Spider Man Miles Morales sells 70% fewer copies than the first Spider Man game

[Deleted member 12323]

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The sales info comes from Super Data, a Nielsen Company, who reports the numbers where the first Spider-Man game sold 2.2 million copies at launch, but Miles Morales only sold 663k:

Spider-Man: Miles Morales sold 663K digital units across PlayStation 4 and 5. Sales of the Sony-published title did not compare to the launch of Marvel's Spider-Man in September 2018 (2.2M).

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[lucablight]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

 

[Kyoufu]

Damn, I hope Insomniac will be OK.

 

[ShinobiBk]

Eh, reading through that article I wouldn't link to that website
Seems to be pushing a trash agenda

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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The game is $50 USD, not $70. $70 is for the Ultimate Edition that includes Spider-Man PS4 Remastererd

 

[Toumari]

Super Data lol.

 

[Bundy]

MOD EDIT: bad link removed

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You sure you wanna use this guy as a source?

 

[KOfLegend]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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I...can't tell if this is a joke or not.

 

[Arta]

Why are you crossposting from a comixgate right wing site like cosmicbook? The same thread for closed at reddit today.

Reddit - Dive into anything

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Hmmm....

 

[TheInfinityGauntlet]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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Honestly a lot, I bought it second hand for a decent price because of that (and then sold it on to a friend who also didn't want to pay full asking price)

 

[Lant_War]

What I find interesting is that both Marvel's Avengers and the Miles Morales games feature politically correct replacement characters for the much more popular Marvel characters, as Marvel's Avengers features Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel (who replaced Carol Danvers) who basically replaces The Avengers, and of course, for the Spider-Man game, Miles Morales is a Peter Parker Spider-Man replacement.
What typically happens, and we see this in Hollywood all the time, is that story and content are sacrificed in order to push a politically correct-driven agenda that backfires completely (Disney Star Wars, Doctor Who, Supergirl, Terminator, Ghostbusters, etc).

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Sus source.

 

[anexanhume]

I expect this game is 1) fighting perceptions it's a PS5 title only, 2) DLC which inherently sells less, 3) launching in November compared to the less cramped September for the original.

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Umm, yikes.

 

[FormatCompatible]

Cosmic book news?

 

[entremet]

I don't know if I buy the thesis that fans want original characters. Spiderverse did amazing box office wise.

 

[Scottoest]

What I find interesting is that both Marvel's Avengers and the Miles Morales games feature politically correct replacement characters for the much more popular Marvel characters, as Marvel's Avengers features Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel (who replaced Carol Danvers) who basically replaces The Avengers, and of course, for the Spider-Man game, Miles Morales is a Peter Parker Spider-Man replacement.

What typically happens, and we see this in Hollywood all the time, is that story and content are sacrificed in order to push a politically correct-driven agenda that backfires completely (Disney Star Wars, Doctor Who, Supergirl, Terminator, Ghostbusters, etc).

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Definitely no agenda here, lol.

Not sure what to make of the sales numbers, but I think I'll wait for analysis from a website that doesn't have a pretty clear rooting interest in characterizing it as a failure.

 

[Meg Cherry]

Interesting. I wonder if it's a mix of PS5 unavailability, digital adoption, and the $70 price point.

That said, considering it's on PS4 I assumed it'd do gangbusters at Christmas regardless. Maybe this makes Sony reconsider long term PS4 support?

 

[rpm]

What I find interesting is that both Marvel's Avengers and the Miles Morales games feature politically correct replacement characters for the much more popular Marvel characters, as Marvel's Avengers features Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel (who replaced Carol Danvers) who basically replaces The Avengers, and of course, for the Spider-Man game, Miles Morales is a Peter Parker Spider-Man replacement.

What typically happens, and we see this in Hollywood all the time, is that story and content are sacrificed in order to push a politically correct-driven agenda that backfires completely (Disney Star Wars, Doctor Who, Supergirl, Terminator, Ghostbusters, etc).

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uh huh
i see the social studies warriors are at fault again

what is this shit

 

[Astandahl]

Gaming journalism at its very best.

 

[Zebesian-X]

Sus source.

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Lmao, more than sus

 

[Donepalace]

Well yeah I'm not a fool who pays 70 euro for some DLC I will get it when it hits 20

 

[Arta]

It's time to lock this thread.

 

[TitanicFall]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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It's $50.

 

[Xevren]

Dunno how you can even post that after reading any of that link, shits awful.

 

[Uzuki]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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Honestly a lot, I bought it second hand for a decent price because of that (and then sold it on to a friend who also didn't want to pay full asking price)

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Yall do know it's $40 for PS4 and $50 for PS5, right? You're only paying 70 if you buy the version that comes with the Spider-Man remaster.

 

[Vidpixel]

Uh, yeah that article is certainly something else like wtf. The last two paragraphs are the definition of cringe.

 

[VariantX]

I wonder how much of it has to do with it being a $70 game.

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Probably alot. It also being what amounts to the perception that its a standalone expansion to the original is a factor too.

 

[Jombie]

That's a racist, sexist trash site.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Source bad.

We should wait for official sales data to determine the success of the game.