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Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed 8 million units in 3 days, fastest-selling Capcom game to date
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Punished Miku
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8 million is pretty insane.
I'll pick it up when it's cheaper with the expansion in there.
I'll pick it up when it's cheaper with the expansion in there.
ShaiKhulud1989
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Same was with World according to Capcom data breach. 5 on PC, 5 on PS4 and 1.5 on Xbox One.
Gaiff
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Nice. Spot on with the 8M. 4M might have been the first day alone. However, I have doubts it sold 1M on the SX. Not impossible as it’s just 12.5%, but I’m unsure how big MH in its biggest markets.
Fabieter
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Why? A good game got good sales. That's the news.
Revolutionary
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Well deserved.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Hit after Hit
Banger after Banger
Banger after Banger
BlackTron
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nordique
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Did it launch in Japan Feb 28 as well?
I’m in Tokyo right now and haven’t seen a single ps5 (console) in any ones hands, although there is a big ad in Shibuya, and I went to the capcom store as well on 6F Parco mall (although I dont think they sell the game there)
Will be interesting to see but anecdotally that is what I’ve seen. I guess Shibuya is too much of a touristy area though to get a good sense.
That said, also anecdotal, not a single ps5 console seen in Ginza or Shinjuku either
(Watch my anecdotal note mean nothing when it blows open the chart next week lol - I’m just relaying what I’m seeing currently that is all. Also it’s freaking cold here
)
I’m in Tokyo right now and haven’t seen a single ps5 (console) in any ones hands, although there is a big ad in Shibuya, and I went to the capcom store as well on 6F Parco mall (although I dont think they sell the game there)
Will be interesting to see but anecdotally that is what I’ve seen. I guess Shibuya is too much of a touristy area though to get a good sense.
That said, also anecdotal, not a single ps5 console seen in Ginza or Shinjuku either
(Watch my anecdotal note mean nothing when it blows open the chart next week lol - I’m just relaying what I’m seeing currently that is all. Also it’s freaking cold here
)
Diseased Yak
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I managed to play (on PC) for almost 2 hours last night before my first crash. Game is fun as hell when it isn't crashing to desktop.
fart town usa
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Happy for Capcom but im still on the fence with this game.
Hawk The Slayer
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Yep I only like Resident Evil games from Capcom but still good to see the company earn big money from other games to keep Capcom in top budget shape.
Wooxsvan
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Miyazaki’s Slave
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Well deserved, the game delivers everything I want: repeatable battles with mat. collection and weapon/armor progression.
As a bonus it's even better hunting with other players.
Great game.
As a bonus it's even better hunting with other players.
Great game.
Interfectum
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RafterXL
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Doesn't matter how you feel; 8 million people and counting seem to enjoy it enough to purchase.
Terrible take, but not surprised.
Most complaining about graphics are PC gamers with garbage rigs & underpowered setups, I'd bet.
Exactly this. In every single entertainment industry, exclusives (content differentiation) is important to add value to a given platform over its rivals. Movie studios don't share distribution rights with rival studios or distributors. Streaming services aren't putting their in-house content on rival services.
Truth is you need exclusivity to stand out, you can do that while also competing on features, and most people actually have no problem with exclusives (for example, the culture and sports-like rivalry it brings to fandoms. That's just a part of human nature).
Black Myth Wukong is an outlier. It's a game based on a classic Chinese myth many people in the country love. It's also the first big AAA release from their games industry.
It doing 80% of its sales on PC in zero way means Day 1 PC support for any random game would net the same ratio of a sales split. In fact, we have plenty of examples where that hasn't happened or even the opposite has occurred. And adding China to that mix wouldn't suddenly guarantee it either.
For example, we don't know if their appetite for single-player AAA that isn't based on the Monkey King stories would come near to matching the enthusiasm showed for Black Myth Wukong. Monster Hunter Wilds isn't a proper barometer given it's a live-service title (and while not a major point of focus, it IS part of a decades-long running IP).
It 100% hasn't sold 1 million on Xbox. Going by
ShaiKhulud1989
's post, World @ 11.5 million did 5 million on PS, 5 million on PC and 1.5 million on Xbox. However, that's with Xbox One, a system that despite a ton of problems was in a much better spot at time of World's release, than Xbox Series S & X are at time of Wild's release.Meanwhile PS5 is just about at par with PS4 when launch-aligned. Statistically there's no way the B2P market on Series S & X are healthy enough to support 1 million sales for Wilds at this time. Maybe in another 2 or so years, but not now.
Besides, the IP doesn't have a lot of cache with that platform base anyhow, and many of those who did buy Worlds on XBO have switched over to PlayStation and/or PC, so they'd be buying Wilds on one of those platforms instead.
That's for Black Myth Wukong, a new IP based on the Monkey King fables which are kinda like China's bible (in terms of cultural relevance). They showed up massively for that game.
Monster Hunter is strongly associated with PlayStation since the PS2 era. Also another post for a prior MH game shows sales splits were pretty much even between PS and PC.
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RafterXL
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Strongly associated went out the window when Worlds launched on PC. The game literally came out six months later than the PS version and outsold it. Monster Hunter isn't a console franchise anymore, like most games that aren't first party.
SweetTooth
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Ronin_7
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This is for another game, has nothing to do with Monster Hunter lmao
SweetTooth
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Yup catering to a space concentrated of radical Nintendo fans who buys only Nintendo games would have harmed MH a lot on the long run.
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Not even close
PS5 - 2.2m(flopped in Japan)
PC - 5.2m
Xbox - 0.6
PC player base > PS5
Games like Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Monster Hunter are dominated by PC gamers.
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SweetTooth
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darrylgorn
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I'll keep an eye out on how the game evolves. I have been playing since MH Tri and this is the first MH that I'm really not that interested in.
If they can give it a graphical face lift and improve performance, and make the game worth the challenge, I might consider it (after a price drop).
If they can give it a graphical face lift and improve performance, and make the game worth the challenge, I might consider it (after a price drop).
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