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Will Spiderman be the highest-selling Sony-published game ever?
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Correction the current record holder is Last of Us with 17million copies sold.
OP The Last of Us was announced not that long ago as having sold 17+ million copies. I believe that is the current record holder.
As for the actual question: If it reviews really well then yes I could see Spider-Man becoming the best selling game for them due to the fact that it has a mass appeal that The Last of Us and God of War don't. Spider-Man will be a massive seller this Holiday if reviews are good.
As for the actual question: If it reviews really well then yes I could see Spider-Man becoming the best selling game for them due to the fact that it has a mass appeal that The Last of Us and God of War don't. Spider-Man will be a massive seller this Holiday if reviews are good.
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asterisk on that is that it's across two platforms while Spiderman and GT3 are both on 1.
Yes If Insomniac hits it out of the park it could very well be the best selling Sony exclusive ever.
It certainly stands a chance, but the highest-selling EVER? It would need GTA-level legs for that.
I'm not sure any first party game can muster GTA legs, but if any could, it would be Spidey.
I'm not sure any first party game can muster GTA legs, but if any could, it would be Spidey.
i dont follow sales too much to comment, but everything i've seen about this game, it does massive numbers on hits/views/etc.
people have been wanting a game like this for a long time.
it's going to do bonker numbers.
if it gets the word of mouth positivity going around after reviews hit, oh boy.
people have been wanting a game like this for a long time.
it's going to do bonker numbers.
if it gets the word of mouth positivity going around after reviews hit, oh boy.
Why does that matter? Your OP doesn't specifically say only the sale in 1 generation.
It's entirely possible that it'll get the TLOU treatment and get a big, highly-publicized PS5 port. We are getting up to that point in the generation now, after all.
God of War is currently their best selling this gen. I doubt Spiderman will surpass it, but it'll still sell pretty well.
Not sure, but I think God of War has a chance of beating GT3's numbers by gens end. It sold 5m in a single month and based on recent trophy and stat data, it could already be at around 10m, in just four months, so imagine what it might be in a few years time.
When all is said and done, I think this gen Sony will have several exclusive 10m+ sellers.
When all is said and done, I think this gen Sony will have several exclusive 10m+ sellers.
It will definitely hit 10 million. Whether or not it can close out another 5-10 million over the next year or two I'm not sure, but honestly, I think that it can.
"No, it will bomb (under 5m)." as one of the poll options made me do a spit-take. Success is relative to each title, but a single-player AAA game on one platform selling 4M copies doesn't sound like a "bomb."
That being said, I imagine it finishes out the calendar year doing 5M-6M units and will have lasting appeal through the end of the generation as a gifting title at $40.
That being said, I imagine it finishes out the calendar year doing 5M-6M units and will have lasting appeal through the end of the generation as a gifting title at $40.
Not really relevant tbf.
This new one is a whole different beast compared to the other Spiderman titles.
Pretty poorly i'd imagine given that the last Spider-Man console game to even average an 80 on Metacritc was released over a decade ago.
Realistically, 5-10 million, then a PS5 update and possible retail repackage for the game on that console will push it past 15 million.
I feel like precedent and reach are a little more relevant than trying to build a sales algorithm based on hype. If we're just going off gut feelings I feel like it'll do better than the Activision clusterfucks based on marketing, prestige and positioning alone, but it also feels a little weird saying that because I have no idea how those games actually sold.
I expect Spiderman to sell at least 10, and to likely outsell God of War (provided it reviews well i.e. mid-80s+), and probably become the best-selling exclusive this generation. However I do think it'll fall short of GT3.
With God of War currently at 9 million players, I imagine it will ultimately sell about ~12 million. Spiderman will sit somewhere between ~10-14 depending on reviews.
With God of War currently at 9 million players, I imagine it will ultimately sell about ~12 million. Spiderman will sit somewhere between ~10-14 depending on reviews.
I don't think so, I think it'll sell very well, but not record breaking well.
Are you disagreeing with his post, that TLoU is the current record holder? "Yeah, no" doesn't provide much context.
