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Spider-Man PS4 is now the fastest-selling superhero game
- Thread starter patapon
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I'm pretty shocked TBH. Even on Reset Era which is kinda Sony HQ, the hype didn't seem to be as immense as for the normal Playstation exclusive. Personally, it held zero appeal to me as well, it just looked boring. Moreso, Spiderman's time as a movie star seems long passed, it's like 2005 called they want their hip superhero back. Isn't it all about that Marvel Avengers crap nowadays? (I'm not one for superhero movies)
All that and instead it sold like, fantastic. Weird.
Edit: Was just googling and Spiderman is a Marvel character? Didn't know that. Thought he was from a different universe than all those Avengers things. Also learned DC has more bigger characters than I thought...
The Last of US went on to sell 17 million copies in no small part because of the remaster. I don't think Sony will want to give that revenue stream anytime soon. I can see PS4 BC made it in PS5, but it probably won't be enhanched. Sony will still want to sell you 4k 60fps remastered version of Spider-an, GoW, Horizon etc.
Lol Sony HQ just as many Nintendo and Xbox Fans here,thats the beauty of this place.
Just dont count pages for official threads LOL
OK maybe Nintendo...
ERA is only one community of many. If I move to say, the social platform of YouTube, these are how Spidey's hype levels are:
I feel bad for tomb raider, because I think a lot of people (including myself) did not buy it because of Spiderman.
Anybody knows the numbers for God of war ?
Anybody knows the numbers for God of war ?
Well it was 3.1 million first 3 days and 5 million the first month.
Nice as well. Which game was more expensive to make ? Any ideas ?
Is it wrong that I see sales like this and the first thing that comes to mind is, "I hope this leads to old school Marvel games getting re-released?"
Some sort of collection with online co-op in some games. I know Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety aren't great ... but I love them and they should be re-released.
Some sort of collection with online co-op in some games. I know Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety aren't great ... but I love them and they should be re-released.
Exactly.
Think about what happened with Alien: CM. As far as a popular lisence, IP getting a game made.
Just going multi platform doesn't automatically equal success.
Even going exclusive doesn't guarantee success. Sunset Overdrive.
IMO this was a good combination for this game.
What
It has massive hype. Tons of threads that got tons of replies. Constant Spiderman threads for the past few weeks too.
Anyway, congrats to Insomniac and Sony. It's a great game and the return of Spiderman as a solid video game franchise. I've been having tons of fun with it.
The wild part is IIRC, in some region it sold more on PS4 than XBO.
Spiderman is the best selling superhero of all time when it comes to licensed products (toys, movies, games, etc), to put it into perspective for you:
Spiderman licensed products sell almost double that of Batman + Superman combined.
Yes. Any game a first party funds, produces and publishes is a first party game, no matter whether they're developed by internal or external studios.
I'm guessing you missed the fact that Spider-Man sold this many units in just three days. EA never shared Battlefront's early sales, so there's no comparison between the two. And Battlefront 1 was never a sales disappointment, it sold extremely well, it was a critical disappointment. Battlefront 2 was the one that was a sales disappointment and EA hasn't shared anything related to its sales at this point.
Sony focusing on story-focused single-player games really payed off this gen.
Spidey 2 is happening for sure, but I'd be shocked if there isn't another SIE/Marvel partnership in the future.
Spidey 2 is happening for sure, but I'd be shocked if there isn't another SIE/Marvel partnership in the future.
yeah i was missing the 3 day window part. oh ok i was indeed thinking of Battlefront 2, i guess i misremembered them sharing sales, but maybe that was just the projected sales decline after the microtransaction controversy.
Games that get released get OTs...how does that make this place Sony HQ? Because more people are discussing Sony/Nintendo games?
Isn't Marvel like in the game title? How did you not know Spider-Man was a Marvel character? Guess I'm getting old.
This is one mega out of the loop poster in almost every word you typed ha. Welcome to the real world.
J. Jonah Jameson secretly posting on Era with multiple accounts.
That post is literally incredible, it has to be parody.
To be honest it's what Sony has always excelled at. They were never known as the online/Multiplayer console. They were known as the console where you could play Final Fantasy and games like Metal gear solid, Syphon Filter, etc.
look at their best sellers? most of which have a bigger focus on the campaigns.
Exactly. It's all about The Avengers currently (which is definitely not crap). And Spider-man is a super hero present in the last movie (Avengers: Infinity wars) with plenty of screen-time, he also had a famous line / scene.