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UK: Spider-Man is fastest-selling game of the year
- Thread starter poklane
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Broken sales records, broken toxic narratives, and broken spirits. What else will Spiderman break?
Not enough puddles in all of NYC to contain all that salt.
It reminds me of Aunt May's long boring story about Peter's uncle that will only make everyone feel guilty and make the wrong decisions in life...
This thread keeps on delivering. Well played, well played sir!
Considering I couldn't find this thing for less than £50 (hence not having it yet) that's an impressive feat
So i randomly jump into this thread and this is the first thing i see.
Damn son.
Any game that is selling the numbers that The Last of Us did is doing it by selling to both hardcore and casual audiences alike. I'm not sure what your definition of casual is, but casuals are the ones who are helping games like Uncharted 4, God of War, and even Horizon, reach the numbers that they have. Spider-Man's UK numbers are around what UC4's were. God of War, as an example, did less than UC4 in the UK in its opening week but has demonstrated far better legs and sales worldwide in the same time period regardless. I doubt Spider-Man will outsell God of War LTD as it stands even taking in to account the tremendous UK performance of Spidey. And I expect The Last of Us 2 is going do better than all of these unless Naughty Dog turns in a mediocre game, which with their track record, is highly unlikely.
Like, if there's one game that's poised to do incredibly well, it's The Last of Us 2. Not sure how you're making some bizarre distinction of hardcore and casual for what is the sequel to the best selling Sony exclusive ever.
Or as I like to call it - The niche of us.
This thread is both hilarious and sad, so many terrible osts and opinions that come across as desperation to downplay the games success.
The Last of Us Part 2 will blow up Spiderman numbers.A lot of casuals played the original The Last of Us and will buy the sequel.
Nobody honestly thought this game was niche right? An exclusive Spider-Man game, made by a decorated developer, on the world's leading console platform?
Anyhow I'm just glad it's doing well. It's a great game.
Anyhow I'm just glad it's doing well. It's a great game.
I've never heard that phrase before. Anyway, I think we're saying the same thing - but I would definitely disagree if you're contending that only open world games are the successful single player games.
Benji has said earlier that the game is selling gangbusters and moving a shitload of hardware too. September NPD is going to be insane.
The reason there's been a massive decline in super linear games is because of the revenue they'd make vs. wide linear and open world titles. Let alone successful MP focused games.
Makes sense - though I'm not sure how much "wide linear" factors in. Have there even been enough games produced that fit that moniker to test a trend? Surely it can't be based only off uncharted and god of war.
Also, not doubting you, but you're throwing down some very didactic statements about this. Is there a data source on all this?
The data is in the profits and shifts in game design. Think about how many AAA this days are truly linear like the most popular games from over a decade ago. Frankly, it's hard to find example of wide linear games because so many other titles are open world and/or focused on replayability.
I think Spiderman will outsell GOW. People have been downplaying Spiderman's fame and recognition. But I agree, if TLOU2 manages to be a critical hit it will be the biggest game this gen for ps4