{"id":29771,"date":"2024-04-17T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29771"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T06:00:44","slug":"monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sony published the PS Store\u2019s monthly download rankings via the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ja.playstation.com\/2024\/04\/15\/20240415-downloadranking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese PlayStation Blog<\/a> on April 15. According to the report, Capcom\u2019s <strong>Monster Hunter: World<\/strong> was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan during March 2024, topping new PS4-compatible releases such as Unicorn Overlord.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster Hunter: World released in January 2018. While it was the fifth installment in the Monster Hunter series, it was the first to get a simultaneous worldwide release, thus contributing greatly to the series\u2019 overseas popularity. The RPG launched to positive reception and sold five million units within the first three days of release, quickly becoming one of Capcom\u2019s fastest-selling titles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, despite the game being past its 6-year anniversary, it still seems to be attracting new players in 2024. During the holiday season, Monster Hunter: World saw larger concentrations of concurrent players than in 2020 (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/582010\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB)<\/a>. Additionally, Capcom commented on March 12 for <a href=\"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/business\/companies\/20240312-174219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a> that Monster Hunter: World has surpassed 25 million units sold, breaking the company\u2019s record for a single title\u2019s sales. The company further mentioned that sales of the title were strong, especially in emerging markets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster Hunter: World\u2019s popularity reigniting likely has a lot to do with Capcom\u2019s announcement of Monster Hunter: Wilds in December 2023. The latest installment in the series, planned to release in 2025,&nbsp; will be a \u201cnext generation\u201d take on the franchise, and the impressive reveal trailer no doubt got a lot of players nostalgic for some Monster Hunter action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monster Hunter Wilds - Official Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zyoBA0aCRNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStation_jp\/status\/1779706429592723583\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">among the surprised reactions<\/a> to the recently published PS Store download rankings, some Japanese users have suggested that famous VTubers may also be contributing to the Monster Hunter: World boom. Indeed, there have been several influential Hololive streamers who started playing Monster Hunter: World for the first time in the past month or two, such as Usada Pekora (2.48M subscribers), Houshou Marine (3.13M subscribers) and Sakura Miko (2.01 susbscribers).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterhunter.com\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monster Hunter: World<\/a> is available for the PC (Steam), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterhunter.com\/wilds\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monster Hunter: Wilds<\/a> is planned to release in 2025 for the PC (Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom&#8217;s Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 &#8211; six years after its release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":29774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-29771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Capcom&#039;s Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 - six years after its release.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Capcom&#039;s Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 - six years after its release.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-17T06:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-17T06:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amber V\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amber V\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"Capcom's Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 - six years after its release.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"Capcom's Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 - six years after its release.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2024-04-17T06:00:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-17T06:00:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amber V","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amber V","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/"},"author":{"name":"Amber V","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc6517a00e35b6917ffdb02e8b574d9"},"headline":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0","datePublished":"2024-04-17T06:00:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-17T06:00:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/"},"wordCount":376,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg","keywords":["News (Japan-related)"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/","name":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-17T06:00:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-17T06:00:44+00:00","description":"Capcom's Monster Hunter: World was the most downloaded PS4 title in Japan in March 2024 - six years after its release.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240417-29771-header.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Monster Hunter: World by Capcom"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-is-still-topping-charts-6-years-following-its-release-some-think-hololive-is-to-thank\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Monster Hunter: World is still topping charts 6 years following its release, some think Hololive is to thank\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fdc6517a00e35b6917ffdb02e8b574d9","name":"Amber V","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/12252024-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/12252024-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/12252024-100x100.jpg","caption":"Amber V"},"description":"Editor-in-Chief since October 2023. She grew up playing Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein with her dad, and is now enamored with obscure Japanese video games and internet culture. Currently devoted to growing Automaton West to the size of its Japanese sister-site, while making sure to keep news concise and developer stories deep and stimulating.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/amber-vjestica\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29775,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29771\/revisions\/29775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}