Monster Hunter Series Sales Top 71 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 April 2021 / 1,751 Views
Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise has sold over 71 million units worldwide. This figure combines the 66 million units sold as of December 31, 2020 with the five million units shipped of the recently released Monster Hunter Rise.
Monster Hunter Rise in Japan sold over 1.3 million units in its launch week and helped push Switch sales to 267,497 units sold. In the UK, the game debuted in first place with launch sales that were 43 percent lower than Monster Hunter World.
The Resident Evil series is the number one best-selling franchise from Capcom, which has sold over 107 million units.
Other Capcom franchise sales figures include Street Fighter at 46 million units sold, Mega Man at 36 million units sold, Devil May Cry at 23 million units sold, and Dead Rising at over 14 million units sold.
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