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MHXX/MHGU for Switch has shipped 1.2M Units, + 3DS version is 3.0M units
- Thread starter ggx2ac
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As long as the monster diversity in MHW continues to be as tragic as it is, MHGU will always have one major leg up, and that's not getting into beloved features like Prowlers that have no equivalent.
Yeah, the World sales on Switch have been abysmal considering it doesn't even fucking exist.
That is what I have gathered after reading similar forum posts and reviews online. But on the outside looking in, the game looks to be treated as an afterthought compared to Monster Hunter: World.
The difference in visual fidelity was the first that struck me. I understand the Switch cannot keep up with PS4 or Xbox One, but the overall look of the game feels closer to the previous 3DS versions in my eyes. This even comes down to the most basic of on-screen elements like the user interface.
Also, is the game receiving less support than World? I have rarely seen mention of crossover events for Generations Ultimate since launch. Meanwhile, it has been the opposite for World. For example, there is an event for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt taking place starting tomorrow! Perhaps it is a result of the smaller player base equating to less fanfare for them?
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You can use the Wayback machine to check.
MHXX for 3DS was at 1.8 million from September 30, 2017 to September 30, 2018.
This is all shipped, not sell-through.
DLC has been done for the game for a while, but you have to keep in mind that there's multiple games worth of content in just the base content for MHGU. MHW won't ever begin to compare to it even with Iceborne later this year, and it's going to be a long, long time that something that looks like MHW will have anywhere close to 93 large monsters running around in it.
That's because it is literally an upressed 3DS game.
Is clear that this game is an afterthought for Capcom. They didn't even had plans to release it in the west until the fans backlash.
Good to see it did well! I haven't gotten around to it yet, and with Iceborne announced I'm probably going to keep waiting. I'll have to find my 3DS sometime so I don't have to start all over.
How much more would the 3DS version have realistically sold, especially with it being Japan-exclusive?
Since the 3DS version didn't release outside Japan yes, it did 0 sales.
This is WW numbers so in 3 months the biggest console in Japan could have sold a few more copies.
- It's literally an upscaled 3DS game. There's a 3DS version in Japan that didn't get localized and they can even be played together.
-There is crossover stuff included in the game. BoTW Link armor, Samus armor, a ton of outfits for the cats ranging from Okami and Dante to even Sailor Moon.
Via different trackers (such as famitsu), the 3DS version is at 1.8M LTD in Japan. Also, in Japan 3DS software sales have collapsed.
That's reassuring to hear! I may have to download the demo and try it before making any final judgment. I still have a set of games I want to complete before Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion 3 are released, not including any other unannounced titles Nintendo throws our way.
That I had known, which is why I am hopeful Capcom will being to take the Switch more seriously and develop games from the ground up for it.
Did...did you research the game, like at all, before you bought it?
The question still stands, then: how much more could it have realistically sold? It didn't hang around for that long when it originally came out, and the 3DS market disappearing once the Switch's stock situation improved would have given it even less of a chance for continued exposure, especially with it being a near two year-old game at this point on that platform.
I had known about those crossover items, I was referring to any released post-launch.
I don't own the game.
We have JP sales charts, of three different trackers, for the past year stating otherwise.
Not really. Generation Ulimate has far more content than World. It's also overall harder.
That's pretty surprising. Didn't thought this game would reach those numbers as a late port from 3DS
It didn't. It does not take much searching to know this either.
It's an old 3DS game that they localized. They are releasing the DLC that Japan got but there isn't any time table.
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And we can also track sell-through via Media Create, Famitsu and Dengeki.
The only 3DS game that was seen selling well during 2018 in Japan by those trackers was Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. There was literally only 1 3DS game people would see being tracked the majority of the time in 2018.
3DS Hardware sales collapsed that year, new software released that year did terrible.
It did. it used to be 1.7 million in 2017, now it's 1.8 million. Cheers mate.
