God of War performed impressively for Sony earlier in the year, but Marvel’s Spider-Man is on a different level. The superhero exclusive, in its second week on sale, retained the UK number one spot with a minuscule 42 per cent week-over-week decline, meaning that it’s already closing on the retail sales of Kratos’ latest – despite the latter being available since April.
This is also in spite of Shadow of the Tomb Raider bringing high profile competition. Sales of Lara Croft’s latest were best on the PlayStation 4, with the console commanding 63 per cent of the share, despite Microsoft having marketing rights. The new game outperformed Rise of the Tomb Raider's release week by 25 per cent, but that game launched as an Xbox One exclusive, as you’ll probably recall.
The action adventure’s down 70 per cent compared to the first week of 2013’s series reboot, but it’s worth reiterating that Chart-Track only currently accounts for physical sales, so the digital numbers could alter the picture somewhat. Speaking of which, NBA 2K19 was the only other major new title to chart, with 65 per cent of its boxed sales coming from the PS4.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 15th September, 2018
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- NBA 2K19
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- Grand Theft Auto V
- F1 2019
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
- LEGO The Incredibles
- Super Mario Odyssey
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Spider-Man is an absolute juggernaut. Sony's first-party is on fire right now. Never, ever expected to see insane sales like this for PlayStation exclusives after the majority of the PS3's best games struggled.
Nice. I'm eager to see how long Spidey's webs hold up to keep it at number 1.
@get2sammyb my understanding is that the game is moving some seriously impressive hardware numbers for the PS4 as well. Pretty good for a near-5 year old platform.
Shadow is honestly phenomenal
@DMG361132 yeah, I can imagine Sony will be really pushing hard to get this thing to eclipse the 100 million-sold mark. Not to mention that there are still the inevitable price drops and more exclusives to come before the next generation bows.
@DMG361132 Absolutely. I've been particularly impressed with how they marketed Uncharted 4, Horizon: Zero Dawn, God of War, and Spider-Man. I'm really excited to see what they do with The Last of Us: Part 2.
Congrats Spider-Cop!
I still plan on getting Shadow but that release date didn't work for me.
Meanwhile Dragon Quest has fallen off the top ten.
I ended up getting both Spidey and Shadow. I enjoy both of them.
@belmont Dragon Quest is in 29th position. It's expected, though — JRPGs always have front-loaded sales in the UK. It'll be out of the Top 40 pretty soon.
I picked up DQ instead of Spidey. Decided to do something I never do and wait for a complete edition. Not unhappy at all with my decision, DQ is so good.
Spider-God, Spider-God.
Kneel before your Spider-God.
I expect Spidey will still be sitting pretty up there in the charts for another week till FIFA 19 comes out. I’m more interested in seeing the charts in the weeks after RDR2, how long it will stay number one and how it stacks up with AC: Odyssey and Black Ops 4.
@Enuo I see what you did there 😏
Man that's crazy, I think spider-man will challenge the last of us 2 for the most sold ps4 exclusive ever
@belmont It's weird square enix released it on september, do they think parent will see dragon quest 11 and spider-man and choose dragon quest? While adult gamer probably already preparing their money for spider-man, tomb raider, red dead 2, battlefield and call of duty. SE should released it on more calm month, not in the fall.
Amazing success for Spidey. Number 1 twice in a row while another big banger launches is really impressive. I think Spidey might be at the number one spot 'til Fifa arrives.
Please support Spider-Man beyond the 3 announced DLC Pretty please?
Really impressive that Spider-Man sustained high sales through the release of SotTR. I’m playing and loving Shadow and hope it sells well in coming weeks as it is surely deserving as well. But it is awesome to see the exclusive Spider-Man doing well. It took the first one-two punch from TR and NBA. Next up, AC Odyssey.
@ellsworth004 Did the same Dragon Quest XI definitely its worth the full price, not saying Spider-Man it's not but I prefer to reward games that release complete which is rare in today's standards just like God of War was worthy of my money day one
@GKO900 yeah that really had alot to do with me picking DQ. And I also haven't played a turned based rpg that I really enjoyed in a good while. Not talking down about spiderman at all, I will probably get it as soon as I finish DQXI and Hollow Knight. Just kinda burnt on open world games ATM.
@bbtothe it is! It’s easily my favorite of the trilogy
Spider-Man is a juggernaut, so glad that the game is selling pretty well.
