vicissitudes
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I don't see any home console game come close to the sales of MH4 for the rest of this upcoming gen. Maybe ever.
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Long queues of people waiting outside the stores for MH4 in Japan today
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I don't see any home console game come close to the sales of MH4 for the rest of this upcoming gen. Maybe ever.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Nothing really new here. Same thing happened with the other launches of the MH games.
At least folks got lucky today with no rain, which is supposed to hit tomorrow.
At least folks got lucky today with no rain, which is supposed to hit tomorrow.
It blows my mind that they even had it set up where Nintendo could talk to them in the first place. Did they think that Capcom would stick with them out of the goodness of their hearts? There isn't a single Kojima or Nomura over there.
MasterSheen
Member
uhhh...
I'm wondering if the 3DS is finally going to catch up to the rate of the DS. A lot of people fail to note that the DS already had a Pokemon generation by that point, and it didn't have anything like MH. If the 3DS doesn't catch up to pace with the DS this year it probably never will.
frankie_baby
Member
that might not be too far from the truth
Infernal Monkey
Member
This is why a digital-only future would be terrible: we'd miss these photos of Japanese lining up for game launches.
In what possible way could Sony have stopped Nintendo and Capcom (a 3rd party developer) from communicating to each other? This is a serious question because I have no idea.
It might gain a lot of traction but it's not gonna be close.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Think of the streetpasses...
frankie_baby
Member
might take a while, but it will
RadarScope1
Member
I'm kind of ignorant about MH. Is there something about this series that makes it better on handhelds? Is there a reason why it's not on consoles? I know it HAS been on consoles but those were just enhanced ports, right?
It's not better or worse on handhelds, it's just that Japan has become handheld land hence why more and more games are becoming portable.
Sony should have money hatted them when they had the chance.
Sony is great when it comes to first party and hardware but they need to learn how to make the best money hats. Nintendo made a brilliant move with this one and this generation the Call of Duty map pack money Microsoft gave Activision made a significant difference in terms of sales and perception for that franchise.
Sony is great when it comes to first party and hardware but they need to learn how to make the best money hats. Nintendo made a brilliant move with this one and this generation the Call of Duty map pack money Microsoft gave Activision made a significant difference in terms of sales and perception for that franchise.
Does Sony provide any support in publishing and translation for Japanese 3rd parties the way Nintendo does for Capcom, Square Enix, and Atlus? I think there is a difference in simply paying for exclusivity and providing a service other hardware makers aren't, though it achieves the same goal.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Iwata got a dealwithit face on there lolDat Monster Hunter Exclusivity. Well done, playa. Well done. #BasedIwata
MeBecomingI
Member
Probably a mix of fuming with anger towards Capcom, pissed with themselves and shitting themselves.
Hero of Legend
Member
Can you imagine, here let's see:
Vita LTD:
MC: 1.823.717
Famitsu: 1.755.885
If MH4 opens above Vita's MC total, that's gonna TURN HEADS! LOL
I do too. I did the Lords work and converted one of my dudebro friends into the light of Japanese games. MH4 will be amazing since we can play online unlike MH3
Why bring up the Vita?
frankie_baby
Member
the whole mobile multiplayer aspect has contributed to its success a lot though
Portability. Japan's public transit systems are famously good and well used, meaning that it's easy to find drop-in games for multiplayer handheld titles, nice for those 45 minute train commutes.
Because they can't use PS2 assets on current/next gen home consoles. They're gonna go cheap until they can.
I have maybe 10 streetpass' total. 3ds launch owner ; (
That would be like kicking a dead puppy.
Sony could have stopped them by making a deal with them earlier. They wouldn't be opened to discussions with Nintendo if Sony simply locked it up when Monster Hunter was on the rise on PSP.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Same reason as Pokemon.
So your advice for Sony is: throw money at everything. It's not like they can buy every exclusive that they want, you know?
Gif that shit, son. Someone here has to have the photoshop skills to make that happen
frankie_baby
Member
just depends how much stock they've got out really, if it doesn't beat that today then it will within just a couple of weeks
More like moneyhat the one thing that fueled massive interest into your last handheld system.
That would require Sony to give two shits about their handhelds.
maquiladora
Member
I'm guessing the vast majority of those people already have a 3DS.
Who's to say they didn't try? (and couldn't afford to)
w1gglyjones
Member
Vita TV coming out there soon... That's probably best for them anyway. Mobile, Gaikai, etc...
You honestly think they didn't thought about it?
frankie_baby
Member
they should have moneyhatted this though, without it vita was dead on arrival, I do suspect if it had come down to money that the price Nintendo would have had to pay would have been lower than the price sony would've had to (not saying Nintendo did pay, its just a thought)
Yup that is exactly what I said.
Can you IMAGINE how many StreetPasses people are getting while waiting in those lines?
I don't even know if there's gonna be a Pokémon XY launch event/lineup around me... sigh...
Why didn't they then? lol. Sony has way more money than Nintendo if it came down to moneyhats. They just didn't care as much.
I don't even know if there's gonna be a Pokémon XY launch event/lineup around me... sigh...
Why didn't they then? lol. Sony has way more money than Nintendo if it came down to moneyhats. They just didn't care as much.