It will be interesting to see how Smash and Pokemon do on Switch later this year. There are the other exclusive titles who will have gigantic sales. Will they approach or overtake Spiderman sales ?
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UK: Spider-Man has outsold Far Cry 5's multiplatform sales (downloads not counted)
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Whelp, I don't know why I mixed that up inside my head. Monday morning I guess. Maybe it's all the puddles. Sorry for everyone involved.
Anyway, I found Ratchet & Clank a total borefest too, so it still stands lol.
In the UK probably not but in the rest of the world there is a good chance for both titles.
Crazy.
Can't believe a niche superhero game would sell this much to the general audience.
I guess being in The Avengers as a cameo helps increase his awareness with the populace.
Can't believe a niche superhero game would sell this much to the general audience.
I guess being in The Avengers as a cameo helps increase his awareness with the populace.
Great job Insomniac. You were 98% successful. Wait, 98?Flaunt it
*Red Dead 2 releases*
There's been plenty of multiplat Spider-Man games, means nothing if the same quality and marketing wasn't there.
In fact I was talking about this game in particular not about others Spiderman games
I think you're my favourite poster on these boards.
Non stop comedy.
Nooo it wasn't Im playing it on PS4!! Wtf I was just imagining the sales
But why? Do you do the same with other exclusive games?
Physical sales comparisons are not absolute, but they're a good barometer for what I think are games that fit 3 criterias:
1. AAA games with a major retail-marketing, conventional ad push.
2. AAA games that is marketed with exclusively or primarily single-player component.
3. AAA games that has strong openings and legs show them to be front-loaded ( e.g. having >50% week-on-week drop ; significant amount of sales are week one sales )
In the case of FC5 and Spidey, I think they clearly meet both of these criterias and while FC5's post-game offering are seemingly more robust than Spidey's, I don't think they are significant enough that the digital attach ratio differs by more than 15%.
1. AAA games with a major retail-marketing, conventional ad push.
2. AAA games that is marketed with exclusively or primarily single-player component.
3. AAA games that has strong openings and legs show them to be front-loaded ( e.g. having >50% week-on-week drop ; significant amount of sales are week one sales )
In the case of FC5 and Spidey, I think they clearly meet both of these criterias and while FC5's post-game offering are seemingly more robust than Spidey's, I don't think they are significant enough that the digital attach ratio differs by more than 15%.
Do it, Insomniac.
IIRC, that person said it would sell 2M on its own and then another 1M with bundles by the end of the year.
lol, that was a good one.
IIRC, that person said it would sell 2M on its own and then another 1M with bundles by the end of the year.
No other games have set record like this this gen .....spidey is a worldwide hero icon as Batman etc etc isn't masterchief or Nathan Drake that are "attached" to a console brand.... why is so strange to imagine how would be sales on all platforms ? BTW it wasn't to bother ppl ...so just close it here
4 weeks of legs are not enough, we need to arbitrarily wait and see 6 months down the line!
No, that was 3 days tracking though.
We dont know first week numbers
I don't think you were port begging.
But on the topic of it being multiplatform; if it was multiplatform it wouldn't have had Sony's influence and funding and it wouldn't have been as good, so there's no telling how much better or worse it would have performed.
But this wouldn't have been the exact same game if it was multiplat. Different publisher, more platforms, etc... would all have an impact on how the game would have turned out and the quality of it.
Cool for Spider Man. Got the plat it over the weekend. Good with some flaws. Sequel will probably be amazing.
FarCry 5 is my GOTY so far btw. Love that game.
FarCry 5 is my GOTY so far btw. Love that game.
You don't have to imagine, there have been many multiplatform Spider-Man games in the past.
First imagine a Spider-Man game without the full support from Sony and perhapes without creative freedom, but extreme time pressure, or who knows what... oh, wait. Still looks like port-begging to me.
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This game only exists because of Insomniac and Sony. It being multiplat would mean it's not the same, so who knows what it'd sell like? It very likely wouldn't have the same marketing and if it did, would be rammed with microtransactions to make up for it.
I already fear this will be a good description for Square Enix's Avengers game.
Then Spider-Man is worst super hero game this gen :smirking face:
Just wanted to highlight something...
5 10m+ sellers = 50m units sold * $60 = $3b
But PS+ subs are @ 35m * $60 = $2.1b per YEAR
Sony are KILLING it this gen for sure, but I feel like videogame revenue is being dwarfed by subscription income. Not to mention, net income is probably a lot higher with subs than games too.
It will probably rank top5 in the year, I can only see Cod, RDR2 and not much else surpassing it... BFV will certainly have a hard time.
Edit: Forgot about sports games, those are usually huge...
Edit: Forgot about sports games, those are usually huge...
Not to mention they don't reach 10 million units at $60, and that even when they are selling at $60 not all revenue goes to Sony.
It's one of the points I used to make when I vouched that even the biggest games would make more money when delivered by a subscription.
I can totally see Sony starting offering their 1st party games on Psnow as well. Imagine the same 35m that sub to plus also subbing to Psnow? That's 3.5-7 billion in yearly revenue depending on the sub plan. Or making per year more money than likely all the games they launched the entire gen made.