User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-1758220-20120313035438/@comment-76.69.2.56-20120313084454

Loss: That would be all well and good if that was what Aandrew said. He didn't say that he wanted X game on Y console, he said that X game is restricted by being on Y console, disappointing thousands (if not millions, which is pretty funny considering that the fanbase of Monster Hunter on consoles is only two million). He's presenting this as some sort of dilemma in which Monster Hunter is dying, when it's pretty obvious that it isn't - it's just not on the system he might like it to be.

As for Monster Hunter in the West... Do you know anything about Dragon Quest or Dynasty Warriors? They've both been able to push the same sort of numbers in the West that Tri did with some games, sometimes a little more, but these are big money in Japan. Even with Nintendo's backing Dragon Quest and a Canadian-developed Dynasty Warriors spinoff they aren't going to be able to do that here. That's what I'm saying Monster Hunter's potential is. It might be big for a niche game, but it will never be a mainstream game, and if that's where Capcom sets its expectations they will not be met.