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globalisateur on 06 March 2018
think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

When I compared Monster Hunter 3 on 3DS and Tri on Wii, I ended up playing and having fun with the Wii game. The controls were so much better with a proper controller ! (the red Pro controller). Also the graphics on a big screen were much more immersive than 240p PS2 graphics (even with 3D). But mainly I found the 3DS game atrocious to play back then, even with the 2 second analog circle pad. 

I always knew it would succeed if done right on main consoles



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Alkibiádēs on 06 March 2018
think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

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Azuren on 06 March 2018
Alkibiádēs said:
think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

Capcom is the king of "revised edition" gaming. Just look at all the different versions of SF2- they're all different, so they count as different game sales.



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think-man on 07 March 2018
Alkibiádēs said:
think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

The game hasn't been out very long, so it will continue to sell for awhile yet. I'm not taking anything away from the PSP and 3DS titles, I'm just saying Capcom became too complacent by playing it safe with them. They took a risk at moving away from the handhelds, and it paid off big time.



 

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jonathanalis on 07 March 2018

I wonder how many more they would sell if a switch version was ready for launch.
Handheld MH usually sell a couple million. So, I'd think it would be already above 10kk if it was on switch.



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Alkibiádēs on 07 March 2018
think-man said:
Alkibiádēs said:

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

The game hasn't been out very long, so it will continue to sell for awhile yet. I'm not taking anything away from the PSP and 3DS titles, I'm just saying Capcom became too complacent by playing it safe with them. They took a risk at moving away from the handhelds, and it paid off big time.

MHW sales are impressive, but 7.5 million units sold for your best selling game ever is not impressive for a major third party publisher.



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theprof00 on 07 March 2018

yes yes numbers and all are fine, but I'd rather know how many monsters have been killed, how many online hours have been played and how many weapons crafted.



Kerotan on 07 March 2018
Pinkie_pie said:
I'm now expecting 12m between ps4 and xbox one so theres a good chance it could hit 10m on ps4 alone. It will do another 2-3m on pc so that makes 15m lifetime

We all expected ps4 to get many 10m sellers this gen but monster Hunter was not one of them. This will sell on ps4 for years especially as the price lowers. 10m is doable. 

think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Yeah crazy to think. The dedicated handheld market is almost gone with the 3ds on its last legs. The future is on consoles  pc and hybrids. 

Alkibiádēs said:
think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

The best selling monster Hunter SKU ever is now on ps4. The second best selling is on psp. The franchise was created on ps2. The franchise is ingrained in playstations dna. 



DonFerrari on 07 March 2018
theprof00 said:
yes yes numbers and all are fine, but I'd rather know how many monsters have been killed, how many online hours have been played and how many weapons crafted.

Yes, let's talk about relevant numbers =]



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Alkibiádēs on 07 March 2018
Kerotan said:
Pinkie_pie said:
I'm now expecting 12m between ps4 and xbox one so theres a good chance it could hit 10m on ps4 alone. It will do another 2-3m on pc so that makes 15m lifetime

We all expected ps4 to get many 10m sellers this gen but monster Hunter was not one of them. This will sell on ps4 for years especially as the price lowers. 10m is doable. 

think-man said:
It's now safe to say that handhelds were holding this franchise back. No one expected this, even I thought it would flop compared to the handheld titles.

Yeah crazy to think. The dedicated handheld market is almost gone with the 3ds on its last legs. The future is on consoles  pc and hybrids. 

Alkibiádēs said:

Without handhelds this franchise would've been dead already. The PS2 games weren't exactly a success.

Anyway, 7.5 million shipped across multiple platforms is awfully low for being the best selling game of a major third party publisher. I thought Capcom was bigger (or used to be bigger in the past), but I guess not. They really are just an ant when compared to companies like Activision-Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft, Nintendo and even Square-Enix.

The best selling monster Hunter SKU ever is now on ps4. The second best selling is on psp. The franchise was created on ps2. The franchise is ingrained in playstations dna. 

What has any of that to do with my post? Go marry your Playstation already lol. 

Handheld gaming is doing just fine with the Switch, the only thing that's dead is Playstation handhelds.



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