MHW sells 1.35 million copies at launch in Japan, > 2 million with Digital; PS4 140k

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Noobie on 31 January 2018

Monster Hunter World debuts with 1.35 million copies sold at launch, no digital included.

PS4 sold 140,000 in that week, across all models.

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201801/31150829.html

Above 2 million with Digital according to Famitsu

Source

FW and LT in Japan for previous titles:

MH Freedom Unite (PSP): 0.86M (4.13M LT) 4.8x
MF Freedom 3 (PSP): 1.97M (4.87M) 2.42x
MH4 (3DS): 1.78M (3.44M) 1.93x
MHX (3DS): 1.49M (2.82M) 1.89x
MH4G (3DS): 1.50M (2.63M) 1.75x

Thanks to mnementh

French journalist Oscar Lemaire has made nice graphics based on Famitsu reports.

https://twitter.com/oscarlemaire

MH physical copies sold in Japan.
Blue = first week. Red = after launch. Green = cheaper re-release

First Week sales of major PS4 releases

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sc94597 on 31 January 2018

Nice! I think 2 million lifetime is in the bag now. Does Famitsu include digital sales?

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OTBWY on 31 January 2018

Those are good MH numbers, and it will keep legs for a long time. I think MH4U opened at 1,5 at launch? The PS4 numbers however are below my expectations.

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Sam1994 on 31 January 2018

so with digital it will over 1.5 million,crazy!

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Sam1994 said:
so with digital it will over 1.5 million,crazy!

Over 2 million with digital according to famitsu estimates.

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Sam1994 said:
so with digital it will over 1.5 million,crazy!

It says that famitsu claims it's over 2 million with digital

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EricFabian on 31 January 2018

crazy numbers.

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OTBWY said:
Those are good MH numbers, and it will keep legs for a long time. I think MH4U opened at 1,5 at launch? The PS4 numbers however are below my expectations.

It sold 1.6 million in its first two days and 2.63 million lifetime. Monster Hunter 4 (non-G rank version) which is the better analog here, since it isn't an expansion, sold 1.875 million in the first two days and more than 4.1 million lifetime in Japan.