Monster Hunter 3 a Roaring Sales Success in UK

I'm glad to see this doing so well.

Hope it sells a million. =)

SLAY TEH COMPETITION! >:3

Need to get this game. Hopefully I will get the money soon. Halfway there.

It was explicitly stated to be the best debut for the franchise in the press release as well so it's pretty hard for people to downplay it

@Shiryu: Yeah, it was in Japan for a while. I wouldn't be surprised if it already sold over a million

about bloody time a wii hardcore game was a real market success.

still waiting for my pre-order... as seems to always happen...

Hopefully this will signal a shift for 3rd parties to realize that hardcore games sell just as well on the Wii, if not better, if they do it right.

That damned Rathian D:

See, 3rd party game companies?
The Wii isn't so bad after all!

How about in the US? I purchased a copy, but I haven't had a lot of time to play it yet. So far, with what little I've plays so far, it's quite fun, though.

"Hopefully the game's sales will maintain a long tail and see it dominate the charts for weeks to come."

TAIL! Awesome =P

lolmonster love it!

I also love Monster Hunter Tri, deeply, even though it's obviously for kids and should be in HD. I hope it pwns I really do, and shows 3rd parties the kind of money they could have been making if they had taken the console seriously.

It's a shame this game is what has people excited. I'd like to see a unique third party IP sell well on the Wii.

So a third party core game succeeds... To bad it'll still be rare since the amount of time and money used to promote the game is well beyond that of most publishers save Capcom and Ubisoft.

But good for Capcom. I hope it makes them lots of money.

I don't understand Fox, why is it a shame that this game has people excited? Surely any 'hardcore' game with online play, selling well on Wii, is a good thing. It at least shows the market we have been told isn't there, most definitely is.

@Machu
I'd much rather see a new third party IP pop up for the Wii and do well, not just a franchise that has been around for 5 or 6 years getting a Wii sequel.

That being said, no matter how much I dislike this game (which is lots), I am glad to see another online game gain a bit of steam on the Wii.

Cool beans Fox. One question, did the demo put you off?

I'm getting the feeling the US demo was a bad representation of the game (throwing you in against a beastie instead of starting with the basics). Perhaps the reason it has sold so well over here, is because there was no demo? Just a thought.

Well I see your point Fox, but before any company takes the plunge with a new IP on the wii, games like this and call of duty need to prove they too can sell on the wii, to sort of open the gateway.... if you know what i mean

@Machu
Yep, the demo was poorly done and really didn't leave a favorable opinion of it.
I did rent it figuring I'd give it a second chance but it still wasn't for me.

@KrazyKain
Who knows? Maybe it will open the gateway, at least for Capcom. There are plenty of Capcom titles that Wii-only owners would love to see.

It's doing very well in Holland too. It entered the Wii list at 8 a week ago (list changes on Saturday) and it climbed to number one in it's second week. In the all platforms list, it enters at number 5 this week:

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii/wii_top_10_list?start=20

So the game is a big hit in Holland as well.

still wants a Peco figurine, lol

To be honest it's pretty obvious why this is the only 3rd party "hardcore" tittle that "sells well": it is the only one that was properly advertised....

lol @ the TV commercial. XD

I guess this was an experiment to see how well 3rd party games can sell if they are advertised enough.
There were 2 bundles and the game to preorder, and the Nintendo Channel was infested with MH3-videos within a short amount of time.

That's great news! See what happens when a developer makes an outstanding game for Wii and actually MARKETS the damn thing? I hope other third-party devs are taking notes.

I did my bit to make MHTri a success.

VG Chartz estimates say it's sold about 70-80,000 units in Europe. Pretty good opening to say it's largely a Japan only series.

So how much will MH3 have sold WORLWIDE by the end of the year? 2 million? Maybe close to 3 million? More?

Yeah! Take that! All you whinners and complainers (The third party companies). Hardcore games don't do well on the wii?
Yeah, right. How bout trying to advertise properly. A good game's can't sell well if no one knows anything about it. Also, not every single one of them should just because they're supposidly HardCore, but some CAN succeed with good marketing and if there's some depth to them (as well as being good games, they should give you your money's worth.)
Maybe now some companies will stop treating the Wii differently, as if a game on another console would have to be changed to appeal to the Wii demographic (or treating it like less of a gamers console than the PS3 and 360 just because it's "less powerfull" and they feel silly "waggling" the wimote around.)

There shouldn't be any excues now, but, you watch...there'll be some.

So I know they can't always be trusted, but VGChartz is listing this as being #1 (!!!) in America for the week it came out.

Let's see what happens in a few weeks shall we because I suspect sales are going to go down very quickly.

Well I got mine Great news.

@Kirk I agree it's safer to be cautious and not get ahead of ourselves, but I think the majority of us are very pleased just to see the game enter at #5. If the majority of people bought the game at launch, then it's logical for the placement of the game to hover where it is in the charts for a bit and then possibly drop by one every now and again. To see this stay in the top ten for more than a few weeks will be an excellent result.

Whoa, that's great news, didn't think that such a great game like this would do so well. (That didn't make much sense the way I typed it.)

I wonder exactly how much was sold though.

@Raylax That's a Rathian and yes, you do have to kill it. I killed my first one this morning and I am hungry for MORE.

Good on you, Capcom...

Capcom have a fantastic wii history now. After RE4 and monster hunter tri. Have to say that there are 2 third party games in my top 5. No more heroes would be pretty close as well.

This is good news. Great game...i love it! Thank you Capcom!

This article is talking about the week ending 24 April 2010 which is indeed the debut.

Tomorrow morning should bring the week ending 1st May results which will tell us if it had maintained its position or not.

I'd like to think it reached its position on merit but I feel it probably reached its position due to the fact the week was pretty slow for sales/releases (everything else at the top seems to be down on sales).

Numbers! I want to see numbers! Is that really too much to ask? How do we know it's a success without substantial proof? #5 on the UK list durind the month that saw the lowest game sales in UK doesn't mean much.

@ Raylax
well, that's a Rathian and it's a bit easier than the Lagiacrus

though, my hunting party just lost to one since one guy died twice and I ended getting killed by a FREAKING TAIL SWIPE

So long as they keep promoting it, it should be a slow burner like many of the Wii's other best sellers.

@Mickeymac: It was stated in the PR that it was the best debut for the franchise so it's definitely done good, just a question of how good.

It's also held no 12 this week despite five new releases, including Fifa which is counted separetely for each system.

Go Monster Hunter!

I've put almost as many hours into this game as I have my job these past two weeks...At 68:32 so far on my character.

Btw, Rathian is a cake walk. Try Urugaan. That guy sucks.