User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd/@comment-99.88.83.69-20110724161143/@comment-1758220-20110730154548

Are you both on drugs? The game has only been out for like 7-8 months. It's one of the most popular games in Japan. Why would they spend a ton of money creating a MH fest with life-size monster replicas and a bunch of gameplay booths, but then not allow the public to buy the game in stores?

Here's an example. Gears of War (A very popular game here, much like MH is in Japan) was released in 2006. I can still easily find it at my local Gamestop. That's a 4 year-old game. You're talking about a game that's not even a year old yet.