How Monster Hunter World Took The Series Worldwide
2,258The Monster Hunter series saw great success in Japan, but over the past ten years it's struggled to catch on in Western Markets. That changed with the release of Monster Hunter World, Capcom's bestselling game of all time, with 70% of all sales coming from outside Japan.
How did the series change it's luck and break through to become mainstream in more than just its home country? This video seeks to explore and answer that question.
Sources:
Capcom sales data: https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html
Population densities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
Console sales data: https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Seventh_generation_of_video_games
Toshi Nakamura article: https://kotaku.com/why-monster-hunter-is-so-popular-in-japan-and-struggle-5980436
70% of American kids have TV's: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/04well.html#:~:text=By%20some%20estimates%2C%20half%20of,numerous%20health%20and%20educational%20problems.
Average house sizes:
US: https://www.statista.com/statistics/456925/median-size-of-single-family-home-usa/
Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_in_Japan#:~:text=The%20average%20size%20of%20an,tsubo%20or%201%2C920%20sq%20ft).
Capcom Europe COO Stuart Turner quote: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-03-capcom-taken-aback-by-resident-evil-2-reception
Yuya Tokuda GDC presentation on World's design: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024981/-Monster-Hunter-World-Postmortem
Music:
Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4154-off-to-osaka
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Crinoline Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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