Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Devours 1 Million Players In The West

Their twitter says they've 'shipped' 1 million units. Still amazing news! Hopefully this means they'll bring more MH games to the west.

@Moon When any publisher talks about sold numbers, they mean shipped. They've got their money off retailers, so to them it's sold. It's the same whenever Nintendo talk about a games sales or Wii U/3DS figures. The only place you get actual sold to customers figures are NPD or chart companies like Media Create.

I guess the west is really starting to like the series. Maybe this means we'll get Monster Hunter 5...

I still haven't played any MH games, but I want to. MH4U might not be a bad place to start.

Seems like Monster Hunter has definitely arrived in the west by now. Nice. And since sales figures are in the millions, Capcom most likely won't abandon it anytime soon.

@Marioluigi7654 When you start the game, it could be wise if someone explains how the equipment works in these games. For most people it can be pretty hard to understand.

I've never really given this series a go but have always thought it might be a series I could get into.I had hoped MH3U would be the place to start but after playing the demo it will take me a lot of convincing this will be the game to bring me over to the hunt.I realise the demo is not a good representation of the full game and have read others in the past say as much but man,I hated that demo!

Well.. I'm not one of those million. Release a home console version and I'm sold

Hopefully that is enough for Capcom to consider releasing Monster Hunter Stories over here in the states and continue the main series releases here as well.

So well deserved. I love this game. I was going to hold out for the possibility of a WiiU release but so glad I jumped on board.

I bought both, MH3U for Wii U and MH3U for 3DS, day one. I couldn't stand running with the circle pad and the lack of an analog stick for camera movement on the 3DS. Thus I didn't buy MH4U, which is sad since I'm still playing MH3U on WiiU to this date. I don't get why they don't consider porting it to home consoles. Shouldn't be that expensive to do so.

That being said, I watch a lot of MH4U gameplay/Let's plays/podcasts on youtube and the game looks tons of fun. It deservs those sale numbers.

@Moon Yeah, @Damo I would change the article to shipped as for all we know it has only sold 800k which means it has a ways to go and may never hit 1 million.

Either way I believe this is the best the series has done outside of Japan?

This game is just awesome. I can't stop playing, always saying "just one more quest" and my friends are in the same situation.

@JaxonH purchased all 1million in fear of the eBay scalpers getting a hold of them. They're being held in a top secret secure location w/ his complete amiibo set.

I've been doing all the monster hunting I can handle as side quests in Xenoblade Chronicles on my big screen tv. Hint hint Capcom.

Confirmation of mh being the only Capcom ip we get on 3ds. Oh and maybe aa.

As with others here I would rather have a console version, even if it means Psbone and not wii u.

@OorWullie : I was in the same boat. HATED the demo, but I bought the game anyway due to positive responses from fans and critics. I sat on it for about a year and a half before finally playing it regularly. The demo really doesn't do the game justice as it's much too difficult for first timers such as myself; but after playing the Monster Hunter 4 demo, my interest in the series was reignited and I decided to finally get around to playing MH3U (and I've been enjoying it since).

I can't see myself ever playing the game for 100-200+ hours like some of the more obsessed fans here, but I'll probably get a good 40 hours or so out of the game before moving on to MH4U.

Been enjoying MH4U a great deal, possibly my favourite entry just wish it had been on Wii U.

I'm one of those lucky buyers! I've owned it since this past Friday and I really like it so far. It's been the sole reason for me being tired the last two days.

That's cool. I honestly do not understand why its so popular. I actually bought it, because my friend wanted me to play with him. But to me, it really isn't that fun. I mean, yeah the combat system works fine, and the game looks really nice (especially on the N3DS XL) but I was honestly kinda underwhelmed. It lacked every single trace of simplicity. Too much to do, and to many different things to kill. Fun, but just not for me.

IDK, maybe I'm just crazy.

@sinalefa

Super street fighter IV: 3D edition, and other capcom titles on VC (if you want to count that)

Still going to wait a while to see if a Wii U version comes out.

