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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
Gold Member
Same was with World according to Capcom data breach. 5 on PC, 5 on PS4 and 1.5 on Xbox One.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
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
Member
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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Mr Moose
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Pasta la Vista
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DF in shambles "Stop having fun!"
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).
Ronin_7
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Delusional.
Skifi28
Member
For a 3DS game, running at 40-60fps was pretty amazing back in the day.Performance was never going to make a difference.
Awww, isn't he cute
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Sounds about right
Zacfoldor
Member
Insane sales good on Capcom again!
You think it won't run on Switch 2. Give Capcom time. I'll run better on Switch 2 than PC before all is said and done.
Switch 2 isn't getting secondary titles anymore. It's getting the main games. If they can pump the shit out on XSS for no return whatsoever they can put it on Switch 2 for a trillion dollars.
Bump this shit in 3 years if I'm wrong, I'll eat crow.
Screw that, they can release this game on Switch 2 an make bank.
You think it won't run on Switch 2. Give Capcom time. I'll run better on Switch 2 than PC before all is said and done.
Switch 2 isn't getting secondary titles anymore. It's getting the main games. If they can pump the shit out on XSS for no return whatsoever they can put it on Switch 2 for a trillion dollars.
Bump this shit in 3 years if I'm wrong, I'll eat crow.
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mckmas8808
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Stop begging!
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
So that's $74 Million to Sony in 3 days. That's insane!
kazuyamishima
Member
Yeah I do, fun times, it was something else.
It does run like shit on Steam Deck
It does run like shit on Rog Ally X
It does run like shit on Series S
I dunno that Capcom would go back and work on a Switch 2 version of Wilds.
MH Rise 2 multiplatform since day one including Switch 2, that's another story.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
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
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.
The correct take can’t be a terrible take. Unless you’re thinking of it emotionally
Kerotan
Member
It'll run like fucking ass that's for sure. PS5 Pro where it's at. PS6 in a few years also.
And they'll port the secondary switch title to ps5 and PC anyway like they did with Rise.
Unknown Soldier
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Player experience, especially in a game which has very specific combat mechanics like MH, is often ignored when discussing difficulty
Your first Soulslike game probably felt impossible too but nobody remembers this now
Unknown Soldier
Member
The Switch 2 will probably get the next game from the Rise team
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Forget the performance. It actually runs fine on my PC. The game itself, while fun, has been so casualized and I’m really struggling to see why they did it. World is more casual than the 3ds games, but it’s still tough. This game holds your hand so much it’s crazy. Jump on your horse and it puts the monster in Waze and drives you there automatically. Everything useful autocrafts itself. No arena (that I’ve seen). I’m not even bothering to grind out new gear as I go along with the (terrible) story because none of the fights are hard.
Outside of some really cool moments, this game feels like a huge step back from world and even Rise.
Outside of some really cool moments, this game feels like a huge step back from world and even Rise.
Kings Field
Member
I have 500 friends on PS and there’s usually 10 or so in MHW when I get on out of the same 40-50 people every night. Out of my 300 XB friends, I have yet to see one play MHW or a MH game besides myself when I ran through World and Rise on there. Not a gigantic sample size but a decent one.
Skifi28
Member
I'm sure they'd like to, but the Series S can barely run the game and the Switch 2 will probably be less than half as powerful so I don't think it's all that likely.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Where's your source for this? Also at what price was the average copy being sold on PC? As well, when you say PC do you mean Microsoft Store or Steam, or GOG, or Epic Game Store, or Itch.io? You have to be much more specific.
Is your claim based on a global number, or a regional one? Is it based on a specific measure of time i.e Day 1 or first week sales launch-aligned? Is it based on units or revenue generated? As you can see, there's no reason to take your claim as factual until you can answer these questions, IMO.
Elden Ring did 44% on PC (Steam, mostly) while doing 40% on PS4/PS5. I wouldn't call that "dominating" for PC by any definition of the word. Games like Witcher 3 may have moved more units on PC, but that's because they were regularly put on flash sales for pennies on the dollar.
It's the reason why even in spite of that, actual software revenue is generally dominated by console and for these types of games, generally by PlayStation. Also I don't think saying the PC player base is bigger than PS5's is a flex; after all there are over a billion PCs in the world that can in theory play games depending on settings, and "only" 75 million PS5s.
Doesn't seem like that player base size advantage is manifesting in actual massive growth of sales revenue on PC compared to console, however.
It's a terrible take because you simply chose to ignore all the games which have been Day 1 across console & PC yet have still failed. It's like Microsoft thinking if they have Game Pass on a billion devices then subscriptions will increase to scale. They didn't. In fact, subscriptions stagnated despite them getting Game Pass on tons more devices.
Meanwhile, we have plenty of exclusive games that have managed to both outshine multiplats in terms of reception, and outperform many multiplats in terms of sales (or at least do as well as them despite being on only one platform). Just last year alone games like Stellar Blade and Astro Bot got tons of praise or, in Astro's case, dominated GOTY awards, while also selling into the millions. Both, despite being exclusives and despite being new IP (to many, Astro Bot is their first Astro game so they see it as a new IP).
Those games have also put in work attracting new customers to buy PS5s; that efficiency would've been cut in half if not more, if they were multiplats, especially being non-GAAS titles.
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