Sammy Samusu
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Capcom: "We've got no plans for PS Vita Monster Hunter at the moment"
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Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Like forreal. If you want to play a game thats exclusive to the system and you dont want to buy the system...too bad
frankie_baby
Member
You kind of missed the point, Nintendo don't need to fight as capcom know where the monhun money is now
I don't know if the rumor is true, but if it is, they have their reasons. MH had already jumped to the 3DS before MHP3HD was released.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
A lot of people were saying this from the start. It was pretty obvious.
Father_Brain
Banned
Yeah, I remember those threads from 2011. By and large, those people were taking it purely on faith that Sony had already secured major Japanese third-party support that merely had yet to be announced, and/or that Uncharted/AC/COD would be huge system-sellers in the West. There was never any point at which Vita's announced software lineup made such an outcome plausible.
grimshawish
Banned
Kaz: Why don't you compete with Mario!
Capcom: Why?
Kaz: uhmmmmmmmm............
Capcom: Why?
Kaz: uhmmmmmmmm............
ambientmystic
Member
Afaik, the PSP never outsold the DS in Japan in terms of LTD or YTD. DS still holds the crown in the previous gen handheld console wars. (I think?).
jeremy1456
Junior Member
The PSP won out in YTD a few times near the end of the DS' lifespan.
That rumor only applied to portable MH games and wouldn't have stopped them from releasing a game in the west. MHP3rd didn't come to the west because the PSP was dead.
MHP3rd HD didn't come here because of this:
Source: Capcom-UnitySven said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Funnily enough, Monster Hunter took off in Japan for the same reason Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took off.
The Multi-player.
The difference is one of type. We Americans can't stand being in the same room as the people we're playing with/against, so we want the Online features that Consoles/PCs provide. Japanese gamers prefer to be in the same room as the people they're playing with, so local multi-player handheld devices are much preferred.
I understood, just seems silly to think that is a guarantee without proper exclusivity deals.
What are you talking about? The Vita had a much better launch line up than the 3DS. I don't like metacritic, but only one launch 3DS game (Street Fighter) got more than 80 points whereas had two original and three ports at launch.
The marked just wasn't there and unless everyone for some odd reason make the most popular games exclusive to it or the general public realizes touchscreen controls suck it'll probably never sell very well. I just hope the core following keeps buying new games for it (which they are thankfully) because even with the few games coming there really isn't any device like it to play them on.
FreedomFighter
Member
Nice trolling there.Yuri (Online/Community Specialist) said:
Inafune is already in talks with Sony. I expect his next few projects to be exclusive.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Nintendo had Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros, Pokemon and Animal Crossing in their stable.
Launch line ups mean diddly in the long run. Why are you trying to use that as an argument for long term sales?
Those franchises i listed are bigger in Japan than any third party franchise.
Even if the Vita had Monster Hunter that's just one multimillion selling franchise. Nintendo has tons of them.
I wonder about this too. According to wikipedia's source it was 2.2 million summer last year and sales dropped, but it did outsell the 3DS when Soul Sacrifice came with the price drop. Japan really is the only market for handhelds nowadays. Even the 3DS numbers are depressing with a big drop in the west that is only slightly helped by an increase in Japan.
I actually had that same thought. Seems like a decent idea. I know less than nothing, though.
Napalm_Frank
Member
No plans for PSVita version, but the PS4 version will stream to it
Mind blown
Actually I don't care about MH so I'll just stick with Deep Down for now
FreedomFighter
Member
A Monster Hunter Vita would wreck all them combined in sales. Don't kid yourself.
But alas, it ain't happening.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Heck, an enhanced port on 3DS already did.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
You wish. You'll get MH4 Ultimate on Wii U and love it.No plans for PSVita version, but the PS4 version will stream to it
FreedomFighter
Member
I notice this here and on other forums...
Now that MoHun ISN'T on Vita, all the clones are now considered BETTER games than Monster Hunter by many Vita fans.
Strange.
Can anyone explain this?
