Monster Hunter Wilds is around the corner. Let's predict first week sales!

[Sephiran]

Kyuu said:

Qwark said:

I will go 5 to 6 million mostly due to Japan and the lacking that wow factor that World had. Wild was a massive change for the series when it came to graphics and scope. Wild however looks pretty damn poor for a PS5 game. Also the game does not release on Switch, where it would most likely have sold over 2 million in Japan alone.

World opened with 2 million copies sold in Japan on PS4 alone. How far behind that do you expect Wilds will sell on PS5 and PC combined?

I wouldn't read too much into MediaCreate/Famitsu's numbers without taking into account PS digital and PC. Street Fighter 6 had an abysmal opening and disappeared from the physical charts quickly, and yet we know it passed a million.

Edit: I keep forgetting about Xbox. It should add some 50k+ lol. World didn't launch on Xbox in Japan.

The best selling PS5 game in Japan as of yet is FF XVI that probably sold around 700k digital and physical sales included. I could see MH Wilds doubling that number on PS5, but it depends on how many Japanese will buy the game on PC instead of on PS5. But there is no chance that Wilds match World sales on PS in Japan, PC will need to do the lifting to get Wilds competitive with World in Japan.

But to be fair to Capcom, they have long since stopped caring about the Japanese market, they are all in on other regions now. Resident Evil sells next to nothing what it used to do in Japan and are instead expanding in other countries.