Capcom wants Monster Hunter Wilds to outsell World, but it's 19 million copies behind

Capcom has told investors it wants Monster Hunter Wilds to eventually surpass Monster Hunter: World as the studio's best-selling game of all time — a goal it describes as a "medium to long term" ambition. The statement came in a recent investor Q&A, where Capcom also pointed to early signs of recovery after a rough post-launch stretch.

The numbers make the challenge clear. World has sold over 30 million units since its 2018 launch and still moved more than 780,000 copies in the last quarter alone — eight years after release. Wilds, by contrast, sits at 11.4 million units as of March 31, 2026, and its sales rate has dropped so sharply that it didn't even appear on Capcom's best-seller chart for the most recent quarter. Capcom says it has seen improvement following performance fixes rolled out in early 2026, and claims the reveal of the upcoming Ascendance expansion plus a recent price drop have generated positive response. "We plan to continue improving the game's technical performance as we aim to drive its total unit sales beyond those of Monster Hunter: World over the medium to long term," the company said.

Wilds had a record-breaking launch in February 2025 but quickly ran into trouble — players and critics flagged serious optimization problems and some creative missteps, and by the end of 2025 it was being outsold by older entries in the series. World, meanwhile, has maintained its reputation as the definitive entry point into Monster Hunter; it remains the only game in the franchise on PC Gamer's Top 100 list. The 19-million-unit gap between the two titles is enormous, and World keeps adding to its tally every quarter.

There are realistic paths forward for Wilds. A Switch 2 port could open the game up to a large audience that missed it entirely, and if Ascendance lands with the same impact that Iceborne had for World or Sunbreak had for Rise, it could cement Wilds' long-term standing in the series. Whether that's enough to close a gap that's still actively growing is the real question.