Hardware limitations I imagine, FF7 Remake is on two blu ray discs which holds way bigger files then any Switch cartage and I suspected they may have tried to port FFXV to Switch considering how many FF games are on the system plus the existence of the Pocket Edition port and porting the game to Stadia for crying out loud, but weren't happy with the results with how it was performing on the hardware. Though I fully expect both FFVii Remake and FFXV to get ports for the Switch's successor, same goes for a lot Capcom's current gen line up mainly the Resident Evil games like 7, the remakes, and maybe 8.

I actually think the cartridge space issue and costs are a much bigger reason than graphical limitations because they don't need the bad press that comes with downloading large chunks of the game and cartridge costs for 64 gigs is too high. For graphical things, they'd figure something out.

Square haven't actually been too bad in terms of the Switch; in addition to DQ11S, not only a current gen AAA game but at the time of release the definitive version, they also published Octopath Traveler, I am Sestuna, Dragon Quest Builders, Oninaki, and soon Bravely Default II.

They could definitely have been better, but at least their support entails current gen games and even some exclusives.

Capcom already built the engine for 3ds with Resident Evil Revelation, just need to use that engine for their later 3ds games. And 3ds games is very cheap to make. Meanwhile, ps4 is HD and super expensive compared to 3ds. Capcom made MH3 for Wii instead PS3 because PS3 costed too much, PS4 would only cost even more, simple logic.

Bold: maybe, except none of those fighting games can come close to Super Smash Bros sale.

2nd bold: Nintendo handheld is the same, no, sometimes it have even more JRPGs than PS.

3rd bold: majority of the FPS fans are from NA. Nintendo have Pokemon, Mario and Zelda for the worldwide audience, your point?

Did they though, make the right choice? On Switch there's a good chance it would have sold just as well or at least nearly as well, considering Switch's Japan dominance. But it would have cost less to make for Switch. So I wouldn't say keeping it off Switch was the right decision at all.

Or they could make another MH game for Switch and sell another 10-15 million, and have it cost less to make. So what's your point? Or they could double up and make a version for those other systems and a version for Switch and sell maybe 25 million without having to make a whole new game. Either way you cut it, Capcom isn't doing the smart thing. Seems to come down to third parties want to promote games with the highest level graphics, and they'll decide to forego more money simply for that sake. Hard to understand the business behind that, but that is what we've clearly seen for years now.

So for the month of July, a Switch to PS4 ratio of 28:1.

MH only sells 3-4 million in JP, SW is not going to change that.

MH on Nintendo sold 1-2 million overseas while MHW on PS4/PC sold 12 million+ overseas. Cost means very little when one PS4/PC game outsells every single 3DS game across 7 years in just 2 years: return on investment is so much bigger with MHW.

The idea that the old model is more profitable is factually wrong. Capcom broke their FY records with MHW.

PS4/PC simply have a bigger audience for MH than SW ever will.

Some of you say you want Capcom to do a spinoff for SW. Again, not the best route, as a spinoff on PS4/PC/PS5 would sell multiple times better than a SW game.

I'm actually impressed to see eBaseball top the best selling list since Paper Mario had vouchers. Konami again showing that their strategy is far better than some other major Japanese 3rd parties. Also  Human: Fall Flat & Overcooked 2! continue to be the evergreen Western Indies. Sadly Candance of Hyrule hasn't gone up after being spotlighted on the Mini-Direct last month. Considering it got 8% of the total airtime, I was expecting it to rise a bit in the rankings but it's failing to chart. There is a physical version launching at the end of October, we shall see how strongly Nintendo Japan push this since they are the ones that gave Brace Yourself Games to use the Zelda IP. This remains one of the most surprising actions by Nintendo this year and one of the reasons indies are doing so well on the system. They've been far more interested in pushing indies both in Japan and elsewhere and now are even working with a select few of them on incorporating their Intelectual Property into their new games. You can read more about how Candance came about in the article below:

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/21/how-an-indie-developer-is-making-an-official-zelda-game

MH Stories target Yokai Watch audience, how did Yokai Watch on ps4 sold? More than 3ds version?

You're failing to account for the fact that MHW opened up the franchise. MHW didn't sell way more than the series had before because it was on PS4/PC and not on Switch, it opened up sales so much because they made gameplay choices that appealed to more people. If it was on the Switch it woulda have destroyed sales of the series as well. It's not a PS4/PC thing. You can't compare old MH games to MHW and then say see it wouldn't have sold on Nintendo. That's like comparing BotW to old Zelda games and claiming previous Nintendo systems just didn't have an audience for Zelda but the audience changed for Switch. It is just plain wrong. The game changed to bring in more people.

If say MHW had come out on Switch instead you'd have 4-5 million sales in Japan alone, plus the expanded western audience due to the additional appeal the game brought in to the series. The western sales wouldn't be as large as they are now probably because yeah the PS4 audience is like built entirely on Fifa, GTA, CoD, and other action games, but the Japan sales would make up for that. Hell it might have even totally thrived in the West on the Switch as much as it has on PS4 because it'd be the only brand new AAA action game on the Switch outside of Nintendo properties.

The point is, they are throwing money away by not making the game for Switch as well, considering that Switch owns Japan and is the hottest selling system worldwide in a decade and we know that even 5 or 10 year old AAA games sell decently on Switch just from people who never played the games back when they came out or deciding to play it again because they can play it portable.

I'm not saying Capcom should abandon Sony/PC and do a Switch exclusive, I'm saying they'd sell many millions more copies of the same game if they spent probably less than 50% more time/money/effort to make a Switch version from the ground up. Unless Capcom is terribly limited in manpower there's no reason not to simply make another cheaper version of a mega selling game that would bring in millions more sales.

I do agree a spinoff isn't a good idea. Nobody wants a spinoff as some cheap consolidation - those are the types of third party games that do fail as one would expect them to on any system. Because there is no reason to not bring the full game built for the Switch to the hottest system on the planet that completely owns the market where MH has always been hugely popular.