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MaxwellGT2000 on 25 January 2010
kitler53 said:
awesome! i can't wait to see my mom completely not care about this....

Yep I'm sure that's exactly who the game is directed at too!

Not really sure what the subtle trolling has to do with Nintendo helping push Monster Hunter 3 in the west, Monster Hunter never caught on in the west, Nintendo has said over and over that they'll help if you make Nintendo exclusives, and Capcom has said from the start they wanted MH3 to be pushed in the west.  Who better to do that than one of the best marketers since the NES days?



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Dv8thwonder on 25 January 2010

The black Wii cannot be far behind. Crossing everything for a console bundle.



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Innervate on 25 January 2010
routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.



trangentspree on 25 January 2010
Innervate said:
routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.

Mario Kart Wii?

No focus on motions controls + online is a big feature of the game.

It already has 1 million in the bag. I could easily see another million spread out between North America and Others.



thekitchensink on 25 January 2010
Innervate said:
routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.

 

Not playable locally, eh?  If only there was some magical method of programming developers could use to display two instances of the same game on one TV... a way to 'split' the screen, if you will...

 

 



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Demotruk on 25 January 2010
trangentspree said:
Innervate said:
routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.

Mario Kart Wii?

No focus on motions controls + online is a big feature of the game.

It already has 1 million in the bag. I could easily see another million spread out between North America and Others.

MK:Wii used motion controls very well, with the wheel, which is much more accessible and looks more fun from an observers point of view. It also has local multiplayer and even split screen online, and it has a much wider appeal than something like Monster Hunter.

 

Monster Hunter has motion controls all right, but not in the way that a player would want using a sword etc. (ie. motion plus based controls). It's basically a classic control scheme trying to fit onto the Wii controller.



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Stefan.De.Machtige on 25 January 2010

That local multiplayer is arena-based only.



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Demotruk on 25 January 2010
thekitchensink said:

Not playable locally, eh?  If only there was some magical method of programming developers could use to display two instances of the same game on one TV... a way to 'split' the screen, if you will...

Yeah, but that's not exactly the normal Monster Hunter gameplay. It's not hunting monsters as a group.



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darthdevidem01 on 25 January 2010

Cool, good for them!

I hated the demo for the PSP version, maybe this will be different?!!!

I don't like the box art!



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trangentspree on 25 January 2010
Demotruk said:
trangentspree said:
Innervate said:
routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.

Mario Kart Wii?

No focus on motions controls + online is a big feature of the game.

It already has 1 million in the bag. I could easily see another million spread out between North America and Others.

MK:Wii used motion controls very well, with the wheel, which is much more accessible and looks more fun from an observers point of view. It also has local multiplayer and even split screen online, and it has a much wider appeal than something like Monster Hunter.

 

Monster Hunter has motion controls all right, but not in the way that a player would want using a sword etc. (ie. motion plus based controls). It's basically a classic control scheme trying to fit onto the Wii controller.

I'm not saying Monster Hunter 3 is going to be as big as Mario Kart Wii, but online multiplayer and a lack of focus on motion controls isn't going to prevent it from selling well either.