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Which Sells More? Monster Hunter World or Monster Hunter Rise

Which Sells More???

  • Rise > World

    Votes: 108 9.2%

  • World > Rise

    Votes: 563 47.8%

  • Rise >>> World

    Votes: 19 1.6%

  • World >>> Rise

    Votes: 466 39.6%

  • Rise = World

    Votes: 22 1.9%
  • Total voters
    1,178
Tbone5189

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First off, this is overall all sales of the original games. So if Rise gets a Rise "G" Version, it isn't counted with total sales. Same goes for Iceborne.

Second, this is for all platforms combine Worldwide Lifetime. So MHW has PS4/X1/PC and MHR will have NSW/PC.

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📝 Notes 🗒

-MHW is by far Capcom biggest successful game, nearly dwarfing every other iteration and has sold roughly 15mil and no signs of stopping

-MHW had DLC (iceborne) that helped pushed these sales

-MHR is releasing on NSW and being portable too can be seen as an unknown factor in terms of sales potential.

-MH popularity overall skyrocketed thanks to MHW debut and a strong marketing with Capcom back when it releases.

-MHW2 Probably won't be out intill 2023 so legs might not really be affected (both MHW/MHR)


Anyways which do you think sells more? Does MHR have a chance? Does MHW only happen once in a lifetime in terms of sales for a franchise?

Discuss!!!
 
PlanetSmasher

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World will sell more in the West at the end of the day, Rise will sell better in Japan. Total sales will probably be higher for World due to the wider market.
 
JoeInky

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Oct 25, 2017
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MHW just by virtue of it being available on more platforms, I don't think the bump in the japanese market due to being handheld will make much of a difference

The lower PC requirements might make it more popular than world on PC, who knows
 
Kouriozan

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Oct 25, 2017
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World being on more platform is a bit unfair, but in Japan, Rise will easily surpass it.
 
Ada

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Nov 28, 2017
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Easily World so many people who never even touched the series checked it out.
 
kodax_shc

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Probably less. I think a lot of people bought MHW because of strong word of mouth but I think this was also the MH game where a lot of people found out that MH wasn't for them.

I've got nothing to back this up though.
 
Berordn

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world is probably going to be nigh impossible to top just because it's available on more platforms but rise is hitting a platform world missed and will be hitting pc eventually so it's probably going to be within striking distance, given how well world did in asia on PC
 
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Tbone5189

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kodax_shc said:
Probably less. I think a lot of people bought MHW because of strong word of mouth but I think this was also the MH game where a lot of people found out that MH wasn't for them.

I've got nothing to back this up though.
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It's a good point, it's all unknown intill mhw2 and MHR comes out
 
DrWong

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If we go by what's in the Capcom leaks thread Rise should also get a PC port one year after. I'd factor that as well and we have a topic.
 
hydruxo

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World is mult-plat so it'll absolutely sell more than Rise. Plus, World is kind of a gateway into Monster Hunter for new players in a way that I don't think Rise really will be.
 
KartuneDX

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I think the PC base will more than make up for the multi-platform edge World had. It's the latest MH entry, I don't see it not outperforming World. That + old favorites reimagined in a post-World engine make it a safe bet especially more so if they do another Iceborne-like expansion.
 
Parthenios

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Oct 28, 2017
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I don't think MHR can reach 15mil so probably World. I don't think MHW2 could reach 15mil either though.
 
Roliq

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People saying "World because it was multiplatform" for some reason forget that PC is the biggest market which Rise will also have and it's releasing on the Switch or acting as it being on 3 platforms is somehow better ignoring that Xbox is basically a non-entity
 
Oregano

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Rise will be a decent bit lower than World, but there's a good chance it ends up Capcom's second best seller by a clear margin.
 
Ricelord

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Oct 25, 2017
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its world>>>rise. To even come close the switch rise version would have to outright outsell both ps4 and xbox world version.
 
