"It was a strategic decision set by the team and our Japanese management to address an emerging market on the Wii. At the time the decision was made, it was in reference to the Wii market in general, no particular sub-segement thereof." 
— Christian Svensson, Capcom’s Sr.Director of Strategic Planning and Research 

"I can’t discuss the localization issues at this time. As for the decision to bring it to the Wii, I think there were many. I think it’s fair to say that CJ wanted to bring one of its premier franchises (possibly THE premier franchise when you look at the Japanese market) to the broader audience that the Wii represents. At least, that’s one of many variables that pushed it in that direction." 
— Christian Svensson

Plus high costs

In Japan the PS3 got demolished by the Wii which made Capcom rethink things plus the development costs added to it, another thing is that the was never a PS3 prototype like you claimed earlier that's a lie the was only concept art. MH3 was only ever announced for PS3 but no game development ever took place outside of concept art.

Essentially eveything you claimed about MH3 is a fabrication on your part as no deal was ever done for it this was straight up Capcom changing their mind because of the situation, MH3 was announced for Wii  in Ocotober 2007 the first year of the Wii and PS3 to futher my point notice how other PS3 games Capcom had that had development started on them were all originally going to be PS3 only but suddenly had 360 versions pop up most famously was DMC4 which triggered that famous petition by certain PS fans to have the 360 version cancelled. This highlighted the impact the PS3's early problems had.

#teambullylawlight

Seriously if anything lawlight bullies us xD

MGSV is the reason MvCI bombed...... What was capcom thinking when releasing the game in sept!

Edit: if its this kind of excuse for games to get a pass then you should stop calling certain nintendo games flops. I mean MHXX obviously didnt do 1mil on switch because splat2/mk8d/zelda/minecraft/etc!

Point is you come across at only acknowledging sony games not bombing (and make excuses for them) yet are real quick to call something nintendo related a flop. Ex of MHW under performing (if it does) you said its ok because they'll reuse assets and profit from it on a G version! (Despite if it hits under capcoms expectations

Double edit: capcom is expecting 2mil for MvCI, itll hit what 500k WW and most will be on store shelves. But its ok because of hundreds and hundreds of "big games" that came out for ps4 and psn free MGSV

This!!!!!! 

Well, I was assuming that, since MH is launching in January(If Im not mistaken), there would have been the holidays, which depending on how much Nintendo manages to produce, it could have brought the numbers of consoles sold in Japan up to 3 millions, maybe a bit more(Its already closing in to 2 millions, so its not far fetched).And since the game itself would move hardware as well, you could be seeing an install base that, while still not as big as PS4, could very well be a significant install base to consider.And to have a meaty FW.

Switch sales are about to get crazy this holiday season as long as Nintendo can keep the production going full speed.

Sorry factory workers no days off for you the rest of the year. 

Stop taking it so personal, Playstation is the whipping boy in this conversation.  I'm not attacking your precious, the console is simply the variable.  

And I've got news for you - that isn't how shareholders see things.  They don't give a shit about which games are good; they want to know where their invesnt ment went and where the return is.

After throwing a bunch of shit at the wall to see what would stick, Capcom's had one - one hit on PS4 and that's RE7, which as a series it's sales are down.   Like many have said, of course you don't withdraw completely from a 60M base, but I can guarantee you a "re-approach method" is being discussed after another huge flop in MvC:I.  Let's not even get into how badly Dead Rising 4 is going to fare.  

As Rol has said, Capcom has the personality of a whore and sells itself to the highest bidder.  But the outcome of the deals with both Microsoft and Sony have failed miserably.  

Sony I'm sure wanted full exclusivity if they did do a deal, but this was the best they could do. This was before Switch was released, so Capcom doesn't know how it will do, so it's not out of the box that they could make an exclusivity deal with Sony in Japan for MHW. The PS4 has lackluster sales in Japan compared to succesful consoles, but its still a sizable chunk. Switch could be another Wii U for all Capcom knows.

But Capcom has been for years now trying ot get MH to be succesful WW. THUS why they probably would not let Sony go full exclusive. Or at least at a price sony was willing to pay.

That's my guess anyway. Sony was only willing to pay enough for Japan exclusive. Capcom wanted too much to be full exclusive cause they are really wanting to push MH worlwide and make popular. The One X has a sizable userbase worldwide. They want to get more people addicted to the game and become fans.

Them poor robots :( 

What gameplay improvement did Worlds add? I feel like I saw some gimicky grapling hook or something, but otherwise the only thing I saw that really looked different than what I experienced on MH Tri on teh Wii was no loadign screeens. That is huge imo, loading screens betweeen each area was insanely annoying and turned me hugely off the game, but that is hardly gameplay improvements. That is just a better game.