Capcom lowers Monster Hunter Wilds price, overhauls premium editions

Capcom is permanently lowering Monster Hunter Wilds’ base price on August 4 while scrapping three premium bundles, a cleanup aimed at making the storefront less of a maze for new hunters. The Deluxe Edition, Premium Deluxe Edition and Cosmetic DLC Pass will come off sale at 12:00 a.m. UTC on August 4, which is 1:00 a.m. BST and 5:00 p.m. PDT on August 3, but anyone who already bought them keeps access to the content.

In their place, Capcom is introducing a Monster Hunter Wilds Gold Edition built around the base game and a new Cosmetic DLC Collection. That collection will bundle 10 cosmetic packs, including the Deluxe Pack, the Festival of Accord sets and the Extras Cosmetic DLC Pack, turning a long list of add-ons into a single storefront item instead of leaving players to sort through a sprawling DLC page.

The price cut may be the bigger deal for anyone still sitting on the fence. Capcom has not yet named the new Western MSRP, but IGN noted that the Japanese standard edition will drop from ¥8,990 to ¥4,990, a cut of about 45%. The current standard price sits at $70, and the move lands against a backdrop of player frustration over the game’s paid cosmetics and its cluttered purchase options, with some Steam users already pushing the game’s reviews into Mixed territory.

The timing also reflects where Monster Hunter Wilds sits in Capcom’s schedule. The game launched on February 28, 2025 and cleared 10 million units worldwide in its first month, but it did not ride the same wave that turned Monster Hunter World into a 30-million-unit giant. Capcom has since said Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is in development for 2027, with new quest ranks, locales, monsters and expanded weapon actions, which makes this storefront reset look less like a victory lap than a second attempt to make Wilds easier to buy, easier to read, and easier to keep selling.