Why are some Monster Hunter fans upset about a new game in the series?

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A short while ago, Capcom announced it'd be bringing Monster Hunter XX, the latest instalment of its long-running series that released for the 3DS this March, to Nintendo's Switch, and all was well with the world. Soon after, it announced another, all-new Monster Hunter that'd be coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC early next year called Monster Hunter World. And all of a sudden things don't seem quite so rosy. Why is that?
Part of it's down to fan expectation. Since 2009 Nintendo has had a stranglehold on Monster Hunter, and the success of the 3DS can be partly apportioned to its ties with a series that's nothing short of a phenomenon in Japan. The two most recent entries - Monster Hunter X and XX - have effectively been 'best of' compilations, serving as a stop-gap until Capcom gave the series a proper push forward with Monster Hunter 5.
And now we have Monster Hunter 5 - only it's called Monster Hunter World and there's no word of a version for Nintendo hardware.
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