Just about everyone in the thread's saying both.
Take your persecution complex and console warrior garbage to the World thread.
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GameSpot: Capcom Not Bringing Switch Ver. of Monster Hunter XX to US (at this time)
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Just about everyone in the thread's saying both.
Take your persecution complex and console warrior garbage to the World thread.
I'm importing it and I imagine some others will be doing the same. You don't have to watch it.
People import video games.
Herb Alpert
Banned
I can't read Japanese...
No matter how you look at it, I'm beyond salty when it comes to the way Capcom has treated MH fans lately. It's fine they try to expand the audience. To do it while excluding those who made the franchise (hell, even Capcom themselves) survived for these last years, and on the top of that, even refusing to half localize a game fans have been waiting for is borderline insulting. MH Stories will probably bomb, how can they prioritize it over xx Switch?!?
Sorry for this salt, I was banned during E3 and need to vent a little
Well, life goes on, I will miss MH.
There are people here who do live in Japan too... Others are still Interested in the game also.
Just saying
Smiles and Cries
Member
I wonder if this is Capcom trying to make sure that the newest PS4/X1 game does not get overshadowed by MHXX
regardless my PS4 is ready for a MH.
I will just have to set up a JP account on my Switch, I am sure fans will put out guides for the menus and other text to get around well enough. Not ideal though that is for sure
regardless my PS4 is ready for a MH.
I will just have to set up a JP account on my Switch, I am sure fans will put out guides for the menus and other text to get around well enough. Not ideal though that is for sure
SolicitorPirate
Member
I feel overshadowed is too strong a word, but it feels like Capcom is very deliberately trying to ensure that MHW becomes THE Monster Hunter game, especially in the West.
This is particularly important since MHW represents a significant departure from the popular image of what Monster Hunter is, and a release of both MHXX and MHW in a fairly short timeline could cause confusion as to where the main series is going. There's also the effect of funneling all potential fans and players to MHW to further consolidate it's position as the next evolution of Monster Hunter.
Japan has proven a big enough market to sustain MHXX and MHW. The West has not. Keep in mind that the best performance a MH has done in the West is 1 million, which is decent, but not the kind of number that can sustain yearly iterative games. And if you're going to cull one, MHXX is the easy choice.
Maybe not but I'm sure as hell not jumping back in at the start again.
herbal farming and mining is the best part
Orniletter
Banned
Around 1.4-1.5 million for 4U to be exact.
DrROBschiz
Member
By advocating supporting a full mutliplatform future and not shitting on other users?!
Gotdatmoney
Member
You can have both you know. There is no reason why we have to only get one.
Can you provide the source please ?
Take Capcom's platinum sellers list, subtract Japanese sales. You get 1.5m
thebisonxrc
Member
I was looking forward to diving into Monster Hunter for the first time with Switch. I hope that Capcom will change their tune and bring something over to North America. I'm actually surprised that they haven't committed to it yet. It sort of seems like they're just throwing money away, but what do I know?
DrROBschiz
Member
Cool. I assume it's the same as the 3DS demo? Kut-Ku, Barroth, and Barioth.
DrROBschiz
Member
Whats the date at the top? IS the demo coming on June 25th?
Seeing 8/25, which is the release date for JPN.
wait is there a demo coming out???
DrROBschiz
Member
On the top left of the stream is says 6/25
That's for the MH Finals where it'll be playable for attendees.
And yes it's the same demo as the 3DS one.
Gaijin Hunter confirms 30fps on Switch in both portable and docked mode, by the way.
Expected because of 3DS crossplay
sensui-tomo
Member
wouldnt be able to do crossplay if it went 60, cant have switch playing with 3ds on an uneven fps rate. (this is why god eater was locked at 30 on the ps4/psv stuff and why pc hit that good 60 fps (but suffered a lower userbase due to no crossplay)
At that point they might as well be localizing the next portable MH game
AquaWateria
Member
At that point Capcom can fuck off.
Waiting for something that's already translated is ridiculous.
It will be 3 years old by then. If they don't localyze this year it will never be.
Eolz
Member
This. Honestly, unless Capcom or Nintendo announces some surprise release before this fall, there'll just be no western release of XX.
If World does lower than expected, I believe we'll get the next portable game at least though.
One shouldn't wait that long. I hope people will have told Capcom to fuck off long before that. People also should remember this more then about Monster Hunter. It's about Capcom and all their decisions in regard to the Switch. MH is just part of a larger issue. It also won't be the last thing to piss people off.
Night Angel
Member
We'll get the next portable game (assuming it's MHPW for Switch) regardless.
They're skipping this one because they don't want to distract from MHW in the west (as stupid as that may be). Even if MHW lights the world on fire, I'd be shocked if we didn't get future mobile releases. Hopefully they do global releases from now on or the series won't catch on in the West as much as they hope. No one likes to have to wonder if the next one will be localised.
I mean this doesn't have to be the case, and if it is, then they did some really janky shit in the code for this. More likely that they fucked up and tied certain game logic things to framerate because they didn't think this was going on any other platforms besides 3DS.
Eolz
Member
Ehhh.
If World is a success, I see no reason why the current Capcom would care about Portable MonHun in the West.
Night Angel
Member
If the Switch is successful, it wouldn't make much sense to skip it. But I guess this is Capcom.
Right now, yeah, it might not be worth the cost for a Switch MHW. In a year or two though, especially if they have already done the majority of the work for a Switch game in Japan? I could definitely see a Western release.
Gotdatmoney
Member
MH4U runs at a higher framerate on new 3DS vs the original. Cross play not an issue there.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
It will be released outside of japan. But there is no date now, probably second half 2018.
They're both 60 unlocked. Generations is locked 30. I dunno if that makes a difference though.
Do you realize how little sense this makes? Game does well, therefore DON'T capitalize on success and release more? More likely if it's a failure they won't want to bother with future games, though they may prefer a safe established gamble anyway. If MHW is at least modestly successful and the Switch doesn't spontaneously keel over it'd be worth bringing out at least future games even if XX is written off as a lost cause.
Eolz
Member
Do you realize we're talking about Capcom?
Even then it'd be that or future releases are purely on arbitrary whim. I don't think they've ever actually shown a tendency of "X is successful here, therefore don't localize X related game on relevant other platforms."
So, much this right here. So, Capcom can release MH World globally with a major push but take years to localize the handheld variants?
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