@MadAussieBloke Haha, and they weren’t worried about the sales. The scores of this new Tomb Raider are kinda low if we consider that this is the conclusion of a trilogy. Maybe I will try when it’s free on PS Plus.
everyone doubting TR without even trying it are complete and utter fools
Tomb raider is sooooo good.
GTAV finally releases in the UK!😛
Lol this Tomb Raider reboot series was a joke.
Spider Man is sucking the air out of the room. To bad for TR, but only so much cash to go around
Shadow of the TR sold even more on PS despite Spider-Man being at the top..
So..... What about that BS regarding ' the attach rate and sales data' for PlayStation games being not as good as Xbox the other day?
@dark_knightmare2 just checked and im only 36% after 16 hours play time (i obsessively explore every nook and cranny and walk around slowly in some sections to fully take the environment work in) but man that is awesome to see, this game is up there with GoW for my generation favourites
Is their an internal clock in the game? I'm about 90% done and would like to see how long i've been playing for!
well done spider-man truly impressive, even more so when you think tomb raider is out of 3 platforms, to many other games out soon so will wait on tomb raider, if its like the last it wasn't long till it was on sale. also i think this does prove square and crystal dynamics spider-man DOES matter
@Octane
not really failed though has it, its had good sales and is at number two, but it couldn't stand up to the juggernaut of spider-man.
if it hadn't made it into the top five then yes the pictures right
Wait to see what Christmas does for sales of hardware and games. I won't be getting the new tomb raider in console most likely steam when it's cheap hopefully it will come on the steam winter sale. Because it doesn't look that good from Rise.
@UltimateDespair1 This new Lara Croft is also a joke, what a lame character.
Chloe has way more charisma.
spiderman is amazing.word up son
@get2sammyb "I'm really excited to see what they do with The Last of Us: Part 2."
I've never seen it mentioned in any articles on this website or elsewhere so I'm going to ask - have you given any consideration to the possibility that Spiderman will sell better than GoW not only b/c Spiderman is a world famous 50 year old comic character but also b/c GoW has a big 18 on the front of the box but Spiderman has a 16?
I know the US is famous for 12 and 13 year olds cursing online playing M rated games - our PEGI18 equivalent - but not all kids are playing M rated games. My son turned 16 today and I still dont' think he's ever played one despite gaming non-stop since he's 2 - mostly Godzilla Unleashed on PS2 and Melee on Gamecube back then, I didn't say he was good at 2. He just finished the 4 Uncharted games - I traded in LL b/c I didn't know - but those are all T for Teen in the US, equal to PEGI 16 I guess.
I think for awhile in the US there were stores that wouldn't even carry M rated games but I'm sure they all do now, that hubbub has died down, and they need to compete with online. There are possibly still some cashiers who would check if a kid was buying one though. I think I even saw a cashier in Gamestop do that once to some little kid trying to buy one, his dad was with him though so it was ok.
Anyway I know GTAV is probably one of the most 18M rated games of all time and it's always top of the charts so maybe rating don't matter at all for videogames, but maybe for less popular franchises like GoW they do? I can easily imagine a lot of parents who know who Spiderman is buying the game for their kids more than M18 rated God of War, a game pretty much all and only known for it's violence.
Which brings me finally to TLoU2. Which will be M18 rated for sure. And will sell well regardless. But I don't think Sony will market it as hard as Spiderman, Joel isn't Peter Parker.
The only way TLoU2 gets marketed as well as Spiderman is if it pulls a Zelda BotW and dual releases on PS4 and PS5 as a launch title. I'm not sure when TLoU2 releases or PS5 launches but I'm almost 100% positive Sony will have announced PS5 before TLoU2 releases. They may announce TLoU2 release date before announcing PS5, but they need to announce PS5 by E3 and it wont' be out before then unless they just want to go ahead and cancel Days Gone outright. TLoU2 won't get a release date until at least 2 weeks after Days Gone releases. An actual release date, they can say "2019" at the Game Awards, we're all thinking 2019 anyway.
But they won't spend as much time money and effort on TLoU2 anyway, its' rated M18 and not as famous as Spiderman. And they'll have a PS5 to market. I can't wait to see what games get announced beside PS5 at the reveal. And BC. The all important BC, yea or nay.
@rjejr Yeah, Spider-Man is going to outsell God of War. Think that's pretty obvious now.
This is different from other PS exclusives as its Spiