User blog comment:.Rakle./Monster Hunter Online Information Blog Post/@comment-107.8.161.210-20130423113216

They can deny it to the US all they want, but the massive feedback they got from both when it was first announced China only and when it was shortly announced international should go to show Capcom that THERE IS A WESTERN AUDIENCE YOU WASTE OF SPACE! There are too many Asia only Monster Hunter games and that just really makes me mad. And now we have to also deal with exclusivity deals with Nintendo? Everyone wants this series to succeed but they keep selling to the "larger audience." Here's the problem, your game IS being developed for China only currently, but the west boomed with interest. I mean literally boomed, a MH message board site crashed from traffic since it wasn't prepared for such an onslaught of enthusiasm. If an international release isn't announced before it's final product launch in China all I have to say is: Capcom doesn't know what they're doing with Monster Hunter. Look just how well MH3U is doing. Less than half a million in it's first month. Portable 3rd did over 1 million in it's first month. That wasn't even internationally released either. But why did it sell so much better? Because it respected the audience and stayed on the original platform. Let me tell you that I know a large number of people who would've bought it had it been released on a Sony platform regardless of the Nintendo platform. So in conclusion, the western audience Capcom claims isn't there is in fact there, stop betraying your audience, and localize your games.