{"id":8604,"date":"2022-01-18T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8604"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:35:10","slug":"20220118-8604","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220118-8604\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Rise has shipped over 8 million units worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii partially based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220118-189058\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Capcom has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/news\/html\/e220118.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that the total worldwide shipments for <em><strong>Monster Hunter Rise<\/strong><\/em> have surpassed 8 million units worldwide. The game initially came out for the Nintendo Switch in March of 2021 and shipped 4 million units in its first week. The total shipment reached 7 million in May of 2021. The total \u201csales\u201d were reported as 7.5 million units at the end of September 2021.<\/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=\"[PC] Monster Hunter Rise - Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qbBJv2i6ok0?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>The PC version was released for Steam on January 12, 2022, featuring high-resolution 4K support and voice chat functionality, along with 21:9 Ultrawide display support, keyboard and mouse control, and an unlocked frame rate. The PC optimization at launch was more thorough than <em>Monster Hunter: World<\/em>, and the reception from Steam users seems to be good so far, garnering over 6,700 user reviews, with 84% of them being positive at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 40% of Steam user reviews for <em>Monster Hunter: World<\/em> are from simplified Chinese users, but that number drops to 18% for <em>Monster Hunter Rise<\/em>. In terms of population ratio, English-speaking users have increased. <em>Monster Hunter Rise<\/em>\u2019s concurrent player count reached 134,262 on January 16 (<a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1446780\/graphs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>), which isn\u2019t as high as the previous title <em>Monster Hunter: World<\/em>\u2019s all-time peak of 334,684, but it\u2019s still a strong start for the much-anticipated port, contributing to the increase in sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Monster Hunter Rise<\/em> is currently available on PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. The massive paid expansion <em>Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak<\/em> is set to launch this summer for both platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Hunter Rise has shipped over 8 million units worldwide. 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