I'd like to say I dont think they would dumb down the game. They wouldn't want to alienate their fanbase.
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Capcom wants to grow Monster Hunter in West, feels handhelds are limiting sales there
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I'd like to say I dont think they would dumb down the game. They wouldn't want to alienate their fanbase.
Also lines up with Capcom saying currently they are not planning to release NS games in this fiscal year, but they are sure to release some games to NS for sure eventually, at their investor meeting like few days ago.
Herb Alpert
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I think that now that they're forced to create HD assets, they will try to recoup the costs and just make it multiplat.
holland666
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Monster Hunter possibly going multiplat is nice. Everybody deserves to play Monster Hunter.
So? It's one of the best playing fighting games out there. It's possible to turn it around when the actual game is good.
Repackaging it for a season 2 will do wonders.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
This sounds on track with that 4chan rumor that showed a couple of weeks ago.
- Basically MH5 would be open world and with combat changed + no time limits. Sony is paying big time so the game doesn't show up in Switch, but it can appear in PC and XBone.
- MH portable would stay in Switch.
The rumor also said some Capcom employees were quite mad at this strategy.
- Basically MH5 would be open world and with combat changed + no time limits. Sony is paying big time so the game doesn't show up in Switch, but it can appear in PC and XBone.
- MH portable would stay in Switch.
The rumor also said some Capcom employees were quite mad at this strategy.
PC PS4 Switch XB1 next gen MonHun confirmed. Japan blogs gonna lose dey SHIT
I can see it atleast launching first on switch and having switch as the lead platform so they can make sure it runs and looks well, then upporting it to PS4 XB1 and PC a little later.
I can see it atleast launching first on switch and having switch as the lead platform so they can make sure it runs and looks well, then upporting it to PS4 XB1 and PC a little later.
Herb Alpert
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Yep. So much people want MH on their platform of choice but not the way the game really is.
It's weird.
Whenever a company tries to get a broader appeal for a series, they dumb it down, unfortunately.
Earthpainting
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I guess their problem can be partially addressed by putting it on that new Switch thing, but I doubt Capcom's going to get what they want in this. The biggest barrier for your average western gamer is the type of game Monster Hunter is, and not so much the target platform. To make Monster Hunter a success in the west, you'll have to compromise its original appeal, pray the changes work, and also pray that these changes don't destroy the appeal for Japanese players who seem to reject home console games to a certain degree.
Do we know what the best selling PS4 games are in Japan? It might still be The Phantom Pain and Knack, who were comfortably sitting under half a mil last time I checked.
Do we know what the best selling PS4 games are in Japan? It might still be The Phantom Pain and Knack, who were comfortably sitting under half a mil last time I checked.
Again, this is not exactly what was said, and you know it since we've examined it already, I don't understand why you're reiterating the wrong message. This is the right one, as you translated it.
Nothing of any significance towards the release of a Switch game at launch or not. Let's just avoid people Oregano-ing even here, thanks.
That is because most do not give a shit about anything other than wanting to say Monster Hunter of Platform of choice. Don't you know that just by being on the PS4 it is going to sell 15 million copies
MatrixMan.EXE
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And if MH5 does end up on PS4...what then?
SinCityAssassin
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Then it's PS4/Switch.
Then it wouldn't have anything to do with the rumour.
I've heard same things numerous times regarding DQ11 on PS4 lol.
If any of this is true and employees are mad I just don't understand. The series started out on consoles and has been on handheld for so long excluding the Wii/WiiU games. Let the series grow on more platforms. PC had the online MMO games let the series get some shine on PS4/Xbone.
As for the Switch does it really matter when Nintendo has dominated with the handheld games for so long already it could miss out this one time.
Isaac Otherworld
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I liked Monster Hunter Tri well enough, I supposed.
But what killed me was the fact that there was never just a world or level to fight in. Every map is 12 or so rooms broken apart by obnoxious load screens.
The Soulsborne series was in many ways a lot of what I wanted from Monster Hunter, perfected.
But what killed me was the fact that there was never just a world or level to fight in. Every map is 12 or so rooms broken apart by obnoxious load screens.
The Soulsborne series was in many ways a lot of what I wanted from Monster Hunter, perfected.
Sammy Samusu
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Giving me Final Fantasy teas.
I'm scared.
I'm scared.
Stairouais
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Fuck no.
MH is about monster hunting. Not running 3 seconds and walking for fucking hours between villages.
