Monster Hunter: Wilds open beta is off to a monstrous start

The
latest
entry
in
Capcom’s
massively
successful
monster
hunting
series
(which
has
now
surpassed
100
million
units
sold
across
all
games)
has
just
entered
into
open
beta
and
the
numbers
are
impressive.

While
we
can’t
be
sure
of
how
many
people
have
taken
up
arms
on

PlayStation
and

Xbox,
the

Steam
release
us
how
gauge
just
how
excited
people
are
to
play.

According
to
SteamDB,
which
tracks
all
sorts
of
useful
Steam
related
data,
in
the
24
hours
since
the
open
beta
became
available,
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds
hit
a
whopping
463,798
peak
concurrent
players.
As
I
write
this
just
over
420,000
people
are
playing,
and
I
think
it’s
highly
likely
the
peak
count
will
rise
over
the
next
day
or
two.

Comparatively,
the
most
successful
game
in
the
entire
series,
Monster
Hunter:
Worlds
–

which
has
sold
over
25
million
copies
–
hit
a
peak
concurrent
player
count
of
334,684
just
over
6
years
ago.

Monster
Hunter:
Rise,
which
has
sold
over
15
million
copies,
managed
231,360
when
it
launched
a
few
years
ago.

Then
there’s
the
newly
released
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
from
EA.
It
has
gotten
some
harsh
reviews
as
well
as
some
very
high
praise,
but
either
way
you’d
expect
a
brand
new
EA
title
to
do
well,
especially
with
the
Dragon
Age
name.
It
has
achieved
a
peak
player
count
of
just
over
70,000
on
Steam.

Of
course,
do
keep
in
mind
the
open
beta
is
free
to
play
which
certainly
helps
draw
people
in
whereas
the
stats
I
posted
for
the
last
two
Monster
Hunter
games
and
for
Dragon
Age
were
based
on
people
actually
buying
the
games.

Still,
the
beta
numbers
are
very
impressive
and
surely
indicate
that
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds
is
going
to
sell
like
crazy.
After
all,
463,798
makes
it
the
4th
most
played
game
on
Steam
in
the
last
24
hours.

If
we
look
at
SteamDB’s
list
of
highest
peak
concurrent
players
of
all
time,
the
beta
sits
at
22nd,
ahead
of
Helldiver’s
2.