Neoxon

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World for sure, but Japanese & eventually PC sales for Rise will keep it at respectable numbers.
 
cw_sasuke

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World isnt gonna stop selling anytime soon though - even Capcom said that Rise is gonna result in continued World sales.
Seems like a unfair comparison lol.
 
Lant_War

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Jul 14, 2018
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After mocking the wrong MHW predictions for so long, it's only fair that I risk making a fool of myself with my own prediction. I think it'll sell around 7m in the absolute best case scenario.
 
BriGuy

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Wait, Rise is coming out on PC too? Awesome if true. That will certainly help boost its numbers, but I can't see it edging out World.
 
Kewlmyc

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If Rise really is only releasing on Switch/PC, then World will still remain on top. I don't see Rise doing 10M+
 
Skittzo

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I think Rise can hit 10M on Switch and then a few million more on PC but I don't see it surpassing World.
 
DrM2theJ

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At last count, MHW has sold 16.4M copies worldwide up through early November (https://www.pcgamesn.com/monster-hunter-world/iceborne-sales)

Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch has sold 15M units in Japan as of September (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...-switch-has-sold-more-than-15m-units-in-japan)

Nintendo Switch accounts for 89.8% of console sales in Japan (https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2..._the_next_years_says_game_industry_consultant)

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (NSW) sold 3.4M copies as of February 2020 (https://gonintendo.com/stories/3547...ations-ultimate-sits-at-3-4-million-copies-so)

So napkin math, about 20-25% of Switch owners in Japan bought MHGU.

Monster Hunter World did far better overseas relative to Japan compared with Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (NSW) (https://twitter.com/aevanko/status/1260189577702064128)

Based on all this data...

I expect Monster Hunter Rise to do better in Japan than Monster Hunter World did as a result of the platform spread and popularity of Monster Hunter there.

I expect Monster Hunter Rise to initially sell very well (generally) on Switch overseas as well, but unless it releases on other platforms, it will not do as well as Monster Hunter World simply because it is limited to a single platform.

If Monster Hunter Rise eventually comes to PC (I'm not going to link sources, but sufficed to say there's reasons to believe it will), I think there's a very real chance it also shows up on other consoles and then I think it very well may be able to overtake Monster Hunter World.

I do not think on Nintendo Switch alone that it will overtake Monster Hunter World, but I do think it will do substantially greater numbers than MHGU did.
 
Zalman

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Probably not World numbers but I think people are severely underestimating Rise.
 
Ehoavash

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I got caught in the hype for world, won't be doing the same thing ever again
 
Cubo

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MHW in PS4+XBox are around 11 million or so? I actually think it's possible for Switch to do that, or fall a bit short. Then PC version will need to keep up with World then. I voted Rise > World :p
 
MouldyK

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Tbone5189 said:
First off, this is overall all sales of the original games. So if Rise gets a Rise "G" Version, it isn't counted with total sales. Same goes for Iceborne.

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-MHW had DLC (iceborne) that helped pushed these sales
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So G-Version won't count, but the boost of World from Iceborne does?

Like I get it, but it seems a bit unfair as "Monster Hunter World + Iceborne" bundles means sales go to Monster Hunter World, but Rise-G won't count.
 
Euler

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World is a juggernaut on multiple platforms. Not a chance for Rise to outperform it.
 
NediarPT88

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Due to the recent leaks we know PS4 version is ~8.7M and Xbox ~1.8M.

PC ~6M

I could see the Switch version getting close to PS4 unless the game underperforms in the west, I assume Japanese sales will be considerably higher than the 3.2M World sold on PS4.

PC I have no idea, World looks much better than Rise but the gameplay additions in the latter look crazy fun.
 
Oregano

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NediarPT88 said:
Due to the recent leaks we know PS4 version is ~8.7M and Xbox ~1.8M.

PC ~6M

I could see the Switch version getting close to PS4 unless the game underperforms in the west, I assume Japanese sales will be considerably higher than the 3.2M World sold on PS4.

PC I have no idea, World looks much better than Rise but the gameplay additions in the latter look crazy fun.
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Rise having lower requirements on PC might actually be a boon.
 
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