Devilgunman
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Do you know something we don't? If so, please share. I don't know why so many people are so quick at dismissing any possibility of MH5 on PS4, or even mocking people believing in that possibility, like this comment
AsylumBlue
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I could see it doing really well on PS4/PC if they actually bring their A-game and get proper marketing from Sony. "Dragon's Dogma," a super late port of a PS360 title, did exceedingly well on PC, and I think a mainline "Monster Hunter" title could easily capture that audience and more, especially with it being multiplayer.
That's not what I meant. You can discuss MH5 on PS4, it's always interesting, but don't give any credits to the rumour, it's the same random 4chan post there are every year, before a MH announcement.
MatrixMan.EXE
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lol
Okay. We'll revisit this when the game is announced, I guess.
I want it.
Devilgunman
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My bad then. Apologies.
I can see it being multiplatform thanks to the skyrocketing budget cost of being HD but since Monster Hunter got popular as a handheld game they are likely going to kill its appeal in Japan, and without the West selling over what Japan lose then they will cancel the series
What you guys are hoping for cant be called Monster Hunter anymore and you guys got your "Monster Hunter HD" last gen in the form of Dragon Dogma which bombed in both the PS3 and X360 and in the form of Toukiden and God Eater on PS4 which both bombed something fierce
What you guys are hoping for cant be called Monster Hunter anymore and you guys got your "Monster Hunter HD" last gen in the form of Dragon Dogma which bombed in both the PS3 and X360 and in the form of Toukiden and God Eater on PS4 which both bombed something fierce
Sammy Samusu
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And when it inevitably bombs worldwide... what then?
Those load screens allow hunters to escape monsters and move around the map quickly, which is vital as monsters fleeing is part of what makes it a hunt. It also allows different environmental challenges to exist next to each other, like cliffs next to a forest, without having to have a transitional area. People say they want open world as its in vogue, but really it would end up like MMOs with processions of bored hunters running for five minutes rather than 30 seconds and watching their stamina bar run low. For an example of this, FF Explorers was a hunting game with multiple objectives split across a huge world map, and it was so tedious running from fight to fight, just lines of players running, walking, running, walking.
nephilimdj
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Ofcourse MHS can be last family MH with Zelda DLC, then we can finally go back to guns appealing to west
NRA approved
Since you are so convinced MH5 is showing up on PS4 and not on Switch...do you know anything? I've seen you so many times in this threads, so I've started wondering about it.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Not my problem.
I'm convinced it's coming to PS4 and that people should stop assuming that Nintendo has the franchise by the balls. They don't.
I feel like asking everyone if they know anything can only lead to disappointment and fake insiders.
Psycho_Mantis
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Explain inevitable
There were far more people adamant that DQ would never come to the PS4 and now PS4 has like 5 DQ games including the next mainline.
Sammy Samusu
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It'd be for Capcom. You know, the one we are discussing in this thread.
I can see PS4/Switch happening, but the rumor of PS4 exclusive makes no sense.
Lots of hearts will break when MH eventually ends up being on multiple platforms. Capcom is talking about growing the MH franchise in the west and then there actually are some people who think they mean that a Switch version will be the only thing that will help with that. Nope, you crazy. You know damn well they're talking about PC/PS4 and maybe even an Xbox One version. Unless Nintendo forks out some hefty amounts of cash then Capcom isn't really willing to ignore a userbase of 100 million.
I need me some statements in my life about why the next (mainline) MH game won't be multiplat because after this statement it seems pretty darn evident to me that Capcom is not having anything of that Switch exclusivity for the west.
Aka we're doing ports.
I need me some statements in my life about why the next (mainline) MH game won't be multiplat because after this statement it seems pretty darn evident to me that Capcom is not having anything of that Switch exclusivity for the west.
Oh yeah it will definitely end up on handhelds too (Switch/maybe even a downport to the 3DS), Capcom would be immensely stupid not to do so. The console version won't really make a dent in the Japanese market.
Or to understand better the grounds someone so invested is standing on from the get go.
Well, similar to Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3, but Bloodborne being a total exclusive.
I can see Sony paying for the marketing in the west for that new MH while Capcom is actually trying to make it open world and so for a wider western audience. To me, what Capcom says in this new kinda confirms the leak.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Okay.
Most sane people have specifically stated Multiplatform is the route they need to take but completely abandoning handhelds to hope consoles will pick up the slack is the delusional ones. The series started on Consoles. Was abysmal then blew up on handhelds. Consoles are dead in Japan. The West is not going to offset what would be a massive loss of sales in Japan
AsylumBlue
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Sony needs to lock up some "Horizon: Zero Dawn" dinos on the PS4 version for some extra marketing/appeal. Win-win!
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