Indeed, in addition to the 11.2 million copies of the base game already distributed worldwide, Capcom tells us that the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion has just exceeded 5 million in sales since its launch on June 30, 2022. Remember that said extension, whose update program continues in 2023, will not be available immediately at the launch of the PlayStation and Xbox game but during the spring. At the same time, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, the expansion released in September 2019 on consoles and in January 2020 on PC, has just exceeded 10 million sales. A figure to be compared to sales of the basic game which are 18.5 million, a record in Capcom’s history.
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With 88 million games distributed worldwide since the beginning of the franchise in 2004, Monster Hunter continues to gallop closer to Resident Evil (131 million games distributed since 1996). Capcom will update its figures on January 30 as part of its final quarter 2022 results presentation. annual business of 125 billion yen (848 million), operating profit of 50 billion yen (339.2 million) and net profit of 36.5 billion yen (247.6 million). euros). If these objectives are achieved, Capcom will have maintained its growth for the 10th consecutive year.