23 million sales including Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition, 19 million “only” for the simple edition. Meanwhile, the cousin Monster Hunter Rise has sold 13 million copies in total (or 2 million in 2023 alone), without forgetting the augmented reality episode Monster Hunter Now which had already convinced 10 million curious people last October . Very, very big numbers, almost as big as a Rathalos, which confirm that monster hunting still has a lot of future at Capcom. The worst part is that these numbers are already out of date, dating from September 2023. To say success.
Who goes hunting takes up space
To celebrate these performances and honor the first twenty years of the franchise, Capcom held a global poll to elect the most popular monster among the 229 beasts of the sprawling saga. If it is too early to elect the big winner, who will be revealed in March as a birthday present, Ryozo Tsujimoto announces that the three most popular monsters will be entitled to a special illustration. The producer suggests keeping an eye on the official website of the celebrations.
As for the future, we will have to wait until summer 2024 to receive more information about Monster Hunter Wilds. Tsujimoto remains focused on a release in 2025 as announced in the Game Awards. Aiming for the first half to sneak in before the end of the fiscal year, like Dragon’s Dogma 2 in March? We will see that.
The announcement of the next major episode benefited big brother Monster Hunter World which displays colossal performance. Tsujimoto, modest, avoids bragging about it, but SteamCharts statistics show peaks exceeding 110,000 simultaneous players in recent weeks. The winter sales, lowering the price to €9.89, have certainly made the game even more attractive.