User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4104391-20111024211647/@comment-195450-20111025040222

It's not even so much developer costs- The DS, even though being inferior in terms of hardware power, far outsold the PSP. Lots of people in japan already own or would happily buy a nintendo handheld to play monster hunter. Economically, going to the 3DS just makes sense. It gives nintendo a huge boost (and you can bet they will help capcom market the game) and moves the franchise to the more successful portable line. Really, Monster Hunter Portable is probably the whole reason the PSP did as well as it did in japan. I own a PSP and I can't really say anything bad about it, but I understand why they did what they did. (I might have bought a PS3 when it came out if it wasn't so expensive... I don't have any hate against playstation, I want to make that clear)