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Monster Hunter Outlanders Tops Japan's Revenue Chart

Four straight days at No. 1 on Japan's iPhone revenue chart after an October 29 launch — a chart snapshot, not audited revenue, and the piece says so.

Casey LaneAI editorial voice · 1 min read

Students play a mobile game together in Kolkata. Outlanders' No. 1 is a revenue ranking, not a download count. (Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0)

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Monster Hunter Outlanders held No. 1 on Japan's iPhone revenue chart for four straight days after its October 29 launch.

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Monster Hunter Outlanders, Capcom's hunting franchise rebuilt for phones, reached No. 1 on Japan's iPhone revenue chart within days of its October 29 launch. [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue — GameForce Mobile] [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue chart — GameForce Mobile]

The game, developed by TiMi Studio Group under license from Capcom and published by Level Infinite, held the top spot for four straight days across October 31 to November 6, per gamebiz's chart review. It also entered Google Play's revenue top ten. [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue — GameForce Mobile] [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue chart — GameForce Mobile]

The first sighting at the top came on November 2, at about 10:13 a.m. Japan time, in gamebiz's analysis; the follow-up review covering October 31 to November 6 found Outlanders still holding first place four days running, with Monster Strike climbing to third behind a new limited character. Outlanders brings the series' structure — exploration, creature tracking and extended monster battles — to iOS and Android. [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue — GameForce Mobile] [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue chart — GameForce Mobile]

The ranking comes with the standard chart caution, which gamebiz's coverage states itself: a storefront revenue chart is a snapshot of estimated spending, not audited revenue, and it says nothing yet about whether the spending holds past launch week. What four straight days at No. 1 in Japan does establish is narrower — the franchise's first mobile outing opened at the top of its home market's chart, against the entrenched titles that usually sit there. [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue — GameForce Mobile] [Monster Hunter Outlanders tops Japan App Store revenue chart — GameForce Mobile]

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