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Capcom's 2 million unit Monster Hunter game for this fiscal year isn't MH: Stories
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GhostTrick
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That's just as I said. 2M for a MH title in Japan, sounds low expectation for a 3DS game, yet it sounds huge expectation for any other platform.
Herb Alpert
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With a 600% attach rate
Just for Vita, and it's already come out.
Frontier has been quasi-f2p for a long time now, so the allure of nabbing a retail package is pretty slim for long-term players.
sturgboski
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A Vita release? That's what its gotta be right? Right? Most likely Nintendo Portable/Sony (Nintendo?) Home console mixed release. Like the new dragon quest or Toukiden or God Eater.
SpaceBridge
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Wait has it been confirmed were getting MHStories in NA?
E_Darkness
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If this ends up being MHXG, urgh. Though now I'm curious for what it could be. Kinda hope it is a new mainline game.
Not yet AFAIK. Generations (or X) has, at least. It's the first spin-off MH game the west has gotten.
It has not. Given the audience that it's targeting in Japan, it might be a while before we see it overseas.
I'd hope that it isn't MH5 if it is 3DS-bound. The thing is kinda on the tail-end of its life, no use in putting another mainline MH game on it.
My money's on MH Generations Ultimate for 3DS & the NX Platform.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Verendus said a lot of things
I wouldn't be surprised if it does though. Let's be honest. Also I'm going to put my bets on it being XG as well.
2 millions could be low / conservative expectations for a Monster Hunter title, but it depends also on the release's time. Imagine the scenario where the game releases in March as a 3DS/NX multi-platform release, 2 millions would be a decent prediction (first week / first two week sales + supplementary shipment for following weeks). I say 3DS/NX multi-platform release because, if it's not on NX as well, they could perfectly release it this Holiday for 3DS alone. In that case, the 2 millions prediction would be way too conservative. But it wouldn't be the first time, either: Capcom's 2.5 millions forecast for Monster Hunter Generations was, after all, on the conservative side.
The same reasoning could explain why the Major Title 1 (which we all assume is Resident Evil 7) is just at 4 millions, for example: it releases in February / March (for PS4/One/PC) , thus there isn't enough time for the game to sells as much as expected, given older titles' performances.
I reckon they want to discourage the media to speculate on the announcement and affect the MHG launch+, so they're as vague as possible.
As for the perceived low number, maybe it'll release late into the fiscal year?
while I don't think they actually give a shit, it'd probably be smart of them to build in support for DLC expansions in future releases a la super street fighter 4. Japan may happily buy yearly full price standalones but over here I think it'd go over better as cheaper DLC expansions.
as for what this is, 2 million is an interesting number because it could be XG or a console title. I obviously hope it's the latter and think it'd be weird if spinoffs got G expansions. But hey whatever more MH.
Sammy Samusu
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Do I sense anger? They will ship 1 million digital copies alone.
You really think Multi-million dollar companies hold grudges? If they see a Sony product as being a worthwhile investment for MH they will release a game on them. Except for Vita of course that is just straight dead.
Eolz
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Yeah, I doubt MH5 would be on 3DS too, expectations would be higher, and usually a different gen.
X has been partially made to delay that.
DAREALGUMMY
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Deeke[VRZ];203822184 said:
Day 1.
With that said, I hope it's a G like game so 5 can come to the NX.
AcademicSaucer
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if they want to sell over a million in japan it has to be 3DS or mobile.
They'd also run the risk of undercutting Stories in Japan, which is still getting a hell of a push, and being made by the "main" MonHun dev team. Stories will need enough time to breathe, so, it'll be interesting to see how they work this.
There was a huge decline for MH 4 U compared to MH 4. MH XG will most likely have the usual 20-30% sequel decline aswell. This are the latest updated numbers in march for each game, without digital
16./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) - 5.132 / 3.239.571
17./12. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # <ACT> (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) - 6.100 / 2.498.432
Theres a 23% decline.
. [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥5.800) - 4.391 / 2.715.326 (-24%)
Lets say this is the same for MH XG, which results in 2.1 million sales. Considering the stronger competition this year and a potential release in 2017 this forecast is quite realistic.
X is no more a "spin-off" than the Portable series which received G expansions
The only MH titles I consider to be spin-off is the Felyne stuff.
And Stories.X is no more a "spin-off" than the Portable series which received G expansions
The only MH titles I consider to be spin-off is the Felyne stuff.
Orbit_shadow
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i could see monter hunter xg coming to vita. Or something coming to vita.
Spiral Insanity
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I don't think Capcom will revisit Vita at this point, or grace it with a Monster Hunter game so far into its life span. It would be very ironic though, considering MH's absence did so much harm to the system.
Actually the Portable games were all weird cases. The first Freedom/Portable was based on the already existing Monster Hunter G. The second one was the only one that actually had a separate G version in Freedom Unite/Portable 2nd G, likely because there was never a Monster Hunter 2G and it was apparent by that point that the games were way bigger on handhelds than they were on consoles. Portable 3rd never had a G version, probably because they had moved over the the 3DS and used its new additions for 3 Ultimate.X is no more a "spin-off" than the Portable series which received G expansions
The only MH titles I consider to be spin-off is the Felyne stuff.
Literally 0% chance. 3DS has been good to Capcom.
Eolz
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I'm laughing at people who think money doesn't talk. If you told people 8 years ago that Call of Duty would switch from MS to Sony in terms of marketing and DLC, you would have been laughed at. That's why I'm scratching my head at people who think NX is going to launch with a new MH. What incentive does Capcom have to put out a new game on an unproven platform especially after the Wii U bomba?
You...you do know that they already did this when they switched to the 3DS in the first place, right?
X kinda was a G version of 4, but it did a lot better than they thought. So maybe they'll do XG so we'll get MHGG next year
The 3DS was the bext step of the wildly successful DS. Not comparable.
Yes it is, especially when you leave behind an audience as big as the one MHP3rd was able to conjure up.
It's easy to forget how quickly MH3G came off the heels of P3rd, and there were a lot of expectations that MHP3G was going to be the MH title that year, especially after the PS3 port of the vanilla version released earlier in that year to solid sales. PSP was still very healthy in Japan, and the 3DS was having a lot of troubles early on.
Yes, but it was a widely held belief that 3DS wasn't selling well due to the lack of big titles. We all know what happened when the first MH dropped on 3DS and the rest is history. Thad why it would make sense for Cap to make MH5 for 3DS only if they choose to go that route. The NX is too unpredictable of a platform to allocate resources to a port especially right after the Wii U. We'll see.
X kinda was a G version of 4, but it did a lot better than they thought. So maybe they'll do XG so we'll get MHGG next year
Featuring D.Va, I hope.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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No 4G was a G version of 4. X is a best of MH.X kinda was a G version of 4, but it did a lot better than they thought. So maybe they'll do XG so we'll get MHGG next year
I think it wound up north of 300k, which is pretty good for what it was.
441K LTD. Not bad for a port.
Didn't come close to outselling Tri, but I feel safe in saying that it soared past the PS2 games.
Like I said, there were a lot of reasons to expect P3G on the PSP.
Orbit_shadow
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I guess ps4 then
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Unless they plan to make a PS4 title or they plan to get Tencent Games to port over Monster Hunter Online outside of China than this has to be MHXG.It feels like they did everything they can do with the 3DS already and MHX was already seeings signs of the limitations of the 3DS Hardware and I don't see Capcom making MH5 for 3DS.
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