Ex-PlayStation govt Shuhei Yoshida not too long ago took half in an interview with MinnMax by which he described the “scariest second” for Sony throughout his prolonged profession (thanks, Push Sq.).
In accordance with Yoshida, the second by which Nintendo introduced that Monster Hunter 4 would launch solely for the 3DS stood as probably the most surprising for him. Earlier than then, Capcom’s massively fashionable franchise had gained vital momentum on Sony’s PSP platform.
“The largest shock I had from the competitors was Nintendo’s announcement of the 3DS. Not the {hardware}, however the announcement they made that Monster Hunter 4 was going to come back out on 3DS solely.
“And so they dropped the $100 value, proper? So after launch, each the Nintendo 3DS and the Vita had been $250. However they dropped $100! I used to be like “Oh my God”. And so they introduced that the largest sport on PSP, Monster Hunter, would come out solely. Yeah, that was the largest shock.”
In fact, Monster Hunter has since graced PlayStation platforms as soon as once more with the launch of Monster Hunter World in 2018; a sport that will go on to grow to be Capcom’s highest-selling title up to now. Monster Hunter Wilds will seemingly replicate its success when it launches for the PS5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC later this month.
Nonetheless, we won’t think about Nintendo’s collaboration with Capcom on Monster Hunter 4 went down notably properly with the executives over at Sony, as Yoshida identified. In truth, we might nearly go up to now to say that the franchise is now nearly synonymous with Nintendo; notably if Wilds finally ends up releasing on the upcoming Change 2.