CAPCOM President Thinks PlayStation 5 Prices Are to Blame for Monster Hunter Wilds Sales
Totally not performance issues.
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Monster Hunter Wilds' recent Steam reviews are not something that CAPCOM expected: only 30% of users in the last 30 days recommend the game.
"Yes, you can play this... in the same way you can technically eat soup with a fork," one player said, and the problem is pretty clear: almost every negative review mentions performance issues, which the developers promised to fix back in June, but it didn't seem to work.
You think this might be the reason for its underwhelming sales? Nah, CAPCOM believes it's PlayStation 5 prices that are to blame.
In an interview with Nikkei (via VGC), held in May but published now, CAPCOM's president Haruhito Tsujimoto said that going beyond the initial 10 million sold units was tricky because of the hardware prices.
"The console costs around ¥80,000 ($537). Factoring in the cost of software and monthly subscriptions, it comes to around ¥100,000 ($672) at the time of purchase. This is not an easily affordable price, especially for younger generations. This situation is not limited to Japan, but is similar overseas," he said (machine-translated). "Our next challenge is to overcome these barriers and get Monster Hunter Wilds to more people. Sales and other events will begin in the future, so we are currently developing a strategy to take advantage of these opportunities to boost sales throughout the year."
While Monster Hunter Wilds sold 10 million in the first month, it could only add 477,000 copies between April and June. Alas, it is not available on Switch 2, which, as Tsujimoto noted, was cheaper than PS5.
"The Nintendo Switch 2 was released in June 2025 at a price of ¥49,980 ($336), and the response was better than we expected,” he said. “While prices vary by country, this reaffirms the high level of cost-consciousness among ordinary consumers."
Perhaps CAPCOM should stop looking at hardware prices and focus on performance issues instead, and the game would sell better.
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