Capcom: Monster Hunter 3 heading to Wii due to PS3 development costs
More light has been shed on Capcom‘s recent decision to bring Monster Hunter 3 to the Nintendo Wii home video game console. Apparently, development costs for the Sony PlayStation 3 played a part in the company’s decision.
This was revealed by Katsuhiro Ichii, Capcom’s managing corporate officer. Ichii is quoted in a Thompson Financial news report on Hemscott as saying, “Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunter 3 title.”
Although Monster Hunter 3‘s multiplatform status is unclear, Sony still has at least one title in the series – Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – heading for its PlayStation portable handheld gaming system.
The same reports also quotes Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura as saying that Monster Hunter 3 could bring more teenage players to the Wii fold as the series has a strong fan base in that particular demographic.
Hamamura also noted that the move by Capcom, who has a reputation for creating graphics-intensive titles, could lead to more developers working on Wii titles. The Wii has generally been thought of as unable to handle graphics such as those required by Monster Hunter titles.
Via Hemscott
More light has been shed on Capcom‘s recent decision to bring Monster Hunter 3 to the Nintendo Wii home video game console. Apparently, development costs for the Sony PlayStation 3 played a part in the company’s decision.
This was revealed by Katsuhiro Ichii, Capcom’s managing corporate officer. Ichii is quoted in a Thompson Financial news report on Hemscott as saying, “Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunter 3 title.”
Although Monster Hunter 3‘s multiplatform status is unclear, Sony still has at least one title in the series – Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G – heading for its PlayStation portable handheld gaming system.
The same reports also quotes Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura as saying that Monster Hunter 3 could bring more teenage players to the Wii fold as the series has a strong fan base in that particular demographic.
Hamamura also noted that the move by Capcom, who has a reputation for creating graphics-intensive titles, could lead to more developers working on Wii titles. The Wii has generally been thought of as unable to handle graphics such as those required by Monster Hunter titles.
Via Hemscott