It also seems as if one of the platform holders had a big hand in several elements of its release.Ĭapcom suffered a major data leak last year, which exposed many of their employees’ data and various release schedules for their upcoming games. There were a lot of factors there, but in the end, it hit all the right chords at all the right times.
While the Monster Hunter franchise had always been a popular one, especially in Japan, the release of Monster Hunter World in 2018 elevated the series to incredible heights, and it became Capcom’s top property almost overnight.
