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Monster Hunter lead producer agrees PC gaming is key for Japanese games: "There are more players than ever playing on PC, including in Japan"

Monster Hunter Wilds hits PC the same day as its console counterparts

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As part of our recent interview with the Monster Hunter Wilds devs, we asked producer Ryozo Tsujimoto if he'd agree that PC is a major growth platform for Japanese games. "Yeah, there are more players than ever playing on PC, including in Japan," Tsujimoto said. "so we definitely see room for the series to capture new players who haven't tried it before if that's their chosen platform."


That's part of why Capcom was so keen to implement crossplay in Wilds, so that "the choice is yours on which platform you want to play with, and then [you can just] go online and hunt with your friends."

Monster Hunter in particular has found big success on PC. Comparing peak concurrent players on SteamDB is very much an unscientific process, but it helps illustrate just how well Monster Hunter has done on the platform. The recent Monster Hunter Wilds beta reached a peak of 463,798 players, eclipsing the peak of the megahit Helldivers 2. And yeah, the beta's free, but Monster Hunter World hit a peak of 334,684 at its launch, eclipsing the biggest number that Skyrim or Starfield ever managed.

Capcom's been taking some extra steps to give PC players a good experience with Wilds, reducing the game's system requirements and releasing a big ol' benchmarking tool just ahead of the recent beta. Here's hoping Japanese developers keep up this kind of support for the platform.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to PC optimization"

 

[Fabieter]

If they don't fuck up the launch somehow than 1m ccu is possible.

 

[Kacho]

Between Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, Capcom hit a goldmine on PC

 

[Aenima]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to PC optimization"

Thats 1 more intern than they have to the console optimization.

 

[R6Rider]

"Here's hoping Japanese developers keep up this kind of support for the platform."

Here's hoping devs do the bare minimum when releasing a game on PC.

 

[ClosBSAS]

If they don't fuck up the launch somehow than 1m ccu is possible.

Nah, it wont. Itll do 300k the most, world did insane cause it was the first ever pc monster hunter , but this wont do a much

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Nah, it wont. Itll do 300k the most, world did insane cause it was the first ever pc monster hunter , but this wont do a much

It already did 463K during the beta

 

[kazuyamishima]

Both PS5 and PC versions will do great numbers in Japan and WW.

But the OP is the OP i guess

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Nah, it wont. Itll do 300k the most, world did insane cause it was the first ever pc monster hunter , but this wont do a much

Even Rise, a delayed release Switch port did 230k. This is going to crush 300.

 

[adamsapple]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to PC optimization"

Let's be honest, the console versions also look poorly optimized.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Let's be honest, the console versions also look poorly optimized.

The PS5 version seems to be running pretty well according to the people who did the 5 hour press event in Europe.

But yes, optimization overall is not their strong suit, or really a hallmark of the RE engine at all.

I'll again bemoan the squandered potential of the Fox engine. Konami should've licensed it.

 

[Lokaum D+]

"Pc gaming is Key", proceds to make one of the worst optimized games i've ever saw on PC.

Even Crysis was better optimized.

 

[Fabieter]

"Pc gaming is Key", proceds to make one of the worst optimized games i've ever saw on PC.

Even Crysis was better optimized.

Duh, crysis was heavy on hardware but I wouldn't call that bad optimization

 

[Gaiff]

"Pc gaming is Key", proceds to make one of the worst optimized games i've ever saw on PC.

Even Crysis was better optimized.

Crysis wasn’t poorly optimized.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

PC + Switch is GOAT combo so I'm not surprised.

 

[Schmendrick]

"Pc gaming is Key", proceds to make one of the worst optimized games i've ever saw on PC.
.

Nope dude, the game runs equally bad on all platforms. And on console you don't even have the option to bruteforce better iq and FPS.
Capcom is sharing their technological incompetence, namely the re engine, with everyone equally.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Which sucks because PC players ruined MH speed running. Too many cheaters, many people exposed, and even the players who don’t outright cheat, often times still mod in perfect decos.

In addition to this is the use of overlays (that are hidden from stream) which show every possible bit of information about the monster, such as stun values , part break health, wound timers, status effect levels, ect, so even if they aren’t outright cheating, they can overlay all this information and make seemingly amazing reads on the monsters.

Combine with perfect decos, it’s turned the entire series into a joke for speed running. I don’t take any PC runs seriously at all.

Sometimes I wish Monster Hunter would have stayed niche or at least just big in Japan mostly.

 

[bender]

Sometimes I wish Monster Hunter would have stayed niche or at least just big in Japan mostly.

The Worlds beta was a huge bummer. I totally get wanting to further expand the audience but it feels like it is coming at the expense of some of the DNA of the series. Though I guess you can argue that's been happening for a while and this is just the natural progression.

 

[Woopah]

PC is becoming a bigger and bigger deal in Japan, which is good for third parties.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to ptetend like they know everything about PC optimization"

 

[pulicat]

PC is bigger than PS5 in Japan. For example SF6 sold more on PC than PlayStation 5 there.

 

[Buggy Loop]

PC is bigger than PS5 in Japan. For example SF6 sold more on PC than PlayStation 5 there.

 

[CliffBronger]

Hopefully this means Vanillaware games on PC but i won't hold my breath ...

 

[ArtHands]

PC + Switch is GOAT combo so I'm not surprised.

If Switch 2 has MH Wilds, perhaps local MH will be a thing again.

local MH crossplay between Switch 2 and Steam Deck will be great

 

[ahtlas7]

Welcome, my Japanese PC brothers

 

[Mister Wolf]

Capcom finally see the forest for the trees.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I suppose it's good that a Japanese company is now admitting, and can see that PC is larger than playstation 5 in their home country.

They are supporting after their largest local platform.

This game could be huge on PS and PC worldwide. I just hope it's good enough at launch. I want to buy it day one, but I'll wait for an update on the quality at launch.

 

[Hudo]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to PC optimization"

That's 2 more than Sony, to be fair.

 

[Gaiff]

PC is bigger than PS5 in Japan. For example SF6 sold more on PC than PlayStation 5 there.

I suppose it's good that a Japanese company is now admitting, and can see that PC is larger than playstation 5 in their home country.

They are supporting after their largest local platform.

This game could be huge on PS and PC worldwide. I just hope it's good enough at launch. I want to buy it day one, but I'll wait for an update on the quality at launch.

I highly doubt PC is stronger than PlayStation in Japan.

 

[March Climber]

"Which is why we have 2 interns fully dedicated to PC optimization"

The couple of teams who help port PS4/XBO games to Nintendo Switch (at a stable framerate no less) should offer their services to everyone, for any type of port. It would be an infinite money glitch for their company.