I think that perception of the PS4's performance in Japan is kind of distorted here in the MC/Famitsu community.
here some facts about the PS4 in Japan
.-it is a console that took forever to surpass the WiiU LTD (...the wiiU!!!) and it's on its way to do merely ok-ish once all is said and done several years from now.
.-it is a console that currently has a smaller fanbase than Vita by nearly a million users, which itself has about a misserable 22% of its competitor's base, the place where the MH currently is.
.-I tried looking for a list of million sellers but I couldn't find one, FFXV seems like will crawl to it in the coming years and I don't know if minecraft is a thing there (is a million seller on Vita). unless I am wrong, it doesn't have a million seller.
thing is, PS4 is in the pack of the loser consoles in Japan. or are people really thinking it is a success?? cause you'd need very strong and convincng arguments to defend that idea.
We just saw the LTDs of the successful players, PS4 won't ever come close, not in its wildest dreams, to scratch that kind of userbases in Japan.
the only way MH is becoming a Sony exclusive to PS4 is by sacrificing a HUGE chunk of their domestic sales in order to attract the western PS4 userbase, which in itself will be WAY too busy playing not only their backlogs but stuff like RDR2, TLOU2 and their yearly sport iterations.
PS2 and Wii had Monster Hunters and the IP didn't really succeeded there like on the handheld games, why would it succeed on a MUCH smaller userbase on PS4
makes no sense whatsoever, why would people see it as viable in the first place?