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Sales Data Monster Hunter World ships 20 million copies worldwide

That is madnees. Frankly, no one expected a japanese published game to reach such heights, if not made by Nintendo.
 
I remember when 10 million was the most optimistic estimate. The game has doubled that and is still selling...
 
Wow, incredible game too. Although, I haven't returned to it since Rise and I'm a little worried to do so, in case Rise has taken away from it haha but I'm very happy that such a good game is being rewarded

Just think. 20 million now know where Zorah Magdaros is heading
 
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Deserved, this series needs to be as massive as it is. It did better than I expected, I used to think it would do 5-10 million LTD, this is just on another level.

And Rise seems to continue that, 7 million and counting on a single platform. Could have been higher with some better post launch support, but meh. PC sales and Sunbreak will help the legs some more.
 
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I bet a big percentage of those sales are on PC. There is a reason Subreak will be released at same time on Switch and Steam, because how important is the platform to the series. Happy to see it's selling well!
 
asagami_ said:
I bet a big percentage of those sales are on PC. There is a reason Subreak will be released at same time on Switch and Steam, because how important is the platform to the series. Happy to see it's selling well!
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Oh yeah. This is from a while ago but you get an idea of the share:




(Later tweet includes Xbox totals, which was 1.8m)
 
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You love to see it (despite MHW not being my personal favourite :p). Would be great if Rise did at least hit 15m LTD, but we'll see about that.
 
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World was my first MH game. Although I prefer Rise, it was a fantastic introduction and I'm glad it's got a solid presence in the West now.
 
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Perhaps they should look at making a next gen patch?

Or are they already focusing on World 2?
 
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MH has really become Capcom premier IP. You have Rise selling almost double what Village did, and that's exclusive vs 6 platforms. And MHW selling double the copies than 7 which was a return to form of the series.
 
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Yeah, I had tried to get into MH so many times and hated it each time. Then came World. What a game. Fully deserves the success.

Rise was good but I'm not sure if I prefer it. The quicker action and less dense levels definitely suited the Switch, but I loved the more immersive exploration-heavy levels of World. Will be interesting to see what direction they go in for "World 2".
 
Good numbers but honestly at least 50% of those sales were after heavy sales. I’ve seen World be sub £20 a few months after launch and it’s on three huge user bases.

Rise doing 10+ million would be far more impressive to me because they’ve basically been selling it at full price outside of the recent eshop sale a few weeks ago and that’s been on a single platform for less than a year.
 
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I'm a little confused by their counting, but either way it's a smashing success. Who would've thought prior to launch that the game would reach these heights. Turns out, even that one analyst that predicted 10m was drastically undershooting
 
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Heron said:
Yeah, I had tried to get into MH so many times and hated it each time. Then came World. What a game. Fully deserves the success.

Rise was good but I'm not sure if I prefer it. The quicker action and less dense levels definitely suited the Switch, but I loved the more immersive exploration-heavy levels of World. Will be interesting to see what direction they go in for "World 2".
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World 2 will expand on the first World game. It will focus more on a traditional narrative progression and dense, detailed environments. I don't expect things like wirebugs or the simplified monster tracking via the owls to make an appearance in that game. Maybe World 2 will have palamutes, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they didn't make the cut.
 
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Maybe World 2 will have palamutes, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they didn't make the cut.
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I could see them potentially taking away from the exploration/hunting simulation aspect, if you will, which World introduced/emphasised. Faster traversal often means less time/willingness to spend on really diving into the maps/ecosystems, I'd say.
So yeah, I don't expect either the doggos nor the bugs to make a return. I'd be genuinely surprised, even.
 
Crazy to think that before this there was so much anxiety about why Monster Hunter was not catching on in the West.
 
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I could see them potentially taking away from the exploration/hunting simulation aspect, if you will, which World introduced/emphasised. Faster traversal often means less time/willingness to spend on really diving into the maps/ecosystems, I'd say.
So yeah, I don't expect either the doggos nor the bugs to make a return. I'd be genuinely surprised, even.
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I disagree on palamutes not being included , i don’t expect wire bug versus say a more versatile grappling hook than what slinger/clutch claw was . But world iceborne already introduced raider rides and it’s very easy to see palamutes return in that capacity , i also believe in that context they would provide the option for them to be ridden manually and to cooperate in the hunt again . I don’t think it would take away from what they went for in world any more so than raider rides introduction did .
 
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