It hasn’t even been a week yet, and already over eight million hunters have joined the hunt in Capcom’s latest release, Monster Hunter Wilds. The game has also seen a peak player count of nearly 1.4 million players on Steam.
In a press release published on the Capcom website, it also announced that MH: Wilds’ sales were the “fastest a title has reached this milestone in the company's history”.
The press release goes on to highlight a number of elements about the game and its development that they believe helped its success. “Monster Hunter Wilds features grand, beautiful visual depictions made possible by the RE ENGINE, Capcom's proprietary game development engine, and cross-play, allowing players to enjoy the game together regardless of their game platform.”
“Capcom promoted the appeal of Monster Hunter Wilds to a broad audience worldwide, exhibiting the title at global video game events and holding an online open beta test to give many players a chance to try it, while also providing updates on game information via the online events such as Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase.”
The work done to make MH: Wilds a worldwide success is evident, with the game being one of the most anticipated titles of 2025. It also paid off, with the press release finishing on a bombshell of an fact.
“As a result of these continuous global initiatives, Monster Hunter Wilds has evoked massive excitement and achieved sales of 8 million units in 3 days, the fastest any game has done so in Capcom's history.”
This is all tremendous news for Capcom and the development team, and goes to show that despite known technical and optimisation issues that a fun game you can play with friends will overcome almost any obstacle to become a success.
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