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Before they were working with what was essentially PS2 tech for like 10 years and now they're working with much powerful tech. I don't think there would be alot of sacrifices that could be made to make a Monster Hunter game that could work on Switch and be multi Plat
No chance that they scale back from the most successful game they've ever made to target a smaller market that they can capitalize on with a separate portable series. It just doesn't make any sense.
This discussion already happened multiple times in the past, and MHW's assets aren't exactly the issue, if we talk about monsters/characters/weapons, with most of them not being that impressive or detailed.
Stories didn't do that well, but Capcom also made an anime and kept trying to push it, and the game is now out on smartphones in the West as well.
apparently it was a rumor and wasn't confirmed, as it was discussed in this thread. i was mistaken.
That would imply Capcom caring about Japan, which they don't. They say all the time their focus is western console market and had interviews where they said they have no confidence in the japanese market (they don't even have mobile hits for Japan, showing their lack of interest in the home market).
Why would it be when MHW sold so well? That doesnt make sense from a financial standpoint.
...MH coming to switch doesn't mean the series would stop coming to other platforms. it's a new revenue source for them. it would easily do a million+ in japan, and decently outside of japan. regardless of how well MHW did on other platforms, there's still more money to be made from the series.
Switch for the handheld market in Japan, if they can get 3-4 million sales from there and on top of going on with World for high end consoles then that's a win win for them.
Yeah, the fact it renders everything going on in the map at all times is what would be an issue, but considering how much of it is fairly pointless window dressing, I'm not sure there would be much of a funeral for those elements if they were dropped or severely toned down.
Opportunity cost. Resources on a Switch game that could be used on another multiplat game for PS/PC/MS makes no sense to me.
What do you think happened during the 3DS and Wii eras? Or what would happen if the next MH is multiplat on all those platforms, Switch included?
True. I'm sure it's difficult but if money is there that speaks loudly. Skyrim, DOOM and Wolf are there and I think D/W are more demanding but I could be wrong
Capcom is definitely a large enough company that they can support two lines of MH games. They already have 2 separate MH teams.
Given the difficulty they've experienced with their PC port and the quality of said port, I'm not convinced they could hack it.
I don't think there will be any Switch MonHun because Capcom, but it's funny how things are a cycle. The argument used to be "Opportunity cost. Resources on a console game that could be used on another portable game for Japan makes no sense to me" and people got mad at it. It's the same, if they made a Switch game, they would make good money as well.
People can't make fun of Capcom anymore?
The size of the company doesn't have much to do with the opportunity cost of putting MH on the platform.
Wow this thread is going places.
You're jumping to the conclusion that the choice to use resources on a switch MH game would take resources away from a mainline MH game. That's not the case.
I'm not.
Were you saying this before they made world: "let's hypothetically say Capcom uses 100 employees to make a MH for home consoles. Why not use those employees towards another portable Monster Hunter given their PSP and 3DS sales?"?
World also has a ton of outsourcing going on with it already, so they're already reaching well past the company's immediately available resources to get a game like that done. The team working on a Switch-focused title is never going to be as big.
No.
I thought the difficulty got a bit more better as the game went on but my god these monster have no fucking HP. Elders like Teo going down in sub 10 mins(including the time it takes to find him on the map) is a travesty. I am curious how they are gonna approach the MH games going forward now that World put a very nice spanner in the gears but a spanner nonetheless; World is easier mostly in part to it being the first game to soft reboot the franchise and allow newcomers to ease into the series and what it means for a Nintendo/portable MH which uses the old school formula which is considerably harder and slightly less beginner friendly.
But the 3DS games were making 4+ millions each entry. It would be against anything smart not to capitalize that market.
