Like its predecessor, the excellent RPG Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin isn't getting particularly close to matching sales of its mainline series contemporary, but nevertheless Capcom has offered decent post-launch DLC support and has reported positive sales.
In the presentation for Capcom's Q2 financial report, Capcom states that Stories 2 "tops 1.3 million units", which typically means the number shipped to stores combined with download sales. It was released on both Switch and PC (platforms aren't broken down in the report), and it's a decent number for the spin-off.
As for Monster Hunter Rise, Capcom announced in early October that it had passed 7.5 million sales, and there's no updated figure from that.
In a sign of the incredible growth in Monster Hunter's popularity, Capcom released 'franchise' figures that shows it's the 2nd most successful game IP for the company, only behind Resident Evil.
- Resident Evil series: 120 million units
- Monster Hunter series: 78 million units
- Street Fighter series: 47 million units
- Mega Man series: 37 million units
- Devil May Cry series: 24 million units
- Dead Rising series: 14 million units
In terms of Capcom's broader results, it is currently on track in its quest to reach nine consecutive years of operating profit growth, and its 'highest profit in company history'.
Happy times for Capcom then, and this is certainly a good time to be a Monster Hunter fan.
[source capcom.co.jp]
Comments 12
Port the first game please, Capcom 🥺 Nonetheless, this was an enjoyable romp.
Absolutely love this game! I’m 35 hours in and still working my way through it. It deserves all the sales it’s gotten and more.
Love this game! I hope that this series continues!
great , hopefully they continue with this series every now and then
was the great ace attorney chronicles mentioned anywhere in the presentation?
Good to see, MH:Stories 2 was the best Pokemon game in years tbh
Oh my heavens, that dragon in the picture is about to chomp down on that oblivious smiling girl's head!
Not bad now if I can only get back to finishing the game.
I'm really glad! I haven't bought this game yet (too many games to play XD), but I tried the demo and thought it was great.
Pretty sure they announced it had sold over a million copies in July, so it looks sales momentum pretty much crashed after launch.
Still, good game, and glad it didn't flop like the original.
WOO!! So happy! I'm a huge MH fan and I actually like the Stories games better than the flagship series. So great to see MHS2 is doing well. I hope the future is bright for this series!!
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