User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Frontier G Discussion/@comment-70.128.20.68-20130525012034/@comment-969093-20130611092031

Capcom is probably also aware that the western community doesn't consist of many players who have the skill and dedication to play Frontier to it's zenith.

As opposed to MH3 you aren't going to get away with a lack of skill in frontier by having a strong armor. I personally believe that any player regardless of skill and dedication should be able to reach HR100.

From that point onward, however, things are going to get nasty. It is when you unlock Henshu and Goushu monsters. They all have really messed up elemental resistances for starters, even having negative values to elements on specific body parts.

No, this is not a good thing. It will cancel out the element and reduce your damage even. Gou monsters are also the first ones to give you a taste of "Frontier".

For example: If you had difficulty fighting G-Teostra back in MHFU, then you're in for hell when you meet Gou Teostra in Frontier. His health is monstrously higher, his defense doubles his HP in terms of effort required to kill him and his attack power is way beyond that of even JUMP Teostra from MHP2G.

The defense you will have when you get there for the first time, trust me... the last thing you want is to get hit by ANYTHING while he's in rage mode. You can't afford that luxury yet until much later.

Then there's the grinding part. Capcom is well aware (I suspect) that not too many players over here can muster up the willpower to go through actual grinding.

Back on MH3 people used to get bored and left after 3x Alatreon, in frontier we kill a monster 30x without a yawn all the time. You need that grind for the money and materials otherwise you won't be able to make and afford anything.

None of the advanced players don't grind this way. It's the only way to go. Only the newbies aren't into it yet but that changes pretty quickly once they get past HR51.

Aside from the whole story I explained above, there's 1 last reason capcom refuses to localize the game. And you already said it, MONEY!

Their servers are huge and they're running 5 synced ones for japan alone. Going by the payments required to play the game they should be making millions each month and they need that money especially in these times.

Western players are generally more of COD and other of such overrated games rather than grinding their lifes to nothingness. This is not something capcom likes to see when considering to localize Frontier in the west. Because that will automatically turn the game into a bust. The risks of a financial debacle are simply too high. It could almost be considered suicide to localise the game as the fanbase is now.

Numbers are only 1 part of the equation. There's still this thing called "dedication" to be accounted for here.