Does anyone else find it odd that Capcom is peddling MHW and not MHR?

[kukukachu]

Rise was their newest installment and thus I would think that Capcom would push their newest game, but here, we see them pushing Monster Hunter World.

There obviously could be many reasons for this:
WILDs is the main line game just as World
World sold significantly better and is praised more as well
World could be more the direction WILD is going and thus getting people used to World will help people when they get to WILD.

but at the same time, in World, you used the monsters as an Uber ride, but in Rise, that's when you controlled them. Rise was also the game that really played with verticality...so why are they pushing Monster Hunter World? What are players going to learn World? Are they gonna go back to the the very satisfying hit stops they had in World? I sure hope so. Are they going to make collecting things time consuming again? I certainly hope so. Beyond popularity and sales, was there any reason beyond that that you believe that World was chosen to be advertised by Capcom over Rise?

I doubt it would happen, but what if MHW did get DLC? MAN! That'd be something :D
I mean, there is a whole ass year, at least, that we have to wait for WILD. I am more than sure something will be dropping this year for Monster Hunter's anniversary. What do you think that will be? Probably some type of remake of one of the older games...I highly doubt that WILD and NOW is all they've been working on.

I am curious to see what March brings.

[Rhyagelle]

No.

Because World was massively successful, and it is obviously what the next came is going to be connected to, in someway.

Rise was a good product between the wait, but it's really not the same.

[Mr. September]

It's not odd if you assume corporations seek the most profits.

World is literally their best-selling game of all time at the moment. Of course, they'll use it further to promote an upcoming title. Also, I think their sales increased massively thanks to the sale.

If I took a guess, the general gameplay of Wilds will likely be closer to World. That might be another reason why they are pushing World more, so people who bought it during the sale will also buy Wilds at full price when it comes out. It's all a business strategy.

World shouldn't get another expansion. It's not a financially sound decision to dedicate millions of dollars to an older product unless you know it will be a massive success. With how things are, the integration of another expansion would either require massive adjustments or make Iceborne a free expansion. That alone would diminish profits significantly.

Iceborne sales were 55% of base game sales as of March 2023 (source: Wikipedia). Sure, the most recent sale probably significantly increased the sales for both the base game and the expansion, but that doesn't mean a second expansion will sell anywhere close to Iceborne. At best, only 25% of base game owners would buy a second expansion. That is a risk Capcom can NOT take. They'd rather sell you an entire new game and turn another massive profit, instead of spending on a second expansion and barely breaking even.

[Bunuffin]

Wilds is still in the new world, you can tell because of the slinger and scout flies, mhw story is not finished... we gonna probably kill the rest of the dragons of creations...

Capcom wants you to play the prequel

[Mirai]

Originally posted by Bunuffin:

Wilds is still in the new world, you can tell because of the slinger and scout flies, mhw story is not finished... we gonna probably kill the rest of the dragons of creations...

Capcom wants you to play the prequel

What "story"?..

[Bunuffin]

The tale of the 5... Safi is the dragon of the sapphire star and Shara Ishvalda is the dragon that turned into the mountain...

The logo of wilds has the same long snake looking dragons that is on the tapestry in world, the dragon that turned into lakes and sea by scattering its scales...
There is quite a theme of reflection and drop of water hitting water surface effects in the wilds logo too.

Missed all the environmental story telling?

[Tenz]

Dragons in the Wilds logo look like Thunder Serpent Narwa and Wind Serpent Ibushi. One blue and one yellow.

[Mirai]

Originally posted by Bunuffin:

The logo of wilds has the same long snake looking dragons that is on the tapestry in world, the dragon that turned into lakes and sea by scattering its scales...
There is quite a theme of reflection and drop of water hitting water surface effects in the wilds logo too.

Missed all the environmental story telling?

Well look,

Long snake? Like Dalamadur? This is literally MH4 2
Wilds logo being reflected like in the WATER? This is literally MHTri 2
Great Maccao looking mount? This is literally MHX 2
Sand Goss Harag looking bears? This is literally MHRise 2
A big thunderstorm? This is literally MHP3rd 2
Ancient structures or ruins left by someone long gone? This is literally MHDos 2

[JPM岩]

Originally posted by Bunuffin:

The tale of the 5... Safi is the dragon of the sapphire star and Shara Ishvalda is the dragon that turned into the mountain...

