Probably the people doing that don't have anything better to do with their Vita
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Long queues of people waiting outside the stores for MH4 in Japan today
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Probably the people doing that don't have anything better to do with their Vita
IdreamofHIME
Member
w1gglyjones
Member
MH3U just came out like 5 months ago...
He's saying people 15 and over will buy Pokemon. The original argument was that Monster Hunter fans won't buy Pokemon because MonHun is 15+. The age restriction is on Monster Hunter, not Pokemon.
I don't care. I need my new fix and I don't want to lag behind Japan that much.
Maybe, but I wish I was in one of those lines too.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Monster Hunter is the COD of Japan (or something like that since it doesn't come annually). Capcom literally struck gold with that title.
The Karasumori
Banned
Every time I look at the Vita and it's two analog sticks I just close my eyes and shake my head. Man, the potential is wasted. Sony dropped the ball letting Nintendo swipe MH from them.
If that was the only thing they did wrong, it would be selling more.
ShinNL
Member
Dat two analog stick argument!
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Is it just me or is the lack of girls/women you ever see in these type of lines in Japan strange?
Around here at least its always about 4 girls to every 10 guys no matter the game, system etc.
Around here at least its always about 4 girls to every 10 guys no matter the game, system etc.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
The only times I have ever seen girls in a game launch was for COD.
Goddamn, I think I'd just buy the digital version if I saw a queue like that.
They need to shift more than half a million units to reach 2012 3DS tier. The lines are impressive, but let's not go too crazy.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Not that I have a horse in this race, but what is stopping capcom from porting MH4 to Vita at a later date? I very much doubt it will happen because the Vita is dead, but nothing ive seen suggests that Nintendos MH was anything but a Userbase decision, not a paid exclusivity agreement.
Believe it or not, the only reason I think MH isnt on Sony platforms, is that Sony refuses to pay Capcom for it, especially after the SF x T debacle.
Believe it or not, the only reason I think MH isnt on Sony platforms, is that Sony refuses to pay Capcom for it, especially after the SF x T debacle.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yeah COD always has a lot but anything here has more than a few.
Off the top of my head Mortal Kombat had a lot, FFXIV was actually about 50/50, RE6, Uncharted 3.
Clearly Nintendo needs to produce an eShop Courtyard where you can see sales activity in the form of peoples' Miis lining up.
What was this?
pieatorium
Member
WoW midnight launches always had a pretty diverse group turn out.
It hurts, man.
Two proper analog sticks and the party chat...
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Poor vita owners. I know some of then are still salty. I never liked MH per se but even though the argument is decades old, it still sucks. Either way getting it on a 3DS isn't out the picture.. I'm sure almost all vita owners have a 3DS.
Edit: Why does people keep saying Sony should of Moneyhatt? Here's the thing... Capcom regardless of money has the right to say no in which I think they definitely did. Since Sony showed no support whatsoever in the West and with a list of other things, Capcom could have just used that as a reason to not team up with them, then seeing the sales of the Vita compared to the 3DS.. It was obvious and easy route forward. Nintendo probably didn't need to work hard to secure it. Sony messed it up themselves. No money was going to fix that and I'm sure Capcom well admitted that multiple times. It's was all about getting MH on a popular system that would guarantee sales. That's it.
Edit: Why does people keep saying Sony should of Moneyhatt? Here's the thing... Capcom regardless of money has the right to say no in which I think they definitely did. Since Sony showed no support whatsoever in the West and with a list of other things, Capcom could have just used that as a reason to not team up with them, then seeing the sales of the Vita compared to the 3DS.. It was obvious and easy route forward. Nintendo probably didn't need to work hard to secure it. Sony messed it up themselves. No money was going to fix that and I'm sure Capcom well admitted that multiple times. It's was all about getting MH on a popular system that would guarantee sales. That's it.
I think it's wrong to represent Capcom as having loyalty towards Sony; what they had was loyalty to the PSP userbase. They didn't assume the PSP userbase would necessarily translate to PS3 success or future Vita sales, and as such were open-minded about where to take the system next.
That's not to misrepresent Nintendo; I'm sure they lobbied hard - but I think Capcom were viewing it as a clean slate, not as them pushing against an existing loyalty.
September is the new Easter.
At least there are any girls at all.
mikeysteena
Neo Member
Seeing pictures like these kinda makes me sad. I wish we had the same kind of enthusiasm over here (UK) for video games. We usually get a couple of people standing outside a Game store for COD or Halo but that's it. Even the launch of GTA next week will be nothing compared to these pics.
Why do so many people in Japan do this, are they against ordering online? Or do they see queuing as "the thing to do" when a high profile title is released?
Anyway I love it, wish I was part of it!
Why do so many people in Japan do this, are they against ordering online? Or do they see queuing as "the thing to do" when a high profile title is released?
Anyway I love it, wish I was part of it!
RoadHazard
Gold Member
They sure do like their MH games.
granabanana
Banned
The secondhand market is huge over there.
While their are people buying a new system with their game .their are many who buy the system and game second handed. then play and finish it and then resell both and get money again to buy something else.
100% digital would make this impossible.
I know your joking. but i honestly think Sony doesn't really care ATM.
would they have wanted to have those sales? sure .
But right now they are focusing on launching their new console and Vita TV .
Everything else is secondary right now.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Buying online (from an e-retailer like amazon) and digital aren't the same thing. At least, I think that is what mikeysteena meant.
MH4, Pokemon, 2DS, Zelda, etc. Something tells me the 500K difference won't be hard to reach. Real question is, how far beyond that can it go.
Waldo Lydecker
Member
Same here, I got bored of it very quickly. But the same can be said about things like Fifa or COD. Fifa for me can't touch the sheer joy of local multiplayer PES in it's PS2 glory days (PES4 is still my favorite soccer game ever).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
FF has a lot of fangirls as does KH. I'm sure if you went to the JoJo launch the majority would be girls lol.
Where, in Japan?
not_so_special
Banned
its sad how a thread to celebrate the good sales of a game has become the usual vita bashing by some people
Same reason people get upset in the west when a company moneyhats a game into being exclusive.
People have only one console, or they prefer one over they other and think it stinks when the market is distorted through bribery.
In fact, taken to extremes and forgetting about games for a moment, that kind of behaviour is illegal. Paying companies to blackball competitors is anti-consumer. For example, Intel paid OEM pc makers in the mid 2000s to not use AMD chips in their machines despite AMD having the much better products, thereby pushing AMD into near bankruptcy a few years later.
Really, come on people, it got old after the second page. Bet you wouldn't react like this when the PS4 launches and is competing with the WiiU.
This game will do very well, makes me even more interested in getting it when it's localized. (A WiiU port will also get bought if it ever gets made)