Monster Hunter Wilds of Capcom has made an explosive debut, establishing new records in the US Games Market. According to the Circana analyst (NPD) Mat Piscatella, the dollar sales of the launch week of the title were the largest from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. In particular, the PC was the main platform, with more than half of the total sales of the game.
Monster Hunter Wilds dominates February sales lists
In a series of publications on Bluesky, Piscatella revealed that Monster Hunter Wilds was the best -selling February game on all the main platforms: PlayStation, Xbox and Steam. Sales of the game launching the game were more than doubled by Monster Hunter Rise, which debuted in March 2021.
The success of Monster Hunter Wilds also contributed to the best selling games in February were led by new releases. Joining him in the first four was:
- Come kingdom: Deliverance II
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
- PGA TOUR 2K25
Other new notable releases made the first ten included included Awowed (seventh place) and as a dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (eighth place).
A solid market but decreasing in February
Despite the record performance of Monster Hunter Wilds, the general expenditure of the US video game market in February decreased by 6% year after year (year -on -year), for a total of $ 4.5 billion. According to the Circrana report:
- The expenditure of video game content fell by 4% year -on -year, reaching $ 4.0 billion.
- Subscription income grew by 9%, but decreases were observed in everything:
- Mobile (-4%)
- Complete console game and additional content (-11%)
- VR of PC, cloud and without information (-4%)
In addition, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II also saw a significant success, with its dollar sales of the launch month are more than five times higher than the debut of its predecessor of February 2018.
Released on February 28, 2025, for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, Monster Hunter Wilds serves as Monster Hunter successor: World (2018). The game admits the multiplatform game, which allows players through different systems to hunt together without problems.