This is also why I don't understand people thinking MH doesn't have a future on Nintendo platforms. Capcom would be silly not to have a MH title on MS, Sony, and Nintendo systems. They would be throwing money away in the future if they ignore Switch. Especially in Japan.
Love to see this. Got back into this game this week after playing other games and now I'm locked back in. Really curious to see what Capcom does next with MH on Switch.
Because the CEO said that they want to focus on games that show graphical upgrades on Tv and phone something the last time they got asked about the Switch.
oh wow, solid result for a super late localization. a brand new MH on switch will do crazy numbers.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/20-games-sold-at-least-1-million-these-past-9-months-on-switch-7-from-3rd-parties.96771/
7 3rd party games sold over a million copies from march 2018 to december 2018:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/20-games-sold-at-least-1-million-these-past-9-months-on-switch-7-from-3rd-parties.96771/
Thought this was in response to another poster but no, this is just straight up a kneejerk reaction to MH selling well on switch
It's literally a 3DS game, ofcourse it looks closer to 3DS
Well, yeah. 3DS wasn't selling any numbers by the time September 2018 rolled around.
They can be upgraded from the previous handheld versions. They can also release at a higher res on PS4/X1 but it's just not smart to leave the Switch market underserved, IMO.
for those concerned that this may also include 3DS sales, we know for a fact that the 3DS version sold less than 44K copies in 2018. it's way less than 44K, but let's assume the best and say it sold exactly that.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/famitsu-sales-cy-2018-2018-jan-01-2018-dec-30.94182/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/famitsu-sales-cy-2018-2018-jan-01-2018-dec-30.94182/
Of course it has more content. World is an entirely different generation of Monster Hunter, whereas XX is not. Generation refresh in MH always have less monsters because they rework everything. Look at Tri, it had even less Monsters than World.
1.2M for this game is very good: the game itself was an expanded version of MHG (which itself was a non-mainline entry), and furthermore it's a very late localisation of that expanded version (as well as the game being clearly an uprezzed 3DS port in terms of visuals). As people have mentioned, only about 300k should be ascribed to Japan, so the western people are responsible for 3/4 of the total sales. Kinda MHW-ish in terms of split, might be in part due to MHW making the franchise more popular, along with Switch being much stronger in the West than the 3DS was.
Japan was smaller than expected, but it's been a running theme that Japanese Switch owners (or maybe Japanese gamers in general?) aren't keen on late ports of games. Any release that hasn't already released on 3DS would probably stand to have a much better sales share I think.
Japan was smaller than expected, but it's been a running theme that Japanese Switch owners (or maybe Japanese gamers in general?) aren't keen on late ports of games. Any release that hasn't already released on 3DS would probably stand to have a much better sales share I think.
That's indeed a lot more than I would have expected. There was a lot working against this title. Generations was kind of a cobbled together Greatest Hits entry that embraced a quantity over quality approach, and the Ultimate version only amplifies this. Speaking of Ultimate versions, the West doesn't tend to get both the vanilla and Ultimate releases to begin with, so I expected Generations Ultimate to do worse here too because we did get both in this case. Then finally the big one, MHWorld's shadow looming over it. Needless to say, I was fully expecting this to bomb in the west.
Curious to see how they proceed with the franchise now.
Curious to see how they proceed with the franchise now.
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He's a big journalist in Japan. Incidentally, there's a 15th anniversary event in March, so I hope you are all ready to brave a new MH flame war on this forum lmao
He's a big journalist in Japan. Incidentally, there's a 15th anniversary event in March, so I hope you are all ready to brave a new MH flame war on this forum lmao
smh @ people rewarding Capcom's poor efforts.
Y'all should know how Capcom tests work, I guess you can look forward to a HD version of MH4U as your reward and when that doesn't sell a million it will be proof that Switch isn't right for the franchise.
Y'all should know how Capcom tests work, I guess you can look forward to a HD version of MH4U as your reward and when that doesn't sell a million it will be proof that Switch isn't right for the franchise.