The logo of wilds has the same long snake looking dragons that is on the tapestry in world, the dragon that turned into lakes and sea by scattering its scales...
There is quite a theme of reflection and drop of water hitting water surface effects in the wilds logo too.

Missed all the environmental story telling?

You do know dragons have been in this franchise since 2004, right?

Also, OP, you are literally looking far to deep into things, the franchise just constantly walks forward. It will have things from both World and Rise, hell, we already see the player riding a mount, something Rise introduced. Theyre advertising to World because the push for Wilds is it's PC audience. Capcom said a while back that they're wanting to focus on the PC playerbase rather than the home console playerbase, because there's just more PC players nowadays. World was wildly successful, but PC, while not having the most sales, was the most active, intuitive playerbase. Hell, Iceborne incorporated a ton of stuff from mods, shiny drop markers, scoutfly disabling, selling mini monster statues, solo scaling, etc.

[Capybarasan]

Monster Hunter World sold FAR more on PC than RIse, so not at all.

[Oddly Bug Shaped Helldiver]

Its not really odd since Rise was made by their B Team for Mobile (Nintendo), not their main team that worked on World.

World had far more resources allocated to it and also made far more money, its their flagship game where as Rise is not.

[DocBockNstein]

What peddling??
From what I can see the whole return to world thing was mostly organic there was some kind of campaign but honestly there were so few good games this year and even fewer good co op games that everyone just kinda started playing this. The game is dirt cheap and it's a great time for everyone who missed out at or around launch. Capcom is killing it with back to back bangers for over 4 years now which is kind of impressive considering how god awful their pc ports used to be and how many wrists had to be twisted to even get a proper MH on PC. You can thank FROMsoft for some of this since they proved you can do JRPG action games on pc and make boat loads of cash. I myself thank them and the giga bank elden ring brought in for getting another dragons dogma out the door.

[JPM岩]

Originally posted by U Wiggity Wot M8:

Its not really odd since Rise was made by their B Team for Mobile (Nintendo), not their main team that worked on World.

World had far more resources allocated to it and also made far more money, its their flagship game where as Rise is not.

Both teams have the same amount of resources my guy, it's all under Ryozo.

Originally posted by DocBockNstein:

What peddling??
From what I can see the whole return to world thing was mostly organic there was some kind of campaign but honestly there were so few good games this year and even fewer good co op games that everyone just kinda started playing this. The game is dirt cheap and it's a great time for everyone who missed out at or around launch. Capcom is killing it with back to back bangers for over 4 years now which is kind of impressive considering how god awful their pc ports used to be and how many wrists had to be twisted to even get a proper MH on PC. You can thank FROMsoft for some of this since they proved you can do JRPG action games on pc and make boat loads of cash. I myself thank them and the giga bank elden ring brought in for getting another dragons dogma out the door.

A lot of people forget that fromSoft is why World sold so well. Bloodborne just finished, and DS3 was right around the corner. MHW tied a lot of these fans over, and won them over.

[NiamhNyx]

Originally posted by JPM岩:

Originally posted by U Wiggity Wot M8:

Its not really odd since Rise was made by their B Team for Mobile (Nintendo), not their main team that worked on World.

World had far more resources allocated to it and also made far more money, its their flagship game where as Rise is not.

Both teams have the same amount of resources my guy, it's all under Ryozo.

Originally posted by DocBockNstein:

What peddling??
From what I can see the whole return to world thing was mostly organic there was some kind of campaign but honestly there were so few good games this year and even fewer good co op games that everyone just kinda started playing this. The game is dirt cheap and it's a great time for everyone who missed out at or around launch. Capcom is killing it with back to back bangers for over 4 years now which is kind of impressive considering how god awful their pc ports used to be and how many wrists had to be twisted to even get a proper MH on PC. You can thank FROMsoft for some of this since they proved you can do JRPG action games on pc and make boat loads of cash. I myself thank them and the giga bank elden ring brought in for getting another dragons dogma out the door.

A lot of people forget that fromSoft is why World sold so well. Bloodborne just finished, and DS3 was right around the corner. MHW tied a lot of these fans over, and won them over.

What do you mean ds 3 was around the corner? it came out like a year or two before world.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Because it's a mobile switch port.

[Caramel_Clown]

Because Rise is a spin-off essentially. It's that simple. World is a mainline title. And it's their best selling game. Case closed, Sherlock.