{"id":44096,"date":"2025-02-12T16:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44096"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:52:58","slug":"monster-hunter-world-sold-over-a-million-copies-just-in-the-last-3-months-despite-being-7-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-world-sold-over-a-million-copies-just-in-the-last-3-months-despite-being-7-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter: World sold over a million copies just in the last 3 months, despite being 7 years old\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Monster Hunter: World<\/strong>, released in 2018, sold over a million copies during the last three months of 2024. World is Capcom\u2019s best-selling title, with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-shares-updated-lifetime-sales-of-major-ips-and-list-of-2024-best-sellers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cumulative worldwide sales<\/a> exceeding 28.1 million copies (as of December 31, 2024).&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: World - Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OotQrKEqe94?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>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/jp.ign.com\/monster-hunter-world\/78264\/news\/720243100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGN Japan<\/a>, , Monster Hunter: World had sold 27 million copies as of September 30 last year, which means the title sold over a million more units from October to the end of December. The upcoming launch of Monster Hunter Wilds was no doubt a big contributor to the boost in sales, but it&#8217;s still an impressive figure for a title that\u2019s been out for seven years already.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, sales of the Iceborne DLC alone went up from 14 million to 14.9 million in this period, and 2021\u2019s Monster Hunter Rise sold an extra 700,000 copies, showing that the franchise\u2019s catalogue titles are performing strongly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1124\" height=\"629\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250130-43505-001.jpg\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" class=\"wp-image-43511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250130-43505-001.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250130-43505-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250130-43505-001-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom has commented that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-preorders-performing-extremely-well-according-to-capcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the game is doing \u201cextremely well\u201d<\/a> as far as preorders go, and the company&#8217;s financial forecasts reveal&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-plans-to-sell-11-08-million-units-of-its-new-titles-from-january-to-the-end-of-march-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sky-high expectations for initial sales<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018&#8217;s Monster Hunter: World is still selling like hot cakes seven years later, with the last three months of 2024 seeing over 1 million units sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":44098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44096","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 - 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