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

Incredibly high digital sales, i wonder how much is attributed to choice or lack of shipment...

...Not that it matters anyways, these are amazing sales for sn amazing game that i, as well as many others, are thoroughly enjoying.



 

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When was the last time PS4 sold that much in Japan? I'm curious to see the legs this has.



Medisti said:
When was the last time PS4 sold that much in Japan? I'm curious to see the legs this has.

Launch. This is the second best week for PS4 in Japan. 



sc94597 said:
Medisti said:
When was the last time PS4 sold that much in Japan? I'm curious to see the legs this has.

Launch. This is the second best week for PS4 in Japan. 

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Fairly sure its wrong now. 2m shipped to Asia as a whole is my assumption. 650k digital is unheard of for Japan, as well as the 2m out of ~6m attach ratio for a PS game.



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Farsala said:
Fairly sure its wrong now. 2m shipped to Asia as a whole is my assumption. 650k digital is unheard of for Japan, as well as the 2m out of ~6m attach ratio for a PS game.

There is always the first time. 1.35 FW sales were also not expected by the majority of the people when this was announced. 140k of PS4 so late in gen in non-holiday period is also amazing. 

 

The day D3 Publisher announced Earth Defense Force 5 crossed 300,000 sales, Media Create showed its total at 212,000, meaning 88,000 were digital sales (~30%). If Earth Defense Force 5 can do 88,000, I think expecting 650k from Monster Hunter: World is reasonable especially considering the wide spread shortages and first week sales. 

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Noobie said:

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

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That is fine, but not great even great including digital. So the japanese base is more or less maintained. Lifetime sales will be strongly dependent on the legs, but that should be fine, it is MonHun after all.

FW and LT in Japan for previous titles:

MH Freedom Unite (PSP): 0.86M (4.13M LT)

MF Freedom 3 (PSP): 1.97M  (4.87M)

MH4 (3DS): 1.78M (3.44M)

MHX (3DS): 1.49M (2.82M)

MH4G (3DS): 1.50M (2.63M)



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Legs should be decent, but I can't imagine they'll be as good as games that came out at the beginning of their consoles' life-cycles. Let's be honest, the PS4 isn't a spring chicken anymore.

Either way, good on Capcom. Impressive numbers and I'm eating some crow on this one.



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2mill holy shit amazing numbers at those ps4 hardware!!!

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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.

remember that’s only japan and it’s only the first 3 day’s so 2 million in three days is unreal. Surly be close to 3 million first week in Japan alone including digital.



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