Doesn't Nintendos digital download service for full games go live next month? Maybe Capcom have decided to take the plunge on localization now that digital only is a reality.
You had good intentions, but your post only made us more frustrated. lolI just did this so fellow gaffers get a little bit more relaxed.
I just did this so fellow gaffers get a little bit more relaxed
Doesn't Nintendos digital download service for full games go live next month? Maybe Capcom have decided to take the plunge on localization now that digital only is a reality.
Well, NSMB2 is going to be digital and retail, as are all future nintendo-published 3DS games, so why not Monster Hunter? That could be attractive to Capcom, a limited retail print run combined with digital downloads and free promotion and demos on the eshop, not many downsides to that.
Sadly, it wasn't. Even though it had a lot of things going for it the game was way, way too easy. Tri was already dumbed down a lot from the older games in terms of difficulty but Portable 3rd was a joke in that respect. It was actually less fun to play it co-op than by yourself because the monsters would die way too quickly.Pity that Portable 3rd will likely never see the light of day over here. From what little I played, it was the most enjoyable version yet.
I'll take that over both MHs.how about AAI2 (lol)?
I'll take that over both MHs.
You know at this point i don't even fucking care if it has online multiplayer, just give us something
The new community manager fits right in. I wonder if svenson mentored him.
What I would like to know from Nintendo fans is why are people getting upset that the PSP/Vita people want Portable 3rd? I have a 3DS and a Vita and will probably get MH4 when it comes out but that doesn't mean I have to be exclusive to it and can't want to play MH on my Vita too. You can only play MHFU for so long.
What I would like to know from Nintendo fans is why are people getting upset that the PSP/Vita people want Portable 3rd? I have a 3DS and a Vita and will probably get MH4 when it comes out but that doesn't mean I have to be exclusive to it and can't want to play MH on my Vita too. You can only play MHFU for so long.
What I would like to know from Nintendo fans is why are people getting upset that the PSP/Vita people want Portable 3rd? I have a 3DS and a Vita and will probably get MH4 when it comes out but that doesn't mean I have to be exclusive to it and can't want to play MH on my Vita too. You can only play MHFU for so long.
who would be upset about getting portable 3rd out here in the west?
Wait, where did this happened? All I recall were just Nintendo fans getting upset at the MH3G port begging. Then again I don't follow MH threads close enough.
That's something I quite don't understand. The number one argument people put forth for Capcom not bringing MH4/MH3G to Vita/PSP is that it would split up the userbase. I find that completely ridiculous. The more platforms you put it on, the more sales you get. People who have 3DSs will get that version while other users will get the other versions. Never understood why there has to be annoyance from Nintendo fans about people hoping for at least a Portable 4th. /rant
That's something I quite don't understand. The number one argument people put forth for Capcom not bringing MH4/MH3G to Vita/PSP is that it would split up the userbase. I find that completely ridiculous. The more platforms you put it on, the more sales you get. People who have 3DSs will get that version while other users will get the other versions. Never understood why there has to be annoyance from Nintendo fans about people hoping for at least a Portable 4th. /rant
Port begging is banned on GAF because it tends to derail whatever the actual subject of the thread is.
Splitting the userbase is not some fanboy concern its a legitimate business reason for why not to release a MH game across multiple platforms. MH is a Japanese phenomenon that relies on local multiplayer to grow. Capcom doesn't want a situation where someone with MH4 on the 3ds can't play local multi with someone with MH4 on the Vita.
I'll take that over both MHs.
Splitting the userbase is not some fanboy concern its a legitimate business reason for why not to release a MH game across multiple platforms. MH is a Japanese phenomenon that relies on local multiplayer to grow. Capcom doesn't want a situation where someone with MH4 on the 3ds can't play local multi with someone with MH4 on the Vita.
However, how can Capcom even make that assumption without ever doing it? This is probably more a question for Sales-GAF but what was the last title Capcom released in Japan that was affected negatively because it was put on more than one platform?
As the comic say... Dying.
Local multiplayer requires that all parties have the same system. If the game was released across two platforms there would be fewer people with the game on the same platform. The issues with a multiplat release extend beyond this one issue. For one, is it worth it? Even just a straight port of MH4 to the Vita would cost money and its not like there is a huge userbase on the vita at the moment. It also creates confusion about where the series will fall in the future. People don't like having to buy multiple hardware just to keep up with one series. Kingdom Hearts is a good example of that.
whilst i agree that there may be legit business reasons for going 3DS, MH is now split between 3DS, Wii, PC, PSP, PS3, X360.
I'd argue the other way really - putting it on every platform going doesn't split the userbase at all (i mean - in any meaningful way that would cause drastic issues) , it grows it. Infact, i'll go one further - having differing content built on similar engines for MH will mean you get a -large- hardcore buying every version whilst bringing in that platforms userbase.
Having 3DS and PSP or Vita or PC or Wii U or whatever Monster Hunter isn't going to cause half the issue people think it will.
Churlish hat on here, but Capcom just made people buy a 3DS when the PSP isn't quite dead yet. I'm still stunned that Capcom haven't announced a PSP 3rdP G or a "Finale" edition MH for download only that busts the 2 gig limit.
Kingdom hearts has -still- sold well whereever it went - I don't think MH would be an issue either.
Those platforms are irrelevant, Monster Hunter is only a sales force on portables and it's only ever been on one portable platform at a time. The reason it sells on portables is because it's a social phenomenon in Japan; whether you agree or not, Capcom seems to believe that exclusivity matters for this purpose. I'm sure they have their data that tells them so.It's already split up between all these different platforms.
I'm sure they have their data that tells them so.
Churlish hat on here, but Capcom just made people buy a 3DS when the PSP isn't quite dead yet. I'm still stunned that Capcom haven't announced a PSP 3rdP G or a "Finale" edition MH for download only that busts the 2 gig limit.
Kingdom hearts has -still- sold well whereever it went - I don't think MH would be an issue either.
Well it's too late now, and considering the software sales decline several PSP franchises have seen over the last few months their decision probably ended up being a sound one.
I'm sorry but isn't MHP3rd the best selling MH title ever?
Not talking about MHP3rd, but a new PSP game.
And software sales for the PSP have been on a pretty marked decline this year, so if they were ever going to do a G version of MHP3rd it should have been released last year.
That doesn't matter. If there was a new MH for PSP, JP would gobble that up.