@JellySplat

I meant from now on. Maybe a couple of VC titles if we are lucky.

See, when you keep pushing a series in the west, it eventually gains traction and sells well! What a concept.

Take notes, 3rd parties. That oddly enough includes Capcom.

@dkxcalibur
I almost crashed on the way to work this morning- I was so tired from staying up playing Monster Hunter last night.

@rjejr
Maybe not all 1 million, but I do own 5 copies of the game (3 collectors editions- 2 of which are still sealed, one copy from launch night, and a digital copy included with my LE MH4U New 3DS XL). Also imported a nice MH4U leather 3DS case from Japan- the exact same design as that new Zelda leather case that was up for pre order on Gamestop's website a few weeks ago.

This is what a game this good does to you.

@OorWullie
Consider this- almost every single Monster Hunter fan there is today- I'd be willing to bet most had to actually play the game for a bit before they realized the magic. In fact, most people who are avid fans today (including myself) almost gave up on the game when we first tried it.

Just observe and acknowledge that trend. Vast majority turned off from bite size demo and beginning tutorial- overwhelming majority who buy the full game and play long enough to understand it swear it's the best game they ever played.

Trust me, buy MH4U and play for 5 hours. You'll be a fan for life.

@JaxonH - I'm signing you up for MHA rehab.

This is great news. I have brought a couple of new people to the fold and hopefully my kids will enjoy it as much as I. MH4Life!!

The online mode has a lot to do with this iteration's success. Bring us more, Capcom! A Wii U version of MH4U with simple features like the ability to invite your friends in your hall (whenever they play the game, whether it's online or in single player) or adding a dressing room in the gathering hall (can't believe this hasn't been done yet!) would already be a step forward!

@OorWullie I am right there with you. That demo was one of the first things I downloaded when I got my Wii U and I was shown a game that was hard to understand because there was no context. I picked up the game recently thanks to good discount. I have enjoyed it a lot after learning I prefer the mobility of the Sword and Shield to the traditional weapons they offered on the demo.

I've put so many hours into this game so far, but I would start all over again if they brought it to the Wii U. Man, I hope they do! Please Nintendo, pay Capcom however much it takes.

Took the West long enough.

I'm one of the ones they were talking about when the mentioned the significance of the New 3DS and the demo. I bought the new 3DS and then decided I would try the demo to see some of the enhanced features and then the demo sold me. Before the demo I had zero intention of even considering buying this game, now I own 2 copies (one for me and 1 for my wife)

Hopefully this will get them to release Monster Hunter Online and the rumored Frontier Online 2 over here...

@AVahne
Oh please yes. They've been teasing the localization of their MMO Monster Hunter for years.

I'm not an MMO fan. In fact Im really not even into playing games online. Except for Monster Hunter. And that's one MMO I would subscribe to for life.

@pinoswine I think the tutorial quests explained that actually. That's how I learned to use an Insect Glaive. Before 4 I mained Switchaxes and Greatswords.

I believe they are listed under the 1 star quests in the caravan.

congrats on going Platinum ...it feels bangin' !!!!

Nice this is great news. Now fingers crossed for an MMO such as Frontier, Frontier Online 2, or Online.

@Jazzer94 Glad I picked up a New 3DS XL just for this game. Worth every penny.

@Moon Considering retailers must "buy" the games, 1 million shipped = 1 million sold for them AS OF NOW

if they want to ship more, they should be able to sell the 1 million

I still haven't played this game but congrats to Capcom.

@MajinSoul
Its not that its expensive to port, the series just doesn't do well on consoles. Definitely not in Japan, and not even in the west either. Its one of those series that fans have just come to expect to have on handhelds.

It'd be interesting to see how well a localization and console ports of the rumored Frontier 2 or Monster Hunter online would do in the west though. They very much would be considered full-blown console and PC games as apposed to handheld game ports or looking too much like budget titles.

Man monster hunter 4 is on another level still want it on Wii U so i could record it in HD! I dont mind starting over or switching my accounts over, its so much fun and hype you just get lost in this game series ~