Monster Hunter: World is This Year's Biggest Game Launch on Steam

Raevenlord · Aug 10, 2018

Monster Hunter: World has cemented itself as this year's biggest Steam launch (at least hitherto). The popular game which has been one of the most popular console launches of this generation has again done it on the PC platform, where it achieved an astounding 239,779 concurrent players a few hours after launch, more than any Japanese game ever achieved - and this comes at a time that's after the Dark Souls phenomenon. This year's previous biggest launch was Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which pulled in nearly 96,000 players - a far cry from Monster Hunter: World's achievement.

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Th3pwn3r · Aug 10, 2018

Surprising because a lot of TPU members said they weren't going to get this 'terrible port'. I would get this if I didn't plan on playing Dota 2 a bit before The International.

phanbuey · Aug 10, 2018

This makes me want to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance again... great title.

Fx · Aug 10, 2018

Th3pwn3r said:
Surprising because a lot of TPU members said they weren't going to get this 'terrible port'. I would get this if I didn't plan on playing Dota 2 a bit before The International.

That's right. There is always time for some dotes.

Th3pwn3r · Aug 10, 2018

Fx said:
That's right. There is always time for some dotes.

I wish , I haven't played in months. I work too much. I go 24 hours without eating most days I stay so busy. Working on my truck this weekend.

jormungand · Aug 10, 2018

Th3pwn3r said:
Surprising because a lot of TPU members said they weren't going to get this 'terrible port'. I would get this if I didn't plan on playing Dota 2 a bit before The International.

i want to watch the international too lol but i will play dota 2 after i get some awesome monsters down

Th3pwn3r · Aug 10, 2018

jormungand said:
i want to watch the international too lol but i will play dota 2 after i get some awesome monsters down

The game looks super fun too, I saw my brother playing it on PS4.

Readlight · Aug 11, 2018

Another out of earth chaina, or us game.):

StrayKAT · Aug 11, 2018

I don't think the PC world realizes how huge Monster Hunter is as a franchise. Like the entirety of the Japanese population seems to play it or something. Heh.

Readlight said:
Another out of earth chaina, or us game.):

It's Capcom. Not US or China... if that's what you mean.

zenlaserman · Aug 11, 2018

Th3pwn3r said:
I wish , I haven't played in months. I work too much. I go 24 hours without eating most days I stay so busy. Working on my truck this weekend.

From personal exp, keep it up. Sure, there's a lotof cool games out there, but RL is better than PC gaming.

The lootboxes are way better.

plonk420 · Aug 13, 2018

now if only they would add PC-XBONE/PC-PS4 crossplay!

Nuke Dukem · Aug 15, 2018

That awkward moment when you realise that for the past months your brain has managed to mix up Hunt: Showdown and Monster Hunter: World :slap:

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