If you are a fan of the Monster Hunter series, you are well aware of how Monster Hunter Wilds is struggling in more ways than one. Launched successfully in late February 2025, the game's low challenge level and performance issues prevented it from capitalizing on its launch momentum.
While Title Updates released last year addressed the low challenge level of the experience, this wasn't enough for many fans of the series, who returned to previous entries in the series such as Monster Hunter World to get their hunting fix.
Last month, producer Yuya Tokuda pleaded with lapsed players to return, but it seems the game's reputation and the performance issues that still persist (but are finally being solved on PC starting with the January performance patch) are not only keeping players away, but are deterring new ones as well.
Earlier today, CAPCOM shared a list of its best-selling games for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. While Street Fighter 6, Devil May Cry 5, and the Resident Evil series enjoyed strong sales, the same cannot be said of Monster Hunter Wilds.
The latest entry in the series sold 354,000 units in the third quarter, as opposed to the 453,000 units of Monster Hunter Rise and the 431,000 units of its Sunbreak expansion. This difference in units sold (which may have been helped by the deep discounts of the older games offered during the holiday period), and its status as the publisher's worst-selling game in the quarter, further highlight the struggle Monster Hunter Wilds is facing, and can't seem to overcome.
"Rise selling more than Wilds is pretty damning," commented ResetERA forums member Gilo, a sentiment that describes well a baffling and unexpected situation, and that reflects how the gaming community is reacting to Monster Hunter Wilds' low sales.
At this point, besides the promised performance improvements (which will hopefully also address a huge technical issue discovered earlier this month), the Master Rank expansion and the datamined Nintendo Switch 2 port are the last chances CAPCOM has to turn the perception of a game which, in my opinion, even with its flaws, is a solid entry in the series that maybe needed some more time in the oven to meet every fans' expectations.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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