Monster Hunter is a best-selling series from Capcom. The series has been on a variety of platforms from the PS2 to the PSP to the Wii to 3DS and Wii U. It's one of the best selling series in Japan. The series has sold 46 million units,[1] across 40 titles.[2][1] It is one of Capcom's three biggest flagship franchises, along with Street Fighter and Resident Evil. The below include the Monster Hunter entries that sold over 1 million.
Sales
Sales data taken from Capcom
| Year | Title | Platform | Sales (millions) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Hunter Freedom | PSP | 1.3 | ||
| 2005 | Monster Hunter Freedom | PSP | 1.3 | |
| Monster Hunter Freedom 2 | PSP | 6.2 | ||
| 2007 | Monster Hunter Freedom 2 | PSP | 2.4 | |
| 2008 | Monster Hunter Freedom Unite | PSP | 3.8 | |
| Monster Hunter 3 | Wii/3DS | 4.5 | ||
| 2009 | Monster Hunter Tri | Wii | 1.9 | |
| 2011 | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | 3DS | 2.6 | |
| Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | PSP | 4.9 | ||
| 2010 | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 / Monster Hunter Portable 3rd |
PSP | 4.9 | |
| Monster Hunter 4 | 3DS | 8.3 | ||
| 2013 | Monster Hunter 4 | 3DS | 4.1 | |
| 2014 | Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate | 3DS | 4.2 | |
| Monster Hunter X | 3DS/Switch | 6.45 | ||
| 2015 | Monster Hunter Generations | 3DS | 4.3 | |
| 2017 | Monster Hunter XX | 3DS | 1.8 | |
| Switch | 0.35 | [3] | ||
| Recent titles | ||||
| 2016 | Monster Hunter Stories | 3DS | 0.31 | |
| 2018 | Monster Hunter World | PS4/XB1/PC | 7.5 | [1] |
| Total | 48 | [1] | ||
Titles
PSP entries
Nintendo entries
Monster Hunter World
Monster Hunter Frontier
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Monster Hunter: World Ships 7.5 Million Units!". Capcom. March 5, 2018. http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/html/180305.html.
- ↑ http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/salesdata.html
- ↑ http://nintendoeverything.com/ultra-street-fighter-ii-ships-500000-copies-monster-hunter-xx-switch-ships-350000-units/