Despite not being available on other platforms besides the Nintendo Switch at the current moment (a PC version is in the works), it’s still an impressive feat that Capcom has managed to ship over 4 million copies of Monster Hunter Rise so far in just three days. Shipped figures aren’t the same as sold ones – it’s all the copies shipped to retailers and digital stores.
The shipped figure of MH Rise has a fair bit to do with the reception of the previous game in the series, Monster Hunter World, and its expansion, Iceborne. That game was even more successful for Capcom, with around 5 million shipped not long after its own launch – although that was on both PS4 and
The other factor in Rise‘s success must be given to the quality of the game itself. It’s a shame that it’s currently only a Switch game, as many of the things that made World so great are still here, and while maybe some thought that the future of the Monster World franchise would be cross-platform beyond Nintendo, Capcom has (for now) kept Rise shackled within Switch exclusivity. If you have a Switch (and as the info above suggests, a lot of you do) then there’s every reason to check Monster Hunter Rise out – people dig it, certainly a lot more than the recent movie.
Do you think that the next game from Capcom in the Monster Hunter series will come to more platforms? Or do you think that it was a mere experiment, and that we shouldn’t get our hopes up too much? Leave a comment.
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