Capcom updates its best-selling games list on the heels of stellar Q1 performance, cementing Monster Hunter World as its best-selling game of all time.
Monster Hunter: World has now sold over 16 million copies, and is the first Capcom game to achieve this feat in the company's long 41-year history. This drives total Monster Hunter franchise sales to 64 million, up 1 million from Q4'19. Monster Hunter Iceborne is tracked separately and has sold 5.8 million copies on its own.
Popular Now: You can now apply DLSS 5 Neural Rendering to your entire Windows desktopCapcom just kicked off its new Fiscal Year 2020 with the best Q1 earnings it's ever had, pulling in a record $72.44 million in net profits (+44% YoY) on the back of $219.81 million in net sales revenue (+32% YoY). Games like Monster Hunter: World were strong contributors to these earnings and helped drive game segment earnings up by 54% to $189 million.
Other games like Resident Evil 3 Remake are doing well with 2.7 million units sold, driving total Resident Evil franchise sales past 103 million. Capcom expects sales to swell considerably in FY2020, where it forecasts a record 28 million games sold during the period. This jump will be driven by new games like Resident Evil VIIIage.
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