Capcom Wants Monster Hunter Growth in The West

Capcom is looking to aggrandize Monster Hunter in ways that would get it into the hands of more players in West.

An Esuteru (via Neogaf) commodity reported comments that Capcom Chairman of the Board of Kenzo Tsujimoto fabricated during a recent Q&A Session nearly the future of Monster Hunter, Street Fighter and the current generation of consoles.

Some of the more than interesting bits of the session were Capcom'southward predictions on sales figures for the PlayStation iv and Xbox One. By the twelvemonth 2022, Capcom is predicting that the PlayStation 4 volition sell around 100 million consoles with Microsoft's Xbox One estimated around xl-50 1000000.

When speaking of sales in the West for Monster Hunter M, he explained that the handhelds represent just 10% of the dedicated videogame market in the West to explain the low sales figures for Monster Hunter K. In Japan, the game has done well by and large because handhelds reign supreme in the land of the Rising Sun.

Tsujimoto substantially said that Capcom needs to take advantage of where most users are playing on. While there was no actual declaration for a new Monster Hunter coming to consoles, it might be safe to say that Capcom is considering it if they want Monster Hunter to reach a larger audition in the Westward. Ane would also retrieve that the Nintendo Switch could be a skilful candidate for a new Monster Hunter, due its nature of existence a handheld/console hybrid.

Lastly, Tsujimoto said that they foresee Street Fighter V having a long shelf life because of its popularity in the e-sports community. He fabricated a point to mention that the importance of finding means to appeal to foreign consumers since Capcom does take a heavy focus on the overseas market. Expanding the franchise to PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One would do the chore reaching a bigger base audience in Western countries.