Father_Brain
Banned
It's probably around 4M shipped worldwide at this point. Actual sell-through? Who knows.
Axispowers
Member
Napalm_Frank
Member
Maybe some people think they are better games? AFAIK Soul Sacrifice for instance is considered a ''MH clone'' but is quite different and I have seen many who seem to prefer it to MH.
Of course some might say it because of some fanboy defense mechanism but for example especially SS has gotten very good reception from fans so there is no need to start a fight about this.
Also in a way Vita is the winner for now with new games of this ''genre'' instead of ports to keep people happy while MH4 is MIA
. I don't know TBH if 3DS has any ''MH Clones'' that are concidered good.What? I didn't say anything about the clones being "better" games. I just never liked the combat in MH much (too slow for me), even when the games were on the PSP. It's not like I suddenly changed my mind when Capcom switched over to Nintendo systems.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
They have no 3ds. If you ask the hardcore monhan players, mh is still the better game in terms of gameplay.
Omnistalgic
Member
was really planning to try this style of game out on my Vita...Really not interested in the 3DS for ergonomic reasons mostly.
oh well...maybe a port one day when 3DS slows down or something. Pretty content with just my Vita for now, even though I have an amazon wishlist for a good 6-7 games +3DS ready to order. Just never felt the real push to do so...
Bummed about it basically being "undisclosed" exclusive. Why not just say it'll only be on 3DS? Or Nintendo say "only on 3DS" on the box. This miscommunication just gives fans false hope.
oh well...maybe a port one day when 3DS slows down or something. Pretty content with just my Vita for now, even though I have an amazon wishlist for a good 6-7 games +3DS ready to order. Just never felt the real push to do so...
Bummed about it basically being "undisclosed" exclusive. Why not just say it'll only be on 3DS? Or Nintendo say "only on 3DS" on the box. This miscommunication just gives fans false hope.
With the power of qhd, dat OLED, the extensive library of PS1 classics and PSP games off of the PSN and the incredible never seen before dual analog power of the Vita the fans won't even notice or care when MH comes out on a competitors handheld. Too busy playing PSO2 (Only on Vita and PC), God Eater 2 (Only dual analog on Vita) and SOUL SACRIFICE (Only on Vita)
electroplankton
Banned
With the difference that Muramasa and Persona 4 Golden are ok with 70k and 250k units respectively, while Monster Hunter needs to sell at least 3+ million units in the mainline entries. And Vita has barely one million units in Japan to date. Then, if you think that great numbers are in the range of 300k units, a porting of MHP3rd would be enough.
The PSP crowd, which was / is MH fanbase, should have more than one reason to get a 3DS, since the majority of IPs we saw on PSP ended up on the latter.
From "I love my Vita!" to "I love my MH clones!"
PS: it's funny because when you say that SS is a MH clone it is pointed out that it is not a MH clone, it's quite different, etc. but then all of a sudden it is possible to substitute MH with SS
Do companies still do this outside of first-party games?
This betrayalton probably caused Nintendo to stop doing that:
Magicpaint
Member
This is similar to how people keep spreading the myth that there's no place for consoles in Japan. The Vita and 3DS are in very different places, sales-wise, in any region. The 3DS is not selling anything close to DS/GBA in the west atm BUT it is selling well enough to justify continued support and existence in those markets.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
With the way Sony operates I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a Soul Sacrifice PS3 port.
I think you're trying to correlate these two thoughts when they are, in fact, largely unrelated.
Napalm_Frank
Member
That would be pretty cool.
Pretty sure the only reason we haven't seen Golden Abyss PS3 yet is that ND would throw a fit thinking the game would lower the quality of the franchise.
That or they're waiting for GA 2 for a bundle!
I'm pretty confident that there is absolutely no way that there will ever be a Monster Hunter on Vita. I don't really understand why the issue hasn't been completely put to bed.
You should buy a Vita. Your vicarious investment in the platform is palpable.
WrenchNinja
Member
awww. Im going to try not to ruin your jokes with my my poor reading comprehension
but uc3 already did that