Monster Hunter World Ships 5mil!

[Mnementh]

Hiku said:

Mnementh said:

Has MonHun World Microtransactions or paid DLC? I'm not aware of any of that, but maybe I missed that news.

Oh, and I didn't realize your post was sarcastic, sorry. My general feeling was that Nintendo- and Sony-fans alike lowballed the expectations, your post was just the first I stumbled upon as proof.

Also I have no idea what @ing means.

Monster Hunter has both Free DLC upgrades planned for it, as well as microtransactions that are said to be purely cosmetic.
One of the first ones to hit the news were for the Street Fighter V collaboration, where the quests and armor sets of Ryu and Sakura are completely free, but the gestures to do Hadoken and Shoryuken are sold separately: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=234467&page=1#

Ryu Armor Set - FREE
Sakura Armor Set - FREE
Guild Card: Bonus Stage - FREE
Achievements: Rival, Destined, Living Legend and Bandana Girl - FREE
Pose: Shoryuken & Hadoken - FREE

Gesture: Street Fighter V Hadoken - $3.99
Gesture: Street Fighter V Shoryuken - $3.99
Stamp Set: Street Fighter V Set - $1.99

And don't worry about it. I was being vague intentionally, and it was based in prior discussions I had on the subject.
@ing is another term for replying to someone. People generally tend to say "don't even @ me" after making some outlandish statement they know will incite people to want to respond to them. Whether I used that term or not, no discussions came from it.  ¯_(ツ)_/¯

That said, I wasn't confident it wouldn't end up in a worst case scenario (which should still have been within Persona 5/Nioh territory, with high brand recognition/popularity and being on 3 systems), or if it would do significantly better in a best case scenario, with ~6-7m LTD. So it's still fair to say I had conservative expectations. I certainly didn't expect as much as 5m shipped in three days though, so props to Capcom on this one. Off to a really good start.
And they already smashed my lowest expectations. They're also looking likely to pass my highest expectations as well.

Oh shit, so even MonHUn now has these monetization schemes.

Thanks for your explanations.

And yes, Capcom has obviously nailed this with this success.