And to think, we were told time and time again that Monster Hunter was doomed as soon as it 'betrayed' its handheld fans. Launching back in January last year, Monster Hunter: World went on to become Capcom's best selling game ever, which, even after writing that numerous times over the last 12 months, is a stat that still beggars belief.
But that's not the game's only measurement of success when it comes to sales. Thanks to new figures released by Famitsu -- as translated by Gematsu -- we now know that Monster Hunter: World, on PS4 alone, was Japan's best selling game of 2018. It managed to move a whopping 2.9 million copies both at retail and digitally, topping Nintendo juggernauts such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokemon: Letβs Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee!, and Splatoon 2. Very impressive stuff, especially when you take the Nintendo Switch's hardware dominance throughout the year into account.
Earlier in 2019, Capcom said that Monster Hunter: World had shipped around 11 million copies, so we're looking at it selling roughly 8 million units outside of Japan, which is a gigantic achievement for a franchise that's always been niche outside of its homeland.
[source gematsu.com]
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2018 GOTY don't @ me.
@Splat
@ you
amazing game.and easily best monster Hunter game ever.word life.word is bond.word to your mother.word up son
Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) - 3,591,334
Monster Hunter 4G (3DS) - 2,617,803
Monster Hunter X (3DS) - 2,832,833
Monster Hunter XX (3DS) - 1,698,161
https://gonintendo.com/stories/300611-japan-total-sales-for-monster-hunter-series-installments
nothing to write home about when it comes to Japan-only sales. Next installment will definitely be on Switch too.
@manu0
Great news... fantastic game and finally put MH on the map worldwide.
And top it off, you still get 90,000+ Peak players on steam a year later!... Love to see Monster Hunter even break into PC after years of isolation in Japan.
MH is finally GLOBAL π
@Tsurii My 600 hour game time disagrees π
There where a lot of people here on Pushsquare that said who said it will fail on the PS4.
@Flaming_Kaiser they all went back to Nintendolife π
@Flaming_Kaiser And they still trying to hold on to the claim that it as a bad MH game π
Capcom in general has really been on a tear lately.
Still need to dig into my copy, but it's always intimidating starting a game that I know is going to be a big time investment.
370 hours playtime so far now, can't wait for Iceborne, more looking forward to that expansion than any game coming out this year.
MHW is my most played game of 2018, and very likely 2019. Thankful to beat the Ancient Leshen this morning, with the help of three quailty hunters. That bugger had me raging for 3 days.
To each their own but I will never understand why anyone would want to play Monster Hunter on a tiny portable screen. The game screams play me on the big screen with surround sound, please.
Smash Bros. Ultimate only came out in December and Splatoon 2 was released in the middle of 2017 so thereβs no surprises there.
Some people wanted this game to flop so hard. Far from it fortunately. Iβm glad it did well.
@Splat I enjoyed the games on 3DS for what they were. Monster Hunter wasnβt released on anything else at the time so I had to play em on there. My hand started to hurt after awhile playing the games on 3DS though. I donβt have this problem with World thankfully.
Well deserved, about to be 17 million by end of 2019 with iceborne coming out fall. Now if only those kajarr GS would drop... I only got 1 8rank and completed KT like 20+ times...
Leaving nintendo exclusivity is the best decision capcom has this gen, I'm sure they're kicking themselves why they didn't do it sooner lol.
3rd party games sells best on playstation, everybody knows that
@manu0 Capcom sold about 5M copy of monhun 3ds in 5 years, they sold about 5M copy of monhun world on this gen systems (mostly ps4) on 3 days!! And as a bonus the games become their most selling game in capcom history, yeah I'm sure as heck all of capcom monhun devs is working on sequels on next-gen systems.
@manu0 Isnβt it a bit of an unfair comparison to use the lifetime sales of those titles VS the 1-year sales of Monster Hunter: World?
Also curious as to why you did not include the PSP numbers that are on that list, as they seem to have sales that eclipse the 3DS numbers as far as highest-selling in Japan.
One of the best games from 2018, I already play like 600 hours since day one but I will stop after beating the ancient leshen and wait for iceborne
@wiiware you think Nintendo games or Xbox games like your Sea of Thieves or Rare Replays & such would sell best in PlayStation too?
Mixed game to me.
Great it went WW.
I donβt have much of an opinion.
Great game that deserved to succeed for sure. Nice to see it still being healthily supported too. Capcom Redemption Arc is still going smooth. Though it is worth noting, juggernaut that Monster Hunter is, it had pretty much the whole year to move units, coming out in January.
@Tsurii For me it was fantastic for you as a human saltshaker it was bad deal with it. The old games have terrible controls which really take away my fun. My condolance to you for sticking in the past.
@Agramonte @NintenGuy Two dislikes who could they be. π
Tsurii and manu0 tadaa. π€
@manu0 not sure they may forego Japan/Nintendo Systems in general for PS/Xbox/PC and focus both teams on it.
@deepspace5d yes it's a bit unfair, and I was only looking at the most recent titles. Of course you could argue that they were able to sell the PS4 game at a higher price than the 3DS games (about 3000 yen more or so) but on the other hand the PS4 game probably was a lot more costly to make than the 3DS games.
@KingofSaiyanZ that may be but in the end the unit sales is what counts for Capcom. Of course the install bases of 3DS and PS4 are widely different in Japan...
@Derpie1 lol..a Japanese company not caring about their home market? Not going to happen. (Plus, it is the only market for them that isn't affected by currency fluctuations)
@manu0 Who knows Iβm sure people would be fine w that if it means more MH on PS4/Xbox One/PC.
@Tsurii Well i had my moneys worth and had fun. But with the expansion or new game i want to see more storymode stuff. Personally loved the handler i think she was something i never seen before nice and lively. π
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