Maybe it's true but it doesn't explain why Capcom doesn't even try with their other games on Vita, other than quick late ports of their fighting games.
If such a deal was made it suggests that Capcom never recognized Vita as a viable platform for their games to begin with. not sure what would change in a year with current pathetic sales.
Its all about confidence.
Why make games for PS3 and 360? Because they have a userbase? What about PS4/720? They won't have a userbase but will both likely have third party support.
Its because third parties are confident that both will
create their userbase.
Capcom was behind the PSP's success much more than Sony were. Nintendo sold double the units of the PSP and now Nintendo was moving into 3D handheld gaming (along with an extended online and features like Spotpass and Streetpass).
Capcom could be confident that Nintendo would create their own userbase; they don't believe Sony can so any third party games on the Vita that aren't system sellers (meaning the biggest benefit is for Sony anyway) will basically flop.
Capcom knew with the PSP they were the user creators and not Sony. So they decided to go all in with Nintendo, why? Because they now have brought the PSP userbase to the Nintendo userbase.
I suspect being able to also sell another MH game with 3D as a selling point probably helped too.
They get to keep the franchise fresh, keep costs down AND sell to a smaller userbase.
All of this has turned out to be correct as Vita is struggling. As long as its struggling Capcom have no competition for users.
No its not relevant or similar. A competitor putting down another business and product? Just noise.