Capcom PC Sales Surpass Console as Monster Hunter Wilds Breaks Records

Capcom’s move toward prioritizing PC gaming is paying off in a big way. The company has seen a major increase in PC sales over the past year, with Monster Hunter Wilds leading the charge. While consoles remain part of the picture, PC is clearly taking center stage in Capcom’s strategy.

Good to know

• Over 60% of Capcom’s digital game sales in the past fiscal year came from PC.
• Monster Hunter Wilds sold more than 10 million copies, with over half on Steam.
• PC unit sales rose sharply, while console sales saw only a slight drop.

Capcom’s latest financials show PC game sales jumped to 28.2 million units in FY2024, up from 21.6 million the year before. In contrast, console digital sales slipped from 19.7 million to 18.5 million. Despite the drop, console still plays a role—but PC now drives the majority of Capcom’s digital revenue.

Total sales tell a similar story. PC made up more than 54% of all game sales, physical and digital combined. For digital-only sales, PC captured 60%. These figures show how far PC has come since Capcom once viewed it as a secondary platform.

Monster Hunter Wilds plays a major part

Monster Hunter Wilds has had a strong impact. Over half of its February 2025 sales came from Steam, even though the game launched with some performance problems. The title still managed to cross the 10 million mark within its first month. By comparison, Monster Hunter World took seven years to triple that number.

Even with issues affecting its user rating on Steam, Wilds’ performance highlights how strong PC demand has become. It also supports the idea that Capcom no longer treats PC gamers as an afterthought.

Back in 2021, Capcom announced plans to make PC its main platform, aiming for 50% of its sales from PC by 2022 or 2023. At the time, that goal seemed ambitious. But recent sales suggest they may have set the bar too low.

Monster Hunter World’s PC release helped set this shift in motion. While it arrived after the console version, it proved that PC demand was strong enough to reshape Capcom’s publishing model. That left games like Dauntless, which had filled a gap in the market before, scrambling to stay relevant.

Given how sales have shifted, PC gamers can expect more day-one releases alongside consoles. Capcom appears to have learned that PC is not just a supplement—it is a major sales driver. If other studios follow that lead, platform parity could become the industry norm.

Now the only question is whether other publishers, like Take-Two, will take the hint and treat PC as a first-class platform.