I still think the smart decission was to release a next Monster Hunter on the PSP - that may well still happen in the new year, then of course supporting 3DS and PSP makes perfect sense. Again - this may well be the road to splitting the franchise as MHTri/3 - 3rdP and MH4/MH4th
300k first day sales, 140k second week, 40k third week, 20k for a few weeks, then bomba bucket to 800k. I should be sitting on my throne of winnage around Feb i think. Probably just around the time of the MH4th Announcement for PSP (HD for PS3/PSV).
You can start queuing for ringkissing late jan!
I can then apologise in Dec 2012 when it limps towards the back nine of 990k
the only thing announcing 3rdG for PSP/PSV -HD would be to further harm those people buying 3DS for 3G. In the end Capcom doesn't owe anyone anything - if you buy 3g and a 3DS then *capcomshrug*. As i say , Old Capcom would usually scupper their exclusives themselves - at least this time they're keeping quiet (if it exists of course). 3rdG would be of note for existing PSP players as long as they can switch over progress. Again, the thought of having to sink XXX hours back into MH would be lightened if i can switch over with my armour, weapons, cats etc where they are right now.
Restarting for MH4 is completely fine - hence why -personally- i'm more interested in restarting with MH4 rather than MH3G.