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RUMOR: Monster Hunter 4 coming to Vita
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gamergirly
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Wasn't this rumor floating around in some form or another after the 3G version came out only for it to be wrong when MH4 was finally announced for the 3DS only. Why would a Vita version even be needed when the 3DS user base numbers are so insanely high in Japan compared to the Vita.
Does Sony have enough money to spend on just securing one game? Does Sony want to undercut Soul Sacrifice (game they are publishing and help develop and likely part own if not own outright) before it even has a chance to shine and once again become dependent on a third party franchise that could easily jump ship?
That doesn't make any sense to me.
Does Sony have enough money to spend on just securing one game? Does Sony want to undercut Soul Sacrifice (game they are publishing and help develop and likely part own if not own outright) before it even has a chance to shine and once again become dependent on a third party franchise that could easily jump ship?
That doesn't make any sense to me.
It's a new rumor.
Also, having BOTH on the same hardware would only be a plus, not a con. It would mean both would sell well. I'm sure Sony isn't looking to get MH numbers with Soul Sacrifice.
For everyone saying "Nintendo wouldn't allow it": I think that'd depend on how much money and what deals they made with Capcom. If they didn't actually DO anything on that front and Capcom just thought being on 3DS made the most sense then the only thing they could do is try to work out those deals now, and that's assuming Sony didn't beat them to the punch. And Sony WOULD be in their own panic mode, so I can't blame them.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Depth perception is better suited to Monster Hunter too. And people played the series on PSP, with control schemes that didn't employ a dual analog setup for camera control on PS2, etc, I don't think dual analog is that high in their priority list, especially when they've updated the games with the virtual d-pad on the touch screen and more importantly the new monster re-target toggle for the re-center function. Anyway, I'm sure it would boost Vita but not enough, not like it did the PSP at least.
grimshawish
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How much did that cost Sony?
Yeah pretty much. Beyond the jokes and doubtfulness the fact is Nintendo never actually paid for some sort of exclusivity - it was just MH on 3DS was mutually beneficial to Capcom and Nintendo. They worked to best suit one another and keep a relationship going.
If Sony paid - a big some btw, Monster Hunter would be worth a lot of money to them - then yeah its believable.
Certainly if this is happening Capcom haven't done it themselves.
The article I mean, not the game.
Yeah pretty much. Beyond the jokes and doubtfulness the fact is Nintendo never actually paid for some sort of exclusivity - it was just MH on 3DS was mutually beneficial to Capcom and Nintendo. They worked to best suit one another and keep a relationship going.
If Sony paid - a big some btw, Monster Hunter would be worth a lot of money to them - then yeah its believable.
Certainly if this is happening Capcom haven't done it themselves.
Devilgunman
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Anybody takes this bs seriously? It doesn't make any sense from any perspective.
shinra-bansho
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Can't see it happening.
And even if it does, while it's a big thing, it's no Lazarus Pit.
And even if it does, while it's a big thing, it's no Lazarus Pit.
Ingueferroque
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Awesome. This is good for gamers alike.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Nintendo is not Microsoft.
Regardless, I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.
Hot Coldman
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clay_ghost
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GAFis not stupid i hope lol
Or what?
Leona Lewis
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frankie_baby
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Capcpom would not have delayed this out of this financial year for a vita port, seriously
Chû Totoro
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How many PS Vita in Japan? How much to make the game on it?
Not sure if plausible...
3DS outsells PS Vita 10 to 1... why bother?
Not sure if plausible...
3DS outsells PS Vita 10 to 1... why bother?
phosphor112
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Wishful thinking maybe?
If it does great. If it doesn't I'll still hate capcom.
If it does great. If it doesn't I'll still hate capcom.
capcom's decisions are often questionable though
Also, they've learned with SFxTekken that late Vita ports don't bring in any cash at all, so if they're going to do one they'll make it a contemporary release.
MikeE21286
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haha, oh no no no.
I don't know. I just always assumed GAF hated kotaku and that everything they write is for advertising money.
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Saint Titanfall
Seems rather pointless, even if it was in development and was to come out anywhere near the 3DS version we would have heard about it by now for marketing since there's no point in keeping it a secret if it was a simultaneous release. If Capcom or sony were to actually know sell this game.
phoenix3934
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Vita "saved"!
lol~
StreetsAhead
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Splitting the user base on a game reliant on ad-hoc multiplayer is not the best idea, probably. Unless they found a way to overcome that, I doubt this.
It's the same magazine.
Samurai_Heart
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Sony realises they need Monster Hunter for the Vita especially for Japan =P? They seriously can't just rely on just Monster Hunter tbh, but then again Japan XD, don't think they'll even care for the west Vita owners =P
If I was Sony, I would be desperate to get MH4, even if Sony can't get it exclusively they should be willing to pay money for a multiplatform release. I think handhelds are not going to do that great in the west either way so they should oput more focus on Japan. Release Soul Sacrifice. Try and get multiplatform versions of MH4 and Ace Attorney. Hurry up with FFX. Announce DQVIII, Type0 and FFXII HD releases. Announce Gravity Rush 2, Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Demon's Souls 2.
What money? ^^'
Principate
Saint Titanfall
They would have marketed this by now. There's questionable and then there's stupid. If they wanted to sell this game we would have known a long time ago. Vita doesn't exactly have a large user base, so if they wanted this game to even sell reasonably they have every reason to have announced this as soon as it went through.
fabfour64xx
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They meant Wii U, guys.
Exterminieren
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Hating a company because of a valid business decision and because they didn't decide to act like benevolent gods to a platform?
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The funny thing is some of those ludicrous dreams are about as likely as this.
I've always hated this argument because I was completely happy with GBA, and GBC, and the original GB.
Diddy Kong
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Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Well yeah, making money is generally the reason why people do their jobs. I personally feel most of the Kotaku hate here is unwarranted.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Game Lab
Therefore false.
This is like if the internet existed in the form it does today back in the 90s and Kotaku reported on every single one of Quarterman's rumors from EGM.
Therefore false.
This is like if the internet existed in the form it does today back in the 90s and Kotaku reported on every single one of Quarterman's rumors from EGM.
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