20 million sales later, Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to iOS and Android, but for now it's locked behind a Netflix subscription
Capcom is bringing Monster Hunter Rise to mobile devices via a Netflix subscription. The release coincides with the game reaching 20 million units sold and precedes the launch of a competing mobile title.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing trend of major console publishers leveraging streaming services to expand their reach into the mobile gaming market.
The pages note that a Netflix Membership is required in order to download and play the game, but it's important to note that it will be stored and run natively on your mobile device. We've already seen Capcom scale the build up from Switch to PS5 in the past five years, so going the other way and getting the ambitious game running on mobile hardware seems like the logical next step for the publisher. Either way, it's impressive.
The mobile game will have some minor differences to the version you've played elsewhere, including, per the store listing:
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