Monster Hunter Wilds YouTuber and streamer M Hashi says he has apologized to Capcom after implying on stream and social media that the game rendered his PC, costing roughly 800,000 yen (a little more than $5,000 USD) unusable. Due to his large following, his posts seem to have inadvertently fueled the outrage regarding Wilds’ poor optimization in Japanese internet spaces. But after taking his PC in for repairs, he discovered the reason for his PC troubles was an abnormally high wattage setting in the BIOS. At the same time, some commenters think M Hashi hasn’t done anything warranting an apology.
Like many players, M Hashi has experienced several crashes and performance issues when playing the PC version of Monster Hunter Wilds. In an effort to improve the game’s performance, M Hashi downloaded a BIOS update online that adjusted his PC’s settings. Though this temporarily solved his crashing and frame rate issues, succeeding Monster Hunter Wilds patches (particularly Free Update 2) caused the problems to return, with M Hashi’s PC eventually breaking down. When he brought his computer in for repairs, it was discovered that his PC’s power limits were set to around 460 watts, causing extreme temperature spikes. M Hashi has since lowered the wattage, allowing him to play Monster Hunter Wilds more safely.
M Hashi uses an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, an Intel CORE i9-13900KF CPU, and an ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 motherboard. He initially thought that his problems were caused by his Intel CPU (a CPU he says many people call “a time bomb”). While Intel’s CPUs aren’t held in high regard, downloading BIOS updates from unreliable sources could lead to more problems.
Although the majority of M Hashi’s problems appear to have been caused by his BIOS and CPU, he and other Monster Hunter Wilds players are taking this opportunity to voice their concerns regarding the PC version’s poor optimization. M Hashi had the service person who repaired his PC check its performance while running Monster Hunter Wilds. Based on the test, his Intel i9 CPU’s temperature was surprisingly high, which is one of the reasons why Monster Hunter Wilds ran so poorly for him. It should also be noted that M Hashi experienced no problems playing games other than Monster Hunter Wilds. He commented that while Wilds isn’t to blame, it was part of what triggered his PC issues.
Regardless of his frustrations with Monster Hunter Wilds, M Hashi tells viewers not to harass or threaten the game’s developers. Instances of verbal abuse and even death threats directed at the developers have prompted Capcom to cancel one of its dev lectures and announce that it will take legal action against those who violate its Anti-Customer Harassment Policy.
