The exact wording of the statement is a little strange. For one, it says that the company has “found we are unable to implement it this time”, after “looking into it throughout the development process”. This is especially because, in a survey to players late last month, the publisher asked if players would be interested in the two features once the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise comes about. This also dashes any hopes of cross save or cross play for this generation of Monster Hunter since the statement says that the two features won’t be implemented “this time” rather than “at this time”.
— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) October 11, 2021 This also dashes any hopes of cross save or cross play for this generation of Monster Hunter since the statement says that the two features won’t be implemented “this time” rather than “at this time”. The language used is also a little strange because, in a survey to players late last month, the publisher asked if players would be interested in the two features once the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise comes about.
— Vyslanec (@Vyslanec) September 30, 2021 On one hand, it’s entirely possible that there actually is some technical issue or other that Capcom did not identify earlier that prevented the implementation of cross save or cross play. But on the other, it may be a licensing issue pertaining to DLC IPs. After all, one reason Monster Hunter World and its Iceborne expansion could not support cross save and cross play was the Horizon Zero Dawn event quests that was available on the PS4, but not PC. (Source: Capcom, @Vyslanec)
