Despite Capcom’s best efforts to address player issues surrounding Monster Hunter Wilds, the game’s lack of content compared to previous entries, coupled with poor performance (particularly with its PC version), has caused it to fall below sales expectations. While it is by no means a bad game, Monster Hunter Wilds’ reputation has allowed Japanese used goods store Kaitori World to buy used PlayStation 5 copies for as high (not low) as 18 JPY ($0.11 USD).
By comparison, previous generation Monster Hunter titles like the PS4 version of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and the Nintendo Switch compilation Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak are being bought for 494 JPY ($3.16 USD) and 500 JPY ($3.19 USD) respectively. The price of Monster Hunter Wilds’s PS5 version is more comparable to those of portable entries like Monster Hunter Portable on the PlayStation Portable and Monster Hunter Generations on the Nintendo 3DS.
Comparing Monster Hunter Wilds’ buying price with other 2025 titles shows just how vast the difference is between them. Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which released one month after Wilds on March 20, has its PS5 version priced at 3,900 JPY ($24.89 USD). Ghost of Yōtei, a console-exclusive title that released later on October, currently goes for 4,000 JPY ($25.53 USD).
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Has the purchase price for Monster Hunter Wilds on Kaitori World truly fallen to 18 JPY? Surely Capcom ought to do something about this.
For a country as heavily invested in Monster Hunter as Japan, it’s disheartening to see Monster Hunter Wilds be bought for eleven cents. Last May, a little more than three months after its release, used copies were being sold at a second-hand store in Japan for almost half their original price. Given that the game’s last big update is scheduled for February 2026 (which includes stability and performance fixes alongside the inclusion of the Arch-Tempered Arkveld and a Monster Hunter Stories 3 collaboration), it seems like Monster Hunter Wilds is still alive and kicking.
