Monster Hunter Now Rakes in $14 Million on 5 Million Downloads in First Week | MMORPG.com

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• Angrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,837

  October 2023

  Congratulations on a successful game launch! Unfortunately with development costs the way they are $14 doesn't even get them to breaking even much less turning a profit, but considering it came in the first week, hopefully the trend will continue. Personally these kinds of "the whole game IS the boss fight" games aren't my thing, but I'm always happy for dev teams that get a win.

  
• lahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,052

  October 2023

  I am a die hard Monster Hunter fan and I despise mobile gaming. With Monster Hunter Now nothing about that has changed. The game isn’t bad at all actually, for a mobile AR title that is, it is a horrible “real” Monster Hunter game though. Still, it looks and feels like one, so they definitely got that part right.
  
  /Cheers,
  Lahnmir

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  'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 
  
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  It is just huge resource waste....'
  
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• maskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195

  October 2023

  I honestly would bet money it won't last 3 years. It's multiplayer but there's nobody to play with. I got to maybe level 25 or so just walking around the neighborhood and when I'm shopping. I never saw another player. (In the app it shows when others players are nearby) 
  
  They probably made money off it already. The Niantic playbook hasn't changed. I feel like they are just reskinning games at this point. 

  
  

  
  
• Talin Member UncommonPosts: 923

  October 2023 edited October 2023

  
  

  lahnmir said:

  
  

  I am a die hard Monster Hunter fan and I despise mobile gaming. With Monster Hunter Now nothing about that has changed. The game isn’t bad at all actually, for a mobile AR title that is, it is a horrible “real” Monster Hunter game though. Still, it looks and feels like one, so they definitely got that part right.
  
  
  
  /Cheers,
  
  Lahnmir

  
  

  
  
  Agreed. I like MH and this is nothing like it. Forcing battles into tiny environments with dreadfully small amounts of time is designed to force over leveling weapons to be able to brute force kill monsters. No tactics, limited weapon types, a single ability per weapon..this is more a generic mobile game with MH branding than anything else. Mores the pity.