Shipments and Digital Sales for Monster Hunter: World Edge Towards 8 Million

Unstoppable

by Stephen Tailby Tue 8th May 2018

Sales for Monster Hunter: World may have slowed down recently, but Capcom has updated the official figure to 7.9 million -- a further 400,000 copies since March.

This news comes alongside the publisher's financials for the last fiscal year, and it shows a company in good health. Net sales were up year on year by 8.4%, and profits were up by 17.5%. Capcom forecasts even more growth over the next financial year, too.

In case you were wondering how Monster Hunter: World stacks up against Capcom's other best sellers, here's the top 10:

Monster Hunter: World - 7.9 million
Resident Evil 5 - 7.5 million
Resident Evil 6 - 7.1 million
Street Fighter II - 6.3 million
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - 5.1 million
Resident Evil 2 - 4.96 million
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 - 4.9 million
Monster Hunter Generations - 4.3 million
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 4.2 million
Monster Hunter 4 - 4.1 million

Are you pleased to see the continued success of Monster Hunter: World? Slay an elder dragon in the comments below.

[source gematsu.com, via capcom.co.jp]

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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Octane
Tue 8th May 2018

Seems like a console release wasn't such a bad idea after all! Those numbers are pretty amazing.

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Constable_What
Tue 8th May 2018

This is what happens when you deliver something people obviously want.

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get2sammyb
Tue 8th May 2018

Very impressive

4
munkholt
Tue 8th May 2018

And I haven't even bought my copy yet!

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Lekzie1
Tue 8th May 2018

I thought the 1st RE game sold much better than than other old school RE game

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Rudy_Manchego
Tue 8th May 2018

Not played but fair play. From what friends who are fans tell me is that its a huge game that has been well supported.

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ApostateMage
Tue 8th May 2018

Resi Evil 2 remastered next please Capy.

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wiiware
Tue 8th May 2018

Nice, I hope we get story expansion/big dlc (like uc lost legacy) sometimes in the future

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JasonBeckerFan
Tue 8th May 2018

This is what happens when you don't monetize your game up to the earballs and take the mick with microtransactions. People buy it. Both MHW and God of War are shining examples of this.

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LieutenantFatman
Tue 8th May 2018

I got my money's worth with this one, some really fun encounters. Lost interest relatively quickly on the endgame though. I don't feel like there's really much to aim for once you finish the story. Hopefully they properly expand on that. Doing a huge grind to max out your weapons just for the sake of it isn't enough for me.