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Capcom aims for Monster Hunter Wilds to surpass World but faces steep sales gap

Monster Hunter Wilds launched strongly in February 2025 but sales plunged after its second quarter and it trailed earlier series entries by the end of 2025. Capcom is working to improve Wilds' technical performance, has cut the game's price and revealed the Ascendance expansion to boost sales, and is positioning the title for a future Switch 2 port. This matters because Monster Hunter: World has sold over 30 million units and continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies each quarter, so Wilds must sustain long-term momentum to overtake it.

• Wilds recorded a record launch in February 2025 and had sold 11.4 million units as of March 31, 2026.
• Wilds' sales fell sharply in its second quarter and by the end of 2025 it was being outsold by earlier Monster Hunter entries and was absent from Capcom's best-seller ranking for the most recent quarter.
• Monster Hunter: World has sold over 30 million units total and still moved more than 780,000 copies in the last quarter despite being over eight years old.
• Capcom deployed performance fixes in early 2026, implemented a price drop, revealed the Ascendance expansion, and is preparing a Switch 2 port as part of a push to lift Wilds' long-term sales and close the gap with World.