Not too long ago, Capcom was involved in a ransomware attack, which lead to over 1TB of internal data being stolen from the company. The information was leaked onto the internet, where fans were able to go through the data and learn plans that Capcom had yet to announce. One of those said documents which has recently gained traction is an agreement between Capcom and Nintendo, which led to the latter paying $6 million in order to secure 9 months of timed exclusivity for the upcoming Monster Hunter: Rise, including covering marketing costs and a flat development bonus. The exclusivity agreement also requires Capcom to wait 6 months after the reveal of Monster Hunter: Rise for the Switch before being able to announce it for other platforms, of which the documents also confirm will eventually be headed to PC.

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[Reploid]

Thought so

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Welp. there goes the Switch version's sales...

 

[x65943]

That is a devastating leak.

I kinda feel bad for big N, 6 million down the drain.

 

[jt_1258]

not really all that shocking tbh

 

[cearp]

ok, so if you want it on playstation, now we know to wait 9 months...

 

[zoogie]

Bet the Among Us devs got a nice advance along these lines.

 

[FAST6191]

Hmm. So rarely see internals of such a deal. Hopefully we get more good info there.

That is a devastating leak.

I kinda feel bad for big N, 6 million down the drain.

It was 6 million down the drain when they paid that for Monster Hunter.

 

[osaka35]

I doubt it'll affect sales too much. 9 months is a long time to wait for a game. But it will affect them. sucks, though. Wonder if this leak affects any agreements or unbinds some, ya know?

 

[erikas]

Monster hunter is a confusing series to me. Is this the next generation after the previous monster hunter? Because the graphics are a downgrade. I thought it was a game for the switch because it couldn't handle monster hunter xbone/ps4/pc.

 

[Xzi]

I never would've assumed a Capcom game was going to remain permanently exclusive anyway. But is this game really going to be different enough from Monster Hunter: World to tempt people into double-dipping (on any platform)?

 

[diggeloid]

Monster hunter is a confusing series to me. Is this the next generation after the previous monster hunter? Because the graphics are a downgrade. I thought it was a game for the switch because it couldn't handle monster hunter xbone/ps4/pc.

I think Capcom is working with two engines right now: the classic one they used for Generations, and UE4 which they used for World. Personally, I much prefer Generations to World, so if they do continue to build stuff with that classic engine, I'll be a very happy customer.

 

[GBADWB]

Monster hunter is a confusing series to me. Is this the next generation after the previous monster hunter? Because the graphics are a downgrade. I thought it was a game for the switch because it couldn't handle monster hunter xbone/ps4/pc.

I believe theyll think it as a mainline title. It only looks the way it is currently because of the switch, and it makes sense we had no PC footage of it because of hte fact that the pc footage was supposed to be a secret given the topic of the thread.

Theyll just reuse content from world and downgrade a lot of stuff for it to run on the switch. On a graphical front, when it releases on PC, it probably wont look better than world, just match it. Just a case of one device holding the other devices back in the grand scale (similar to how the wiiu version of III Ultimate was only marginally better than other versions since III was on several devices, including handhelds)

 

[HarveyHouston]

Man, I feel sorry for Capcom; this seems legit, meaning that dump of info really was from their company. I was kind of hoping that this was just a rumor.

 

[DerpDingus]

6 million for the headache to downgrade a game to run on a potato processor/GPU. Hopefully it runs better than 10 fps like Age of Calamity

 

[ZeroFX]

Every exclusivity has a cost folks , being it on console or between pc stores (unilateral on the latter but still counts).

 

[ShadowOne333]

So 6 million down the drain for Nintendo?
Good
They deserve that loss and much more.

As for Capcom, I feel for their data breach, just hope it doesn't affect them in any considerate way.

 

[Lumstar]

Most exclusivity deals are kept secret. No matter how widely accepted as truth they may be, it's rare to get a paper trail to substantiate them.

 

[bobmcjr]

Paying 3rd parties for exclusivity is tantamount to bribery. Unless you're in the rare situation where you genuinely need the money, exclusivity just indicates you either have no faith in your game or in the case of timed exclusivity, you're looking to double dip sales.

It's interesting to see that Nintendo acknowledges PC as a threat and is actively trying to fuck the platform over. gg.


I want more exclusivity deal leaks, they're delicious.


I also can't understand the people who believe exclusives are a good thing. "EnD tHe CoNsOlE wArS gUyS, wE'rE aLl gAmErS!11!". Ok, then end exclusivity.

 

[xatzimi]

More people should know this happens with exclusives a lot.
"Why is [game] not on [my favourite console]!? Do they literally hate money!!"
No. They literally don't.