Does Capcom's MH decision make any sense?

>Its another butthurt nintenbro thinking MH was """""his""""" game series

>>380562220
>Doesn't localize XX, a real game
wut

>>380562343
No, but these weird decisions don't make sense from a financial standpoint.

Why leave out the Switch, which is basically the most powerful handheld? It's completely illogical.

Source on World running in MT Framework?
Most newer Capcom games run in UE4

>>380562615
It does actually run in MT Framework
http://wccftech.com/monster-hunter-world-30fps-mt-framework/
>Target 30 fps on PS4 XBONE
Yeah I'm not sure you want to see this running on the Switch.
Especially after MH4 onward ran like garbage on OG 3DS

>>380562343
Actually it's just GF_Sybb making another topic about nintendo game asses. He's hoping the topic will move to talking about Samus Aran or PN03 bitch or Peach.

>>380562881
What are you smoking? Graphics of World doesn't look as good as your typical Ps4 game. And even then, they could remove small details and get it out on Switch, as long as the engine is compatible.

>>380562568
>these weird decisions don't make sense from a financial standpoint
It's a game for systems that have been starved for an official Monster Hunter game

>>380563110
The Xbox audience never wanted MH games. To make Worlds for Xbox but not for Switch makes absolutely no fucking sense.

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Actually Capcom decision is pretty reasonable from a market standpoint. They dont want a Market Cannibalization by making a single mainstream MH game.
Hear my words, this will be the most profitable MH game. But that doesn't mean it will be the best one for the oldschool gamers.

>>380563485
>They dont want a Market Cannibalization by making a single mainstream MH game.
No one has ever failed from giving the consumer options. If you're that worried about one console outselling the other then why accept money to exclude that console?

>Hear my words, this will be the most profitable MH game.
It wont even touch the 4s and Freedom Unite in sales or profit margin due those games being on handhelds.

>>380563049
>they could remove small details
This is the rub, and why it won't happen.

The difference in hardware between PS4/XBone and Switch is an order of magnitude. Sure, you could redo every mesh, texture, particle, filter, etc. to hit 30 FPS on the Switch, but you'd be making the same game a second time to release on only one more platform.

More rational to make/port another MonHun game which is 1) designed to match the Switch's processing hardware and 2) designed to match the Switch's control hardware.

>>380564176
World doesn't look that good in the first place. It wouldn't be a far stretch to get it out on Switch.

There's something else holding them back.

>>380564574
Again, you're asking for two tiers of fidelity: Switch and everything-other-than-Switch.

Even if that hypothetical MH:W Switch version were made, unless there were at least as many Switch owners who bought it as PC buyers, PC4 buyers, and XBone buyers COMBINED, that's a negative ROI.

>>380562220
They never announce whether they're bringing a MH game to the west this early.

>>380565091
Now you're just playing guessing games. Do you seriously think, with the Japanese market included, that World will sell better on Xbox than Switch?

Get a grip, you dumb fuck

>>380565620

It's a western Monster Hunter.

i hope you die a slow death OP

>>380566918
Because it's easier? Then how will it be received by the huge fanbase in Japan?

>>380562220
>Localize MH Stories
They weren't even going to do that before Nintendo stepped in.

>>380567549
>Then how will it be received by the huge fanbase in Japan?
They have XX as far as Capcom is concerned. They don't get that they are fracturing a fanbase instead of cultivating it.

>>380568254
Because they want to suck western cock?

>>380568363

Seems like it. Seems like Inafune wasn't the only one at Capcom promoting this cancer.

>>380568504
So basically they want everything, but they'll lose everything.

Western fags don't give a shit about MH, and Japs will be upset when they discover that World is a dumbed down version of past MH games with a fresh coat of paint.

>>380562220

>Does Capcom's MH decision make any sense?

It makes sense when you realize Nintendo is fucking retarded and only gets carried by a diehard fanbase

MHW was in development for four years on the PS4/xbox one. At that time Nintendo only had the 3DS out and the Wii U. Since Wii U was such a colossal failure, they didn't even bother. 3DS is such outdated hardware that capcom was literally adding jet engine monsters and flashy weeb shit to even differentiate the new games.

It's Nintendos fault for being a garbage hardware manufacturer. Also Switch can barely run a Wii U came at 30 fps in docked mode, so developing for it would be garbage as well.

>>380569090
This is probably the closest answer.

Capcom is trying to push World as hard as it can in North America and Europe, and hopes it will draw the Japan crowd to buy PS4s, but they are not the primary demographic. Why is this so hard to understand? They are taking a risk here, sure. It may not sell as well as handheld MHs, but I bet they are hoping it's going to take off for Western audiences. And with the PS4, Xbone, and PC they are covering a huge market percentage. This isn't a game made for Japan and then whatever overseas sales are a bonus like handheld releases.


Despite what it may seem at time, Capcom isn't fully retarded. They aren't going to release a game with graphics far beyond what they have done before with the series, and an update/upgrade of the mechanics. They know the gamble they are taking, and are hedging their bets on capturing the NA&Euro market for the huge PS4 base.

>>380569442
Why would the CoD/GTA fanbase in west be interested in Monster Hunter?

>>380569516
Because the COD/GTA fanbase are interested in flashy graphics and fast paced action. This is why there are no loading screens in map anymore, and why you can heal on the run. They are making World as crazy as they can without going full retard like X/XX.

Like I said, it is a gamble. But they aren't just pulling this out of their ass. They would have crunched the numbers, and tested demographics.

>>380562220
why would they want World to compete with XX

>>380569090
this seems apt

>>380565975
you dumb nintenigger, the thing is it's easier to develop it for Xbox than switch.

>hurrrrr make 2 separate sets of assets for one fucking game
>or instead make 1 set of assets for one fucking game

gee fucking whizz

>>380569714
Well they like Destiny. Monster Hunter is a lot like Destiny if you smack most things with a hammer instead of shoot them with an assault rifle.

>>380570305
Ps4 and Xbone is different too, then. Ps4 is obviously more powerful, but they still push for an Xbone verison - a console without any prior success on MH.

>>380570892
are you seriously suggesting the leap from ps4 to xbone is anywhere near the leap from xbone to switch?