has alreadt made up their mind. Anyone knows with a business state of mind that switch is the platform to put a MH game on in japan as MH is a portable franchise (same as pokemon).

Of course its not ruled out im correct. Time will tell. Wait intill tgs, i bet mh5 will be revealed there for japan only (holiday 2018!)

Dengeki were told by capcom today that this is a mainline MH developed by the main team. Not a spin off. They also said this is MH5 but they preferred the name world. So in all intents and purposes this is MH5 and in Japan it's ps4 exclusive.

So this is out early next year. I can see them releasing a P/X/G version or whatever they call it on Switch/ps4 in Japan holiday 2018. Dunno would they release it in the west too the same year as world (MH5).

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MH hit it's peak on psp. When it became a phenomenon the PSP sales exploded as millions bought a PSP for monster hunter portable. So the audience wasn't just already on psp.

MH had four games in five years (Freedom 2005, Freedom 2 2007, Freedom Unite 2008, Freedom 3 2010) which sold together 14.26M. 3DS had four games in four years (3G 2011, 4 2013, 4 Ultimate 2014, X 2015) which sold together 13.61M. 3DS had also a fourth game (XX in 2017) which sold another 1.5M. Looks like sales were stable despite the platform.

I know it was stable but the point is it hit it's peak in Japan on psp. If they'd stayed with Sony who knows the entries the 3DS got might have sold even more on Playstation.

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Nautilus said:
Pretty stupid decision by Capcom.I know I will sound childish saying this, it probably is, but I hope it bites them in the ass.

Capcom is such a miss and hit nowadays.They hit with RE 7, but then they go and do this.

I hope they worked their arses off on this and its the best monster hunter ever....because they cant pull a SFV like type of deal

Where it launches broken/missing content, PS fans wont put up with it, the most loyal die hard MH fans are on the 3DS, not PS4.

They need to have put all their MH effort into this game.

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Kerotan said:

Mnementh said:

MH had four games in five years (Freedom 2005, Freedom 2 2007, Freedom Unite 2008, Freedom 3 2010) which sold together 14.26M. 3DS had four games in four years (3G 2011, 4 2013, 4 Ultimate 2014, X 2015) which sold together 13.61M. 3DS had also a fourth game (XX in 2017) which sold another 1.5M. Looks like sales were stable despite the platform.

I know it was stable but the point is it hit it's peak in Japan on psp. If they'd stayed with Sony who knows the entries the 3DS got might have sold even more on Playstation.

Well, peak implies it was going down afterwards. As the results are pretty much the same, I would say it is a sustained peak over PSP and 3DS (showing that mobile is where it works).

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Mnementh said:

Kerotan said:

I know it was stable but the point is it hit it's peak in Japan on psp. If they'd stayed with Sony who knows the entries the 3DS got might have sold even more on Playstation.

Well, peak implies it was going down afterwards. As the results are pretty much the same, I would say it is a sustained peak over PSP and 3DS (showing that mobile is where it works).

In this case peak implies it hit it's best ever on a playstation console and it could have become even bigger if it stayed. It only declined when it landed on 3DS. At the very least it should have been 3da/vita or 3ds/psp but I guess Nintendo wrote capcom a nice big check.

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Kerotan said:

Mnementh said:

Well, peak implies it was going down afterwards. As the results are pretty much the same, I would say it is a sustained peak over PSP and 3DS (showing that mobile is where it works).

In this case peak implies it hit it's best ever on a playstation console and it could have become even bigger if it stayed. It only declined when it landed on 3DS. At the very least it should have been 3da/vita or 3ds/psp but I guess Nintendo wrote capcom a nice big check.

Well, that's my point: it didn't decline on 3DS. It stayed the same. Assuming it would've grown on Vita is speculation.

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Mnementh said:

Kerotan said:

In this case peak implies it hit it's best ever on a playstation console and it could have become even bigger if it stayed. It only declined when it landed on 3DS. At the very least it should have been 3da/vita or 3ds/psp but I guess Nintendo wrote capcom a nice big check.

Well, that's my point: it didn't decline on 3DS. It stayed the same. Assuming it would've grown on Vita is speculation.

But it did decline on 3DS. And it was growing nicely on psp. The growth not only stopped but also a decline happened on 3DS.

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