Monster Hunter Wilds was launched in February and it has been an enormous success thus far, changing into the No. 1 best-selling recreation of the 12 months within the US months in the past. Now, one other knowledge level in regards to the recreation’s success has come to mild.
Circana’s Mat Piscatella mentioned full-game greenback gross sales for Wilds are so excessive that had the sport been launched in 2024, it will rank because the No. 6 best-selling game of the year that year. For what it is value, Madden NFL 25 was the No. 6 best-selling recreation of 2024 within the US.
The success of Wilds helped carry Capcom to its eighth straight year of profit and 10th consecutive year of more than 10% operating income growth.
The sport offered greater than 8 million copies over its first three days, changing into Capcom’s fastest-selling recreation ever. It went on to promote 10 million copies in its first month.
It nonetheless has work to do to catch Monster Hunter World, although, which has offered 21 million+ copies and is Capcom’s best-selling game of all time globally.
Total, the Monster Hunter franchise is the second-best-selling Capcom franchise of all time, with Resident Evil nonetheless holding the highest spot.
“There are just a few missteps alongside the way–of each an inventive and technical variety–but Wilds is one other glorious entry in Capcom’s beloved sequence,” Richard Wakeling wrote in GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds evaluate. In the event you’ve simply gotten began on the sport, it’s also possible to try GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds guides hub for a number of useful options and PSAs on party-crashing beasts.