In the first week after the release of the Monster Hunter: World role-playing action, 1.2 million physical copies of the game were bought in Japan. This is 92% of the initial batch of discs sent by the publisher Capcom to stores.
This is stated in a study by Media Create.
Thanks to the release of Monster Hunter: World in Japan, sales of PlayStation 4 have almost tripled (by 266%): from 55.6 thousand to 140 thousand consoles.
The game also reached the 1st place in sales in the UK retail according to data from the analytical company GfK on February 3.
The Monster Hunter game series has been around since 2004 and has 5 games and two spin-offs.
The popularity and initial sales of Monster Hunter: World have become a record in the history of the franchise.
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