Sony Allegedly Paid Capcom to Delay Its PC Ports of Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

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Sony doesn’t seem to like the idea of PC gamers being able to enjoy new titles on the same day that their console friends do. According to leaked files reviewed by researcher and modder AsteriskAmpersand, the Japanese gaming giant offered big bucks to Capcom to delay the announcement and launch date of the PC version of its action role-playing hit, Monster Hunter World, as well as its DLC expansion, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, to ensure that PlayStation owners would be able to enjoy the titles first. Sony’s business decisions also allegedly led to Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’s lack of cross-platform play and cross save functionality.



The leaks file Global Meeting_minutes_20190315 confirms Sony paid to have the PC Version of MHW delayed and the announcement of its existence pushed back. They did the same for Iceborne...

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[Armenius]

The tweet is the result of the person reading the meeting notes misinterpreting what they say. They are just talking about the marketing deal and conditions. The guy who posted the tweet already conceded he got it wrong.

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