The excessive price of a PS5 is placing some strain on Monster Hunter Wilds gross sales, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto says, with the sturdy first-month gross sales apparently despite this barrier to entry.
Nikkei Gaming interviewed the Capcom president in Could this yr, however solely simply printed it, so his feedback are primarily within the context of Wilds’ first month sales–which topped 10 million models in an unprecedented success for Capcom. Regardless of the sport’s sturdy first month Tsujimoto stated that the excessive worth of Monster Hunter Wilds’ “essential platform,” the PS5, was an “unexpectedly massive” barrier to attaining this goal.
The exec additionally pointed to the success of the Swap 2 and its reasonable worth to emphasise his point–though did not say something in regards to the potential for a Swap 2 port for Wilds.
Tsujimoto is talking primarily within the context of the Japanese market, the place the price of shopping for a PS5, together with peripherals and subscriptions, comes near 100,000 yen (round $670 USD). This worth level will not be simply reachable for younger folks, Tsujimoto says, including that that is true in worldwide markets in addition to Japan.
Against this, he mentions that the response to the Swap 2 was “higher than we had anticipated” at 49,980 yen (round $335 USD), saying that this “reaffirmed the excessive stage of cost-consciousness amongst extraordinary customers.”
After its sturdy first month, gross sales for Monster Hunter Wilds fell off dramatically, with Capcom reporting solely 477,000 copies offered between April 1 and June 30. Whereas the price of the PS5 could also be an element, the sport has additionally suffered from efficiency points, most closely impacting PC gamers.
Regardless of the steep decline, Monster Hunter Wilds remains to be removed from a flop sales-wise–as of August 2, Monster Hunter Wilds was the best-selling recreation of 2025 within the US. Capcom can be working onerous to deal with gamers’ complaints about Wilds, pushing ahead a deliberate enlargement launch and sharing its roadmap for the sport.