As of Capcom's latest quarterly report, the game moved just 634k; less than even the nearly 5-year-old MH Rise:

https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/explanation/2025/2nd/explanation_2025_2nd_01.pdf

Capcom seem to have really misfired with this one; it has an explosive launch, but since then it's legs have been poor, likely due to negative word of mouth regarding its performance and design choices.

That is unbelieavble bad legs for a big, multiplatform game. It had a similar launch as TOTK (exclusive on Switch), and its legs after launch seem to be even worse than the famously bad legs of TOTK, which should be almost impossible to achieve for a big multiplatform release like MH Wilds.

Jesus it's even worse than that; apparently that 634k figure is for the last TWO quarters, with the most recent quarter adding just 160k.

That's catastrophically bad, for comparison's sake Monster Hunter Rise, which came out in early 2021, sold 254k in the last quarter, so more than 50% more than the entry that just came out.

Fucking hell, what a mess.

Yeah it's a disaster, but it's totally deserved. Maybe the expansion + Switch 2 port + pricecut will remedy some of the damage, but it just won't hit its original potential.

This is getting me to think about GTA6. If it doesn't live up to the hype, GTA5 may also catch up to it. Perceived quality does matter after all.

https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/explanation/2025/3rd/explanation_2025_3rd_01.pdf

Wilds sold just 354k over its first holiday quarter.

Absolutely terrible legs, at this point it hasn't even moved 1 million since the FY ticked over, so in 9 months.

Gotta be one of the most front-loaded major games in recent years.

Slightly relevant to topic… but I found it very notable that, among all 650+ GotY awards given out for 2025, MHWilds saw not a single one— a major outlier of all critically respected releases. Not sure how or why everybody collectively forgot about this games existence. Doom: The Dark Ages also suffered a similar fate.

Honestly, because it's deeply underwhelming and not remotely one of 2025's best games.

And it's almost got a 90 metacritic/opencritic while Where Winds Meet is at 73. Critics are a joke and will often score games accordingly with what they predict the gamer consensus will be.