High PS3 costs prompt Capcom to move to Wii

[Shrygue]

via Games Industry


Capcom has said that the high development costs of working on the PlayStation 3 are the reason the publisher is moving its latest Monster Hunter title to the Nintendo Wii.

Previous Monster Hunter games were Sony exclusives for the PS2 and PSP, and the company has enjoyed considerable success with the franchise clocking up sales of over 4.5 million units.

"Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunter 3 title," said Katsuhiko Ichii, Capcom's managing corporate officer, according to Thompson Financial.

Capcom revealed Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii at a recent Nintendo press briefing, although it had originally said the game would appear on the PlayStation 3.

The publisher said earlier this month that it was now shifting its development strategy for Sony products to the PlayStation 3, where previously it had dedicated the majority of its efforts on the PlayStation 2.

[Accordion]

This is sad.

If anything other than a continuation of the PS2/PSP games is made then i will be surprised. This game could of been something amazing, but i highly doubt the formula will be changed now.

I actually thought the game was already in production for PS3 as well.

[alienanthropologist]

Cool! way to go, Capcom!

[Sonicboy 101]

Could have been a fine game.
It's doubtful, but I hope they don't move Resident Evil 5 too.

[ICE]

heres the first screenie for the Wii game.

Spoiler!