Capcom considered PS5 as Monster Hunter Wilds’ “main platform”, but says “steep” console prices caused PC sales to soar instead

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2 September 2025

Last Updated: 2 September 2025

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Monster Hunter Wilds has been a huge success for Capcom… on PC. On launch, the game broke Steam records with a massive number of concurrent players despite major performance issues, but this success was entirely unexpected by the Japanese gaming giant.

In an interview with Nikkei Gaming, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto explained that the game was designed with PlayStation 5 as its main platform. However, due to the “steep” price of console gaming over the past few years, that version is actually underperforming while the PC version soars.

In the interview, translated by Automaton, Tsujimoto explained that the cost of entry for PS5 as a solely gaming machine may be too high, especially in regions such as Japan. With Sony continuing to raise prices over the generation instead of reducing costs—which every other generation has done—many gamers are choosing the longevity and customisability of PC.

“Tsujimoto revealed that Capcom considered the PlayStation 5 as Monster Hunter Wilds’ main platform when estimating the game’s initial sales figures,” Automaton writes. “But accounting for the console, accessories, and monthly subscriptions like PlayStation Plus, the total cost for a PS5 amounts to about 100,000 JPY (roughly $677 USD).”

Monster Hunter Wilds’ release saw over 1,100,000 players all playing at the same time on Steam, but this rabid success wasn’t the same on other platforms.

“Add in Monster Hunter Wilds’ $70 USD price tag, and some people would rather pay for older, more complete entries, such as Monster Hunter World (which sells for as low as $9.89 USD) and Monster Hunter Rise ($9.99 USD), than buy a new console for a game with, currently, less content. Considering many gamers are young and don’t have a source of income, Tsujimoto admits the cost of entry to play Monster Hunter Wilds on a PS5 is rather steep.”

Of course, the price of a PC that plays Monster Hunter Wilds at a decent level performance may end up costing more than a base PlayStation 5, especially with the current GPU market, but PCs can be built in bits and upgraded along the way, and there’s no PlayStation Plus subscription to play online.

Nevertheless, PS5 is still obviously the main platform for Capcom’s current slate of upcoming games, including Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

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