Yeah I'm wrong, just realized most mainline monster hunters are on consoles

damn, monster hunter sure sell alot on handheld. i think its most likely capcom will port every ps4 monster hunter games to the switch but only after 2 years of each initial release

This table shows really well how MH was never really given a chance on home consoles in the West. I'm interested in how this goes.

It's been given two chances both on the top selling platforms at the time one of those with Nintendo market the franchise, western gamers aren't into it as much because the series requires a playstyle that puts many of them off. It's one reason the portable community have been more accepting of it as it allows pick up and play but only if you're willing to grind and improve your skill, portables have also allowed for lan style gatherings in the same style of what the Pokemon community does.

If Japan where MH is big doesn't move a lot on console don't expect the west to, it's a Dragon Quest scenario.

It'll be interesting. It all depends on whether or not the series can break that niche barrier. Being multiplayer helps with that, and Capcom seems to think it can; however, they thought the same for other series that had much more success already in the west when they changed the mechanics and that often backfired. Monster hunter has a steep learning curve for a reason, and this makes the series niche in the West. If they remove the learning curve, I can only see them doing that by making the game not Monster Hunter, but people keep insisting that it will feel like Monster Hunter. So it all depends on how Capcom implements it. One thing is for sure is that the game is not going to sell in the West based on brand. It needs to get great reviews and have mass-appeal. 

History says otherwise. I still remember when Code: Veronica was a Dreamcast exclusive.

RE7 is already on PS4, Xbox and PC, it'll be ported to all next-gen systems, and if it isn't on Switch it's because like many others, Capcom marked the Switch as "not AAA worthy" as soon as the console was announced. The problem with Street Fighter is that after SFV flopped Capcom doesn't know what to do with the franchise.

Yup, a lot of  PC games are requiring a minimum of 8gb of ram, with the Switch only having 3gb usable for games as opposed to the 5gb available on xbo/ps4 that'd probably be one of the biggest challenges in porting the game to Switch, especially with it's lower memory-bandwidth.

Monster hunter would have to be an AAA series for that to be a problem, though. Even with World, it is not. 

Yeah, but I was talking about RE7 there.

Those don't look like real chances to me. I would like to see how it does on a PS4 where a wide variety of demographics plays and especially people who like action RPGs. It probably won't sell a lot on PC but it will be very appreciated there too.

If Capcom does the marketing right it could be a first step. Of course it won't sell as much as previous entries but it's a start to make it more popular. The genre isn't the problem.