Monster Hunter: World Ships 5 Million Units in first 3 days

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e180129.html

Monster Hunter: World Ships 5 Million Units!

- Sets series record for most units shipped in first three days,

backed by support of fans across the globe -

Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) today announced that Monster Hunter: World for the PlayStation_®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One^*1 has shipped 5 million units worldwide (including digital download sales). A PC version is to be released at a later date.

*1: Xbox One version is available in North America and Europe only

The Monster Hunter series consists of hunting action games that pit players against giant monsters in a beautiful natural environment. The series has sparked a social phenomenon known as the "Monster Hunter Craze" by introducing a new kind of communication style for players through cooperative play focused on hunting monsters with their friends. Since the first Monster Hunter title made its debut 14 years ago in 2004, the series has attracted a dedicated fan base, and overall grown into a mega-hit with cumulative sales of more than 45 million units worldwide as of January 28, 2018.

Congrats, Capcom!

That's awesome.

A game without rip off tactics who would have thought? It's the first game I bought since last spring.

PC version can't come sooner.

It's fun. And it's Monster Hunter.

Definitely agree on that one.

Holy crap that is huge! People have been starved for a game where you can play with your friends and not have to hunt other people.

I know it sucks that it takes so long but they think it's a very important version so they insisted on doing the port in-house which is unusual for Capcom. If they let another company do it then the PC version would be done much sooner but it wouldn't necessarily be up to par for a PC title. I got a feeling the PC version will also come with all the console updates included and may launch together with an important MHW update for all versions.

I will buy the PC version too. If only because we won't have to deal with PSN or XBL to connect online. Those services keep bugging out it's kinda annoying. People don't think much of Nintendo's online but seriously I have way more trouble with PSN simply to play games online and it's slower to download anything. I know it lacks all sorts of services, but for someone like me who never uses group chat and such, it's kinda funny that PSN makes me pay for a service that works worse for me. For me being able to play a game online, and downloading updates and games are by far the two most important parts of the online service.

Couldn't agree more. I think Nintendo has the best online out of all of them, for the reasons you mentioned. People usually laugh in my face for saying that, but I couldn't care less. Playing online on Switch works like a charm, downloading is fast and it's free (so far). That's the most important parts covered.

About the port taking so long, yeah it sucks. But I'd MUCH rather they took the time to make it great than release it as soon as they can. I'd prefer if they had worked on the PC version from the beginning of the development of the game, and released all versions at the same time, but at least we're getting a good port eventually.

I don't know to much about the game,how is Monster Hunter?Any good?

That would all be truly great.

Also good to hear Capcom is handling the PC port themselves, in-house.

Nice. I can’t wait to pick this game up myself, will probably get it sometime this week.

Impressive. No doubt Cows around the world pulled their weight. Moo.

I was gonna wait a month and get it as my own Birthday present but I might have to go pick this up today

welp....capcom did it. they crossed MH over. sigh.

I'm going to skip this entry. i'll get the next one that comes to switch. if another one ever comes :P

crazy all it took was great graphics.

Agreed.

I hope they realize we have our eyes on them and expect a quality port when it launches.

shipped 5 million copies in 3 days. have they said how many of them they sold?

Well done Capcom!

Not to take anything away from Capcom, but there is a dramatic difference between units shipped and units sold.

after street fighter flop and resident flop 7. this defnitely got them in the elite again.

Noice! good job Capcom...will be waiting for PC version. :)

I'm a little confused as well. Isn't shipped different than sold?

Resident Evil 7 was quite good.

IKR? Someone who doesn't own a PS4 somehow say those games are good when owns no console

Awesome can't wait for the PC version.

I'm very tempted to pick this game up. I've never cared for MH games but I can't say I've ever been in a place to give them a chance.

It will have to wait until March, however; too busy studying.

Don't reply to me FireEmblem_Man. I've had you blocked for a while now.

Do you own a PS4 or not? How else would you know if RE7 or Monster Hunter World is good if you haven't played it?

@metalboi: @FireEmblem_Man: Go eat crow, lol!

Yeah, let's move on! I don't want to get in trouble again like w/Indzman when I caught him being a total fake and fanboy. I really can't comment on MHW because I don't own it and busy playing DBFZ right now

It probably will, they cannot keep ignoring the Switch success and they still know that the Japanese prefer playing in Handhelds.

Wow, really? That's great :)

Glad to see MH finally come home to the console that made it great.

actually the PSP handhelds are what made it great.

unless you meant to say it came home to the "company" that made it great?

I hadn't played a MH game until MH Tri was out for the Wii. The only two MH games I currently own are MH3U for Wii U and MH4U on 3DS.

So PS2 is where MH started, and PSP is where it got really big (in Japan).

I am assuming there weren't any MH games on PS Vita, correct?

I remember some guy on another website said that Street Fighter was bigger than Super Smash Bros. I then called him out when Super Smash Bros sold better on a flop console (disregard the 3DS sales) than Street Fighter V did on the PC and PS4. LOL.

Though I'm glad Capcom flopped a bit. They literally have no loyalty at all. Screwed over Sony with Monster Hunter and they screwed over Nintendo and Xbox with Street Fighter. Even EA is loyal to Microsoft because they supported the Flopbox One at its lowest.

yeah course, most people seem to have focused on the number in the statement, not the verb

Completely different. When they say 5 million copies shipped, that means that they shipped 5 million copies of the game to retail outlets and what not. Units shipped does not equal units sold.

Is that when you’ll finally upgrade your GTX 560?

@luxuryheart: sfv would not have been developed without funding from Sony.

SFV approaching 3 mil with most of it's money coming from the contents and RE7 sold 5 mil how is that a flop?

@Litchie: Nintendo has the best online? Lmao! Wait till they get 50 million people using the service.

SFV did below expectations of capcom. there are dozens of articles on it. it was supposed to do 2 million by launch month(march) said capcom(many articles on this) it didnt reach 2 million until the end of this year. which means they just barely broke even this holiday. it was a flop.

RE7 was at 4 million in november. so you are saying it sold 1 million copies in december? really fam?
not only that but just like street fighter capcom wanted 4 million sales at launch month. which means by the end of the year they would have wanted to be much higher. however at the end of the year is when they finally reached 4 million. it also just broke even. it was released on 4 platforms.... PC, xbox, plastation, AND VR. and still came up short. it is another flop.

Resident Evil 5 – 9.5 million

Resident Evil 6 – 8 million

Resident Evil 4 – 5.9 million

Resident Evil/Resident Evil:Director’s Cut – 5.08 million

Resident Evil 2 – 4.96 million

Resident Evil 7 – 4+ million

Read more at http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/10/17/resident-evil-7-sales-soar-past-4-million-prior-to-gold-edition/#d1adMail8HXG4oEo.99