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Monster Hunter Stories And Street Fighter V Are Capcom’s Big Bets For The Next Year

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Capcom have shipped 3.4 million units of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate worldwide as of March 31st, 2015, the publisher announced as part of their latest financial report.   While the company missed its 3.9 million projection for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate by a few hundred-thousand units, 3.9 million is an admirable figure. Additionally, Capcom shipped 1 million units of the game out to North America and Europe, where the franchise has been seeing growth.   For their ongoing fiscal year, Capcom list a new “title related to Monster Hunter” for the Nintendo 3DS, which is likely Monster Hunter Stories, a new RPG set in the Monster Hunter world. Capcom hope to ship 2.5 million units of this game by March 31st, 2016.   Meanwhile, Street Fighter V is another title that Capcom are hedging their bets on. The company aims to ship 2 million units of the PC and PlayStation 4 game by March 31st, 2016.   Note: All figures above include retail shipments and download sales.  

Ishaan Sahdev
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Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.