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Capcom: "We've got no plans for PS Vita Monster Hunter at the moment"
- Thread starter shinobi602
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Nope. They removed the forecast because it was not a FY2013 game anymore
6 months or so vs less than 1 month and MH have long legs, so the new forecast should be higher.
Aquamarine
Member
IIRC, a while back a representative of the site was self-promoting on GAF and being real nasty. There may be other reasons as well, like excessive sensationalism, but I don't know the whole story.
Napalm_Frank
Member
A chance for MH to be multiplatform and potential to be the best selling vita game....
Are the Vita numbers that bad
Vita numbers aren't so bad that port wouldn't make sense. Persona 4 Golden sold very well and that was with a small userbase.
I think the main reason of MH port happening/not happening on Vita is depending on whatever deals Nintendo has made with Capcom concerning the games.
I've only played burst but it was pathetically easy with friends, it got boring quick. Doesn't have the combat magic that MH does.
frankie_baby
Member
A chance for MH to be multiplatform and potential to be the best selling vita game....
Are the Vita numbers that bad
In japan Mh3g has outsold the biggest vita titles about 10 to 1 and has vastly outsold vita hardware
electroplankton
Banned
Got it, thanks for the clarification. Anyway, MH4 should top easily 3.5mln, it's unlikely it'll underperform.
MH4 will have online, and it will be quite a step forward for the series in terms of gameplay.
While Nintendo are helping and pushing for the games to come over, Sony were blocking them, so no surprise there.
Even if SS was a big super fucking giant success it wouldn't be that smart of them to enter said platform market, which is relatively small, and try to compete with it, when they have a very successful platform all for themselves.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I think so, well 4 will have online though
frankie_baby
Member
Tri G 3ds has no online (without using a Wii u) mh4 will have online
SlipperySlope
Banned
The Monster Hunter fanbase has moved. Nothing else to say at this point.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I wonder if anyone has ever said, you know, we have a bunch of FPSes, we don't really need Call of Duty.
They also outsell about every game on every platform. A MH on Vita would do great numbers. Look at games that have releases on hugely popular platforms and also on Vita and its not like you'll see an insane difference like Muramasa and P4G.
I'm sure that list of games saved Nintendo during year one right? Let's not try to rewrite history and act like people knew Vita was going to be selling the way it is from the very beginning.
If the Monster Hunter crew is as petty as everyone says they are, I'm sure Sony releasing their own replacement Hunter-style game didn't help the relationship.
Karsticles
Member
It looks like this forum is getting to you, ShockingAlberto.
When the price of the Vita was unvailed the 3DS was also 250.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
"Capcom would win a lot of money"
That's precisely why they're NOT bringing it to the Vita.
That's precisely why they're NOT bringing it to the Vita.
How does that benefit us?
jeremy1456
Junior Member
From the moment it was announced at no point did it look like the Vita would ever come close to competing with the 3DS. Not in Japan or any part of the world. Not even for a moment.
nailbombxx
Member
Because someone took a risk with a new and unique IP and it actually worked.
Quite a few people thought the Vita had an advantage when both it and the 3DS were priced at $250.
WrenchNinja
Member
My fault for missing two words. Not doing myself any favors.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Software sells hardware.
This isn't hard to grasp. Nintendo has the most popular franchises worldwide and Sony does not, and third parties were shy day 1 when it came to the Vita.
There was a sect of GAF that thought the Vita stood a chance, but this was based more on hopes and dreams.
frankie_baby
Member
Why would they need to fight, capcpom knows what side their bread is buttered by now
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Tis a shame, but I'll go wherever MH is at. At least Vita has some interesting titles that may be worth checking out for me that's some what like MH.
Oh I'm sure that's exactly why Capcom isn't making a port.
Sammy Samusu
Member
So? If you want to play Monster Hunter go buy a 3DS/Wii U.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Yeah. Iirc Capcom expected MHP3 to sell 3.6M in ~4 months and they ended shipping a million more, but they'll probably have a more conservative forecast for MH4 (3M?).
The problem with a multiplatform portable MH is the fact that the game is so dependent upon the social gaming angle in Japan. Having two separate versions on two completely incompatible platforms would only divide the base, and make it inconvenient to organize playing the game locally. It would benefit Capcom more to keep the focus on 3DS with MH at this point, and consider a Vita-exclusive one in the future if its performance becomes more favorable than what it is right now.A chance for MH to be multiplatform and potential to be the best selling vita game....
Are the Vita numbers that bad
Was PSP outselling DS in Japan before Capcom made Monster Hunter on the PSP?
I think he was just talking about the "Capcpom"...
In any case, what's with this supposed Nintendo-Monster Hunter deal? This is the first I've heard of it, and it must have been a pricey moneyhat.
Please stop. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Not everyone wants to buy a new system to play a single game. We already saw this with Bayonetta 2.
Nintendo games hardly appeal to the same demographic that Vita is targeting.
Who? Sony fans? Well..Sony will have to try harder.
Preventing MH fans from getting it on Vita and being able to skip a 3DS really.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Keep on fighting the good fight
WrenchNinja
Member
Holy shit
Holy shit I didnt even notice that. Me misreading consecutively argh.
Thats really well done
It's a may-or-may-not-be-true deal between Nintendo and Capcom that says that Nintendo gets Monster Hunter exclusivity for 2 years (starting from some unspecified time).
No offense to some of you, but I always find it aggravating when people who don't know much about MH talking about it. I should get over it.
Not sure, but the PSP games were all enhanced ports of the PS2 games and Wii's MHTri. They can be considered new entries with how much they changed and what they brought. Besides, the DS was never optimal for MH like the PSP was.
Not sure, but the PSP games were all enhanced ports of the PS2 games and Wii's MHTri. They can be considered new entries with how much they changed and what they brought. Besides, the DS was never optimal for MH like the PSP was.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I wasn't mocking anyone, to be clear (I like Crewnh, he's awesome). I just wanted to make a Capcpom joke.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
They are competing hardware no matter how you look at it.
Are we to assume that only 2 million of the PSP fan base own a 3DS based on Monster Hunter sales?
You're assuming there is zero cross over between the fan bases which is just crazy.
frankie_baby
Member
Monhun was at the time just a mid range ps2 IP that couldn't be technically done just on ds and also the PSP was selling a tonne better than vita is now
SCEA didn't want to implement an Ad-hoc solution for MHP3rd HD or something like that. I just know that MHP3rd HD didn't have actual online and it would be the only game with that solution released in the west.
You don't want to buy a new system to play a single game?
Don't play it then.
No one will die because of that.