Here’s a little more news on Monster Hunter 3 coming to Wii. We could have seen this coming a mile off, but when quizzed about the reasons behind the switch from PlayStation to Wii, Capcom cited the “high development cost of titles for PS3.”

Take heed, for while Monster Hunter might be a dead fish everywhere else, it’s been flying off the shelves in Japan. It’s even given the PSP a new burst of life, with over a million copies of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd sold for the handheld. For those not in the know, it’s a MMO-ish action adventure title with a very literal title - grinding, beast-killing excitement for single or online play.

Back to the point, though, which is the lack of faith in exclusivity for PS3 here. For a game apparently so popular, and presumably so well-polished come the third game, to defect to Wii is a little odd. Surely success would have been assured on PS3 despite the initial expense. Just how big a problem are these development costs?

Source: Gamasutra via 1UP

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 at 11:09 pm by James Lyon
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