Capcom’s latest action role-playing game, Monster Hunter Wilds, has had the biggest launch week sales since the release of Call of Duty Black Ops 6.
Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD), took to Blue Sky to share that Monster Hunter: Wilds enjoyed a great launch in the US market, with its first week dollar sales being the largest for a title since the debut of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 5 months ago in October, 2024.
According to Piscatella, Monster Hunter Wilds ranked #1 in weekly Dollar sales across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. PC was the best-selling platform.
PC being the leading platform in terms of sales isn’t surprising to see, considering how it was also the lead platform for sales of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. A significant chunk of the series’ player base exists on the platform. Additionally, co-op games are known to sell better on PC than their console counterparts. A recent example is Sony Interactive Entertainment and Arrowhead Game Studios’ third-person shooter, Helldivers 2.
All is not great with the PC version of Monster Hunter Wilds, however, aw launched in an unoptimized state, leading to PS5 Pro players calling the mid-gen console the best place to play the title. Upon experiencing performance issues with Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam, one player ended up claiming a refund and instead opting to purchase it on PS5 Pro. According to them, the game somehow looks and runs better on the console than on their high-end PC. They pointed out that Capcom’s other recent open world action role-playing game, Dragon’s Dogma 2, suffered from similar issues. In its analysis of the PC version, Digital Foundry pointed out that a high-end GPU will only be able to brute force the game’s technical shortcomings to a degree.
Monster Hunter Wilds is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
