lready Capcom’s fastest-selling game of all time, Monster Hunter Wilds has set another record.
As reported by Famitsu magazine, Monster Hunter Wild has sold 601,179 physical copies for PlayStation 5. This makes it the most successful Japanese PS5 launch to date, easily surpassing other titles like Final Fantasy 16 (429,330 copies) and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (358,353 copies).
Compared to other Monster Hunter titles, though, it’s lagging behind Monster Hunter World, which sold over 1.35 million physical copies for PS4 at launch. Then again, not every PS5 unit is capable of playing physical games, so I wouldn’t be shocked if many people are playing on the digital-only PS5 unit.
To say that Monster Hunter Wilds has been popular is an understatement. The game is responsible for a real-world cheese shortage of the game’s popular cheese naan meal.
It’s ranked in the 99th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic, with an average score of 95% from critics and 90% from players.
Recently, Capcom made the decision to promote producer Ryozo Tsujimoto to oversee the company’s development divisions.
Combined with the spike in sales for Monster Hunter World, it’s clear that gamers have Monster Hunter fever. Four of Capcom’s top ten selling games are all from the Monster Hunter franchise.
While the list hasn’t been updated since Monster Hunter Wild’s release, its over 8 million copies sold place it just shy of the top 10, ahead of notable games like Street Fighter V and the original Resident Evil 2 release for PS1. Currently, that top ten list is topped by Monster Hunter: World (21 million units sold) and Monster Hunter Rise (16.7 million units sold), but don’t be surprised to see Wild end up there in no time.
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