User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4225671-20110917185729/@comment-76.69.6.109-20110918150348

It's probably because it's cheaper. I'm not hating on the 3DS (I love mine), but there's two main things here.

1) Vita is on a similar level to the 360 and PS3, so Capcom's probably going to use it for multi-console releases or ports. It might cost them millions to make a new game for the system, so why bother? If I remember correctly, their big sell during Sony's Vita conference was Street Fighter X Tekken, not an exclusive game. 2) Making games is expensive, especially if you have to do things from scratch. If Monster Hunter 4 was for a console, they'd have to do a lot of new HD visuals and they'd probably have to build a new version of the engine for the console. It's cheaper just to reuse the engine from Tri G and alter it.