Thursday, April 28, 2011

A Year's Worth of Data - Monster Hunter Tri



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Monster Hunter Tri released on April 20, 2010 as a Wii exclusive, with a MSRP of $49.99 for a "Standard" software only version, and a Classic Controller Pro bundle with a MSRP of $59.99.

While the Classic Controller Pro bundle of Monster Hunter Tri is no longer widely distributed, the software version is, and it has seen several price drops since it released.  The software only version of Monster Hunter Tri now has a list price of just $29.99 on Amazon.com.

How many hours have Wii owners spent hunting monsters near Moga Village in the last year, with 371 days reported?  Let's take a look!

Hours shown are for United States of America Wii owners, not world-wide.
Appox. Number of Players Having Reported Data:
Monster Hunter Tri has 69,839 Wii owners that have reported game-play hours through the Wii's Nintendo Channel.

Reporting Player Increase:
How many more players has Monster Hunter 3 seen increased in reporting data since it first debuted in May 2010, and since its last data report in November?

Monster Hunter 3 has seen an increase of 62,969 players that have reported data, since it first debuted in May 2010; and Monster Hunter 3 has increased by about 22,033 more players reporting data, just since November 15, 2010.

Average & Total Game-Play Hours Reported:
Monster Hunter Tri now has 6,313,120 Total Hours of game-play reported, an increase of 2,228,003 Total Hours reported since November 15, 2010; and it's an increase of 6,194,313 Total Hours reported since the game debuted in May 2010.

Monster Hunter Tri's average play-time is now 90 Hours 25 Minutes "Per person" reporting data, which is 4 Hours 58 Minutes higher than the average recorded on November 15, 2010; and it's 73 Hours 7 Minutes higher than the average "Per person" reported when it first debuted.

Monster Hunter Tri's average play-time per session is now just over 3 Hours 26 Minutes.

Sales Ranks & Advertised Prices:
Monster Hunter 3's Amazon.com sale rank is #1,821, and it is currently selling for $27.48.
Monster Hunter 3's Classic Controller Pro bundle Amazon.com sale rank is #1,495, and it is currently selling for $36.99.
(Sales ranks and advertised prices recorded around 3:20PM, April 28, 2011)

Review Score Averages:
Monster Hunter Tri's "professional" review score average is 85.00%, based on 46 reviews on GameRankings.com.

The software only version of the game has a 4.5 out of 5 Stars rating on Amazon.com, based on 67 customer reviews; and the Classic Controller Bundle version also has a 4.5 out of 5 Stars rating on Amazon.com, based on 35 customer reviews.

Monster Hunter Tri's customer review score average is 90.19%, when the reviews are converted to a 100% review scale.
(Review score averages recorded around 3:20PM, on April 28, 2011)

Filtered Thoughts:
Last week, on the one year anniversary for the game, I hopped online to do some monster hunting.  I was able to join up with a few other monster hunters, from NinTemple.com and NintendoWorldReport.com, and monster hunt for a few hours.  We hunted a lot of monsters, most of which I had never hunted or seen before in the game, and I had a lot of fun.

One monster hunter, that wasn't able to get online last Wednesday, requested a Great Jaggi to be hunted in his "honor".  The video below is of a group of us that honored that request, as we went on a Great Jaggi hunt!


As for the game-play hours, I think the data reported is awesome for a third party game on the Wii.  With the average hours reported "Per person" increasing at a steady rate, I wonder if/when the game will reach an average reported play-time of 100 Hours "Per person".

If you're thinking, "Coffee, the average play-time is 90 Hours 25 Minutes 'Per person', what's your time with Monster Hunter 3?"  Well, I passed the average just in the last week, and the image below shows my total time, as reflected on the game's menu:
96 Hours 20 Minutes for me!
If any of you own Monster Hunter Tri, feel free to add my name/code if you hop online in the game.  My Monster Hunter 3 name/code is:  Coffee, or KKJ9F2.  Also, feel free to share your name/code in the comments, if you're looking for other monster hunters to hunt with.  Stating what time you could regularly play(for me, it's after 11PM EST usually), might be helpful as well.

Questions:
Are any of you still playing Monster Hunter Tri?  If so, what would you say your "Play Time" is in the game?

If you haven't played Monster Hunter Tri, is it a game that even interests you?

If anybody is interested in Monster Hunter Tri, you can see prices for both versions on Amazon.com linked below:
  

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