Capcom expects Monster Hunter Rise to sell over 1 million units in Japan

[Nautilus]

Mnementh said:

Nautilus said:

But the Switch is far more popular than almost all consoles(In japan), and especially compared to the PS4. Plus, by the time MH launches, the Switch will be at what, almost 20 million consoles sold there?

So I personally don't think 2 million first week is the absolute most optimistic sales the game can get. I personally think it's just pretty much what is expected the game to do.

MonHun is a game people buy a console for, at nleast in japan. Bigger hardware base is never bad, but I doubt it really limited previous entries. The changes  made to the formula look enticing though, that may draw in new customers. But MonHun is hit or miss. And I highly doubt that in Japan someone who might like the series was never exposed to it before. So I think MonHun already showed it's potential customer base before. The West is a different thing.

That didn't stop World of pulling bigger numbers and (supposedly) bring new fans in. So factoring in MH newfound popularity with World, coupled with Switch gigantic success and the fact that almost all new historical Nintendo realted game doing better on it( and I would include MH in that), you have 1 million feeling like a very low number.

I mean, anything could happen, but I very much doubt it, and Rise will be at least a great game.