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Which Sells More? Monster Hunter World or Monster Hunter Rise
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it is obviously gonna be World and it is absolutely fine if Rise sells less, i'm pretty sure capcom won't suffer if rise sells "only" 6 million copies worldwide.
but i'm sure the console warriors of this forum will make a huge fucking drama based on it so I'm gonna make some popcorn to read the future threads, anyone want some?
but i'm sure the console warriors of this forum will make a huge fucking drama based on it so I'm gonna make some popcorn to read the future threads, anyone want some?
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Of course I'm excluding iceborne. That's why I didn't add numbers cuz I'm not sure of total sales count
World is on more platforms
Though rise probably deserves it more (I guess we'll see but it looks like a better experience than world to me)
I don't know if switch and PC can out sell PS4 xbox and PC
If I had to put money ... probably world ... I 'm almost certain there were a TON of first time hype buyers that will NOT be coming back for more
Though rise probably deserves it more (I guess we'll see but it looks like a better experience than world to me)
I don't know if switch and PC can out sell PS4 xbox and PC
If I had to put money ... probably world ... I 'm almost certain there were a TON of first time hype buyers that will NOT be coming back for more
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The biggest unknown quantity besides general quality is how many PCs will be able to run Rise that couldn't run World. If the game is great, I could see it having a wider base that lets it make up for the lack of platforms. That being said, even with the Switch beasting, I'd be surprised if it manages to do as well as World. Not because it will disapoint but because World was honestly a breakthrough hit.
I'm baffled anyone chose Rise LOL
World's LTD is going to be 18-20M. I can see Rise doing a bit more than half of that as a generous high estimate.
World's LTD is going to be 18-20M. I can see Rise doing a bit more than half of that as a generous high estimate.
After seeing animal crossing's numbers, I'd say Rise. It will only be after the PC port comes out but over time I think Rise. Itll do gangbusters in japan
Japan is the key here.
Very few, and I mean very few elite 3rd party properties have found themselves in such a position as Monster Hunter does here. The possibility of such incredible sales potential such as Monster Hunter could have on a market leading console will be a sight to behold, and I can only think of Dragon Quest as to having similar sales potential. I'm talking Animal Crossing type numbers, I honestly the think the sky is the limit here, Japan wise, and can certainly balance lower sales elsewhere in the world.
Should be a fun time.
Very few, and I mean very few elite 3rd party properties have found themselves in such a position as Monster Hunter does here. The possibility of such incredible sales potential such as Monster Hunter could have on a market leading console will be a sight to behold, and I can only think of Dragon Quest as to having similar sales potential. I'm talking Animal Crossing type numbers, I honestly the think the sky is the limit here, Japan wise, and can certainly balance lower sales elsewhere in the world.
Should be a fun time.
World was such an explosive growth for the franchise, it's hard to see the immediate next entry(and one that is kind of perceived as a lesser entry by newer fans) performing as well. Even World 2 will probably not do as well tbh.
I think the big aspect here is whether or not all of the first time MH buyers from World actually want to stick with the series, and also were invested enough to buy a new one so soon. Given what the game generally entails, and the time investment, a lot may hold off or just wait for the World sequel as they are burnt out from World.
Since we know that a majority of Switch owners also own another platform, it stands to reason that Rise should perform very well if World convinced new comers to stick with the series. And obviously PC will be an even bigger factor for sales given that it's not releasing on the other consoles. I think it clears 10m pretty easily, but probably doesn't catch World.
I think the big aspect here is whether or not all of the first time MH buyers from World actually want to stick with the series, and also were invested enough to buy a new one so soon. Given what the game generally entails, and the time investment, a lot may hold off or just wait for the World sequel as they are burnt out from World.
Since we know that a majority of Switch owners also own another platform, it stands to reason that Rise should perform very well if World convinced new comers to stick with the series. And obviously PC will be an even bigger factor for sales given that it's not releasing on the other consoles. I think it clears 10m pretty easily, but probably doesn't catch World.
Was about to say "what kind of question is this" but then I saw who the OP was and now I'm not so sure š¤
MHR on Switch/PC won't outsell MHW on PS/Xbox/PC worldwide.
However, it will get the highest single platform sales by a long way, outsell MHW by a huge amount in Japan, and end up sitting comfortably as Capcom's second-best selling title on a much lower dev budget.
At this point it just goes to show that Capcom's plans for the series in the last few years have been pretty solid.
Oh, and MH Stories 2 will outsell MH Stories by a load too.
However, it will get the highest single platform sales by a long way, outsell MHW by a huge amount in Japan, and end up sitting comfortably as Capcom's second-best selling title on a much lower dev budget.
At this point it just goes to show that Capcom's plans for the series in the last few years have been pretty solid.
Oh, and MH Stories 2 will outsell MH Stories by a load too.
Generations is a port of a of a double G version of a G version of MH4
Generations Ultimate on Switch has significantly outsold Generations on 3DS outside of Japan, despite being a 3DS port released after World. Rise should significantly outperform it outside of Japan.
It should probably outperform it in Japan as well. Generations was a best-of title and Switch had already had Tri G, 4 and 4G by that point. Switch is also proven to possibly be stronger than 3DS in Japan.
World will obviously end up with higher lifetime sales than Rise, just by virtue of being on more platforms. That said, I think Rise will end up a lot closer than most would think.
Generations isn't a good barometer for a brand new entry. Especially since it was a port from the 3DS.
MH takes 4-5 years to develop the mainline games, the second team handles the usually portable inter-generation titles.
There is, there's two teams on Monster Hunter. Rise is carrying over a lot of World's advancements anyway.
To be fair there's a bunch of Switch exclusives that have outsold Monster Hunter World, even if Rise won't be one of them.
While its no guatenteee you do know switch is sitting on several 20 million+ sellers and counting right?
Ah that makes sense. Tbh I'd never thought about them using split teams for it since I've only dipped into a few here and there to see if I take to them so I'd not really considered their output being handled separately by platforms.
Oh perfect! I may have to grab rise too then. May have to go PC though as realistically since AC released the Switch is no longer mine lol
I get the point you're making but I don't think it's possible for it to sell that low
PC version won't sell anything?
Oh totally, it's a massive seller & I have no doubt Rise'll be the most successful title (especially in Japan) on a Nintendo platform. As others said, lifetime sales on multiplatform games are incredibly hard to beat. Rise is gonna be massive, just really hard to beat out the influence of the other consoles.
The last 3-4 years taught me to not underestimate the Switch and its games. If Rise explodes like AC did in Japan, yeah, I can see it.
I know that it will outsell generations, and perform better. But not world.
