{"rewrite":{"id":"r_059dfc5028ea94fd831df473","clusterId":"c_dbffbf2c0d62d1f341af581f","slug":"monster-hunter-rise-passes-20-million-copies-sold-worldwide","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Monster Hunter Rise Passes 20 Million Copies Sold Worldwide","summary":"Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise account confirmed on Friday that Monster Hunter Rise has passed 20 million copies sold worldwide. The game launched on Nintendo Switch in March 2021, then on PC via Steam in January 2022, and arrived on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Xbox Game Pass in January 2023. The Sunbreak expansion followed in June 2022 for Switch and PC.","whyItMatters":"The milestone gives Capcom a second active Monster Hunter line moving serious units alongside Wilds, and it lands while the series is still expanding: Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance is set for 2027 and Wilds itself heads to Nintendo Switch 2 on December 4.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMonster Hunter Wilds sold over 8 million copies in its first three days and had reached 10 million worldwide as of March 2025. Capcom says that was the fastest one of its titles has hit the mark. Wilds launched globally in February 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRise\u0026#39;s Sunbreak expansion debuted for Switch and PC via Steam in June 2022, then came to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Xbox Game Pass in April 2023. The next Wilds expansion, Ascendance, is scheduled for 2027.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Monster Hunter Rise's 20 million spans Switch, PC, and a 2023 console run, so Capcom's count pools five years of staggered ports rather than one launch. The Sunbreak expansion is excluded from that figure.","twitterPost":"Monster Hunter Rise's 20 million spans Switch, PC, and a 2023 console run, pooling staggered ports rather than one launch. Sunbreak is excluded.","threadsPost":"Monster Hunter Rise reaching 20 million pools a Switch launch, a PC port, and a 2023 console run, so the figure is a sum across staggered releases, not one window. Capcom keeps Sunbreak, the expansion that followed in June 2022, outside the count.","newsletterBlurb":"Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise account says Monster Hunter Rise has passed 20 million copies sold worldwide. The game started on Nintendo Switch in March 2021, reached PC via Steam in January 2022, and arrived on PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass in January 2023. Wilds, the latest main entry, sold over 8 million copies in its first three days and sits at 10 million as of March 2025.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-06/monster-hunter-rise-game-sells-20-million-copies-worldwide/.242547\",\"title\":\"Monster Hunter Rise Game Sells 20 Million Copies Worldwide\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4205,"outputTokens":653,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791321728,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T21:16:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T21:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T21:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dbffbf2c0d62d1f341af581f","canonicalTitle":"News\nMonster Hunter Rise Game Sells 20 Million Copies Worldwide","representativeArticleId":"a_973cc5013d95d08abbf8ea90","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Monster Hunter Rise\"],\"studios\":[\"Capcom\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-06T20:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-06T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T21:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-06/monster-hunter-rise-game-sells-20-million-copies-worldwide/.242547","title":"News\nMonster Hunter Rise Game Sells 20 Million Copies Worldwide"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Monster Hunter Rise"],"studios":["Capcom"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}