Well at least the cover art looks good
They keep trying to make this work instead of resurrecting BoF or making a new franchise and I don't understand why.
>>732246956Stories is just there to fill in downtime between the actual monhun releases because dev times have started increasing since 4th gen. They need something to hold people over until the next game.
>>732246767I like the webm of the blonde girl cooking food
>>732246956>They keep trying to make this workIf it didn't "work", they wouldn't be making a THIRD game. Also rideable Arkveld, the ultimate FUCK YOU to Nata.
>>732247873>If it didn't "work", they wouldn't be making a THIRD gamenew to video games?
>>732246956Anon it's easily digestible filler aimed at kids. It doesn't need to sell billions.
>>732247916Capcom kills off any new IP or spinoff that is not an immediate success. Hell, the very first MHS3 was a failure for their insane expectations but Capcom went completely OoC and tried again with less insane expectations, MHS2 was a success so they are happily continuing.
>>732247683Ok but they started making these a decade ago with a completely different dev team and no shared assets.
>>732248006Stories 2 struggled past the 1M mark and the director didn't get the greenlight immediately.They're only doubling down *because* it's Monster Hunter.
>>732247968>Anon it's easily digestible filler aimed at kidsNot anymore, only the first game was that and they actually expected millions in sales due to the yokai watch madness at the time but the actual kids didn't give a shit and instead the usual MH fans and Pokemon fans (which are all old, Pokemon CAN'T get new fans and only survives because it has an iron grip on all the fans it made during the golden age) so Capcom made MHS2 to be more like a Xenoblade and MHS3 is outright FE three houses.
>>732248094As of last year its at 2 million.
>>732248138>Pokemon CAN'T get new fans
>>732248094https://x.com/i/status/1417288170589368320It sold one million on its first month, last numbers shows 2 million which Capcom happily reported on their investors page.https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e240619.htmlIt has sold what they wanted and more.
>>732248202Let me elaborate, Pokemon can't get new KIDS fans because current kids only care about Roblox, Fortnite and streamers, they don't care for polemon.
>>732246956Nah, there’s clearly a market, one of the most common discussion topics is monster rosterfagging. That said, I feel they still haven’t nailed the gameplay needed to keep people interested. Maybe the series should pivot into an ARPG, like Xenoblade?
>>732248175Hi.Reading comprehension.>Stories 2 struggled past the 1M mark and the director didn't get the greenlight immediately.This does not mean.>MH Stories 2 barely sold 1M copies.It means>MH Stories 2 slowed down dramatically after the initial 1M sales. The director had to talk about how he was arguing for a sequel rather than it immediately being successful.It took years to hit 2M. This was not an immediate thing. It was a slow burner, and Stories 3 was not immediately greenlit.
>>732248434>Stories 2 struggled past the 1M mark and the director didn't get the greenlight immediately.Where is your source of this statement?
>>732248379Pokemon S/V sold like 28m copies bro you are deranged if you think that its not getting new fans still.Anyway Stories sells well enough, they clearly seem to think there's a market for it.
>>732248339For fuck's sake, can nobody on /v/ read?I'm not saying it sold 1M units. I'm saying it took time to hit even the more modest expectations for it. Anon's characterization of the situation is not accurate.
>>732248510It sold one million during its first month and Capcom celebrated it, if it didn't hit their expectations they wouldn't have done that like Square Enix keeping death silence over FFVII Rebirth sales to this FUCKING day.
>>732248479https://www.rgj.com/story/life/2021/08/19/monster-hunter-stories-2-sales-steady-since-shipping-1-million-sequel-talk-mhs-3/8170955002/They spin it positive as "steady," but sales stalled out for a while after that initial 1M. Data shows it took three years for it to finally hit the 2M mark. It has a long tail, but also a very slow burn by Capcom's standards. The director specifically asks for fans to request a sequel so he can make a pitch, meaning it wasn't immediately greenlit after launch.
>>732248434>>732248678That doesn't really line up with the timeline. Stories 2 released in 2021 and its final dlc was in October of its release year. Stories 3 is releasing next month. It looks to me at least like a fairly standard dev cycle of around 3 - 4 years with possible time in preplanning.
>>732247683What about Expansions
>>732248678Nowhere here says that the director "was struggling to get another game greenlight", you are you extrapolating shit.
>>732248379Pfff hahahahaSource: my ass
>>732246767Interesting, this time the box art put heavy emphasis in the non monster characters, the first game box art had the monsters on the front, while the second game had the world with the MC and ratha facing it. This means MHS3 will be EXTREMELY focused on the non monster characters.
>>732248784Anon. It's 2026.Getting greenlit mid to late 2022 would like up correctly.
>>732248938To summarize >MHS1: Focus on the Monsties>MHS2: Focus on the World>MHS3: Focus on the riders
>>732246767I like MHS art but I wish there was a MH game with StarForce artstyle.
>game key cardYeah I'm not buying that. I'll pick it up three years from now when it's being sold for $10 on the eshop
>>732247873Doesn't this goes against everything what Nata learned in Wilds? I can see him screaming in rage to the girls and the hunter for "lying" to him.
I watched 15 min of gameplay. I don't see the FE three houses part.
>>732249128The MH Stories games are not canon. They just do whatever seems cool.
>>732249892Read the plot summary.
