Capcom has announced today that Monster Hunter World has surpassed the 25 million global sales milestone.
World was the first title in the longstanding Monster Hunter series to have a simultaneous global launch. While the series garnered a fan following in Japan since its inception in 2004, it was 2018’s Monster Hunter World that brought the series, as its name would check out, massive worldwide appeal.
As shared by Capcom, Monster Hunter World now has the highest number of single-title sales among games from the Japanese company. However, if we had to go by series-wide numbers, it would be Resident Evil, and by a long shot, according to Statista‘s report. The Resident Evil series has a whooping 154 million titles sold across the series, with Monster Hunter sitting at 97 million currently.
Speaking of which, Monster Hunter could be on its way to catch up. The series has its next entry in the making—Monster Hunter Wilds—set to launch in 2025. Revealed in December last year, Wilds will be the next generation in the genre defining series launching simultaneously on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
As for other things Monster Hunter, you can catch the upcoming official livestream where they will reveal the top 10 monsters of all time, decided by player votes. Titled “Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Special Program”, it will go live in four hours from the time of this writing.
Monster Hunter World is out on PC (Steam), PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.
