Monster Hunter World has now shipped more than 10 million units, including digitally delivered units. The new sales milestone comes shortly after the game's release on PC in early August. This is up from the 7.9 million unit shipment tally that Capcom announced in May. Capcom also confirmed that the entire Monster Hunter franchise has now sold more than 50 million combined units as of August 20. The franchise debuted in 2004. Monster Hunter: World is the "best-selling title" in Capcom's history. While the PC launch helped the game pass 10 million units, Capcom said the title continues to see "robust sales" on console. It is also available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, having launched on console in January. For more on Monster Hunter: World, check out GameSpot's guide to help you learn about the game's armor, co-op, weapons, and a lot more. What's more, you can see all of our most important Monster Hunter content here, including our Monster Hunter World review. We also have a guide on how to capture monsters.<doc-sep>Biggest launch for a Japanese game on the platform Monster Hunter: World's PC port hasn't even been out a full day and it is already breaking records. While Capcom hasn't officially unveiled sales figures for the series' PC debut, a cursory look at Steamcharts.com reveals a concurrent player count of around 239,000 so far. While that figure is impressive as hell, it starts to get more impressive when you look at the history of Japanese games released on Valve's platform. For comparison's sake, Dark Souls III previously held the record for the single best launch day of a Japanese title on Steam with a little under 130,000 players logging on. Monster Hunter: World has soundly crushed that and is now actually among some of the biggest launches on the platform, period. It joins the likes of Civilization VI and No Man's Sky, only outclassed by Grand Theft Auto V and Fallout 4 in terms of day one adoption. Another statistic, Kingdom Come: Deliverance previously held the 2018 "best day one numbers" with 96,000 users saddling up for adventure. World is doing roughly 200% better, even after being available on consoles for half a year. To say Capcom struck it big with World is an understatement. Monster Hunter: World smashes the record for biggest Japanese launch on Steam ever [PC Gamer]<doc-sep>The first Monster Hunter on PC is breaking records for Capcom, Steam, and Japanese games as a whole. Monster Hunter World launched yesterday all over the world on Steam. After months of wait, PC players finally got their hands on one of the best games of 2018. It was always going to be a big launch for Capcom, but I don’t think anyone expected numbers to start off this strong. Monster Hunter World came out swinging, peaking at 240,901 concurrent players on Steam. This makes it the biggest Steam launch of this entire year, as far as concurrent player numbers. It’s well ahead of Far Cry 5, for instance, which previously held this record. But you also need to look at other popular Steam launches for context. Monster Hunter World topped the launch of popular Japanese games like Dark Souls 3, which peaked at 129,831 at launch. At the time, that figure was already well ahead of earlier games in the series, and set a new record for Japanese games. 2018 has been full of Japanese releases as well, none of which are anywhere close to Monster Hunter World. Just look at numbers for Dragon Ball FighterZ (44,234), and the anticipated Final Fantasy 15 (29,279). Vermintide 2, which set records for its developer and was extremely well received, seems quaint now with its 73,203 players at launch. There is much cause for celebration here for Capcom, and not just because Monster Hunter World is the company’s biggest ever launch on Steam. It’s a testament to the quality of Monster Hunter World and further proof that there’s a market for this type of game on PC. Steam Spy doesn’t exist anymore, so it’ll be interesting to see if Capcom shares sales numbers on PC. If you just picked it up yourself, be sure to check out our recommendations for the best settings to achieve 60fps, and the best melee and ranged combat key bindings. For everything else on Monster Hunter World, our big guide isn’t going anywhere.<doc-sep>
After becoming Steam’s biggest launch of 2018, Monster Hunter World is now setting new records only days after launch. On release day, the PC version of Monster Hunter World peaked at over 240,901 concurrent players on Steam. This was the highest for any 2018 game on release, and certainly Capcom’s best ever launch on PC. Monster Hunter World launched on a Thursday, though, so there was always a chance the numbers could get a nice boost on the weekend. This is exactly what happened over the weekend. The game peaked at 334,684 concurrent (Steam Charts stats yet to catch up) players on steam, almost 100,000 players more than its launch day record. A decidedly impressive performance for a series once thought to be a niche, Japan-only game. It was so popular, in fact, that it remained ahead of mainstays like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive over the same weekend. Sony, and Microsoft generally do not reveal concurrent player numbers, so it’s hard to say how this compares to PS4 and Xbox One at launch. But, you could sort of use this information to extrapolate the number of sales. Steam Spy, which is obviously not as accurate as it used to be thanks to changes Valve made a few months ago, estimates that Monster Hunter World has sold anywhere between 2 and 5 million copies. According to a ResetEra forum member with access to Steam Spy’s premium service, the figure is closer to 2 million than it is to 5, at around 2,030,000 units. This is an estimate, of course, but it’s certainly believable given the concurrent player numbers. Capcom has yet to reveal PC sales numbers, but it did confirm that the console versions had shipped over 8 million units, which means the game is easily above 10 million units in sales after just six months. If you’re just getting started yourself, don’t forget to bookmark our guides for starting weapon tips, and the best settings for achieving a solid 60fps. For all of that and more, our massive Monster Hunter World is always here.