Monster Hunter Wilds is nearly a year old and still struggling to sell

Another content update is scheduled for next month (Capcom) Capcom’s latest fiscal results are mostly positive, but it remains quite telling that Monster Hunter Wilds is still selling less than many of the company’s older games. When it launched last February, Monster Hunter Wilds was off to a strong start, garnering positive reviews and selling eight million copies in just three days, becoming Capcom’s fastest selling game ever. Its reputation quickly took a sour turn thanks to its lack of endgame content and poor PC performance, with sales slowing down much faster than expected. Even old Devil May Cry games were faring better thanks to a boost from the Netflix show. Capcom has issued several content updates since launch, adding new quests, equipment, cosmetics, and even a Final Fantasy 14 crossover. But as we approach the game’s one year anniversary, it’s clear that things have barely improved sales-wise, with more people buying new copies of the last game, Monster Hunter Rise. Earlier today, Capcom shared its financial results for the third quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, which ends on March 31. That quarter covers the months of October to December 2025 and, overall, Capcom is pleased with how it’s done. Both revenue and profit are up across the board, with the company setting a new record for total games sold in a nine-month period, mostly thanks to Street Fighter 6 and the Resident Evil games, which are no doubt enjoying a boon ahead of Resident Evil Requiem’s February launch. Expert, exclusive gaming analysis Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Capcom also isn’t showing any disappointment in Monster Hunter Wilds as it highlights how the game’s lifetime sales have now exceeded 11 million units worldwide. That means it’s taken Devil May Cry 5’s spot as Capcom’s eighth best-selling game ever, coming just behind the Resident Evil 4 remake. When you look at how many copies Monster Hunter Wilds sold in the previous three months, though, it’s been outclassed by almost everything else in Capcom’s catalogue. From October to December, 991,000 new copies of the game were sold. By comparison, Monster Hunter Rise (which will be five years old this March) sold 1,096,000 copies, with its Sunbreak expansion selling an additional 1,031,000 copies. That’s not to say things haven’t improved somewhat for Wilds. Per Capcom’s last financial report, it only sold 637,000 copies in the first six months of the fiscal year (April to September 2025), meaning it performed far better in the run-up to Christmas. But Rise sold 643,000 copies in that same six-month period, so not only was it already outperforming Wilds, but it’s also enjoyed a far bigger sales boost in the previous three months. 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GameCentral has been delivering unique games news and reviews for over a decade Wilds is also typically more expensive, with Capcom pricing it at £64.99, but it saw a very generous price drop to about £19 on Amazon as part of Black Friday last year (and at the time of writing, that offer is still available). Capcom did once blame the PlayStation 5’s high price tag as a contributing factor to Wilds’ sales woes, describing it as a ‘barrier.’ However, Sony’s console enjoyed stronger sales last year compared to 2024 and those sales figures are bound to be even higher following Sony’s significant Christmas discounts. The most well-known issue surrounding Monster Hunter Wilds is its poor PC performance, which was recently discovered to be due to some kind of technical fault involving the DLC. If Capcom can get this issue fixed, it could help turn the game’s reputation around. 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