Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sells two million

by Andrew Yoon { May 13th 2008 at 1:57PM }

While American gamers are still busy playing Grand Theft Auto IV (we still are!), the Japanese have embraced a wholly different kind of game. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G continues its ridiculous sales drive, and has reached the 2 million milestone, in less than 50 days since the release of the game. Are we the only ones that suspect that Capcom might be putting some happy candy in these UMDs?

[Via PSPHyper]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

adolson @ May 13th 2008 2:07PM

I have MHF2 and it IS candy. :D I don't understand why it sells like severed heads in the US..

Jeremy @ May 13th 2008 4:44PM

Because like all PSP games, why buy it when people can get it for free?

It's certainly popular enough in the West, it's the #1 PSP board at Gamefaqs and the traffic is greater than some top selling 360 games like Oblivion.

It sells in Japan because I guess the Japaense are more honest?

Alien @ May 13th 2008 2:39PM

That means that it had to ship ~ 2.2 million allready :D

Alex @ May 13th 2008 3:48PM

Is MHF2 different from MHP 2nd G?

reson8er @ May 13th 2008 3:53PM

Different in that 2nd G is an expansion to MHF2. Though the names of the games are slightly different Monster Hunter Portable (Japan) Monster Hunter Freedom (NA)

Alex @ May 13th 2008 3:55PM

i don't suppose there's any word on when it will make it stateside... amazon.com has the japanese version at $90

Maverick Saturn @ May 13th 2008 6:33PM

Its an expansion, come with extra stuff and things you could not do in first.

Snailking @ May 13th 2008 4:37PM

Is this game any good as a single-player game? The reviews I've read all say play with friends or don't bother playing.

reson8er @ May 13th 2008 5:07PM

I agree with that. I tried really really hard to like this game. Its just not built for single player in my opinion. The single player is really meant to prime you for the multi-player experience.

It is very similar in construction to Phantasy Star Online (not the new one), but at least the single player in that was fun.

Maverick Saturn @ May 13th 2008 7:19PM

I disagree, I have as much fun playing MHF2 on my own as I do with people, obviously its a bonus with people, but the issue is that if they get killed, you go down with them, which means even if you are good, you pay the price for others weaknesses.

Battles can be long and trecherous, and its not exactly an arcade like game where you can pick up, and complete a mission before you reach your bus stop, but it is fun regardless of whether you play alone or with mates.

What would be a bonus however is if it was online, now THAT would be incredible, but I assume thats the next step for Capcom.

cafecito @ May 13th 2008 7:17PM

I don't like Monster Hunter at all. I even bothered renting BOTH versions to see what the hysteria was all about, trying hard (like reson8ter) to find what's soooo great about it. And nah, it's definetely an overrated game... and the camera system stinks.

Dreadhead541 @ May 13th 2008 8:26PM

I think it works great as a single player game, i've played by myself for over 200 hours now and i'm still having a blast. Although, some of the harder quests, can be extremely difficult to do on your own.

Dreadhead541 @ May 13th 2008 8:30PM

@cafecito, monster hunter is a love-hate kind of game, some people will adore it while others despise it. And besides, it doesn't sound like you played it long enough.

Zippon @ May 13th 2008 9:54PM

Is there anyplace to look up sales figures for the US? I'm wondering if any game has sold that many copies over here.

(I know there are about 4 million people PLAYING Chains of Olympus here, but only about 500,000 actually paid for it.)

btutterrow @ May 14th 2008 11:41AM

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is an amazing game. I bought it a couple of months ago and have spent close to 200 hours on it already. I play mainly solo, but my bro-in-law has it and we play about once a week together to help each other on some harder missions. It IS better as a multi-player game, but still tons of fun in single-player. One of my favorite games ever. I would love for MHP2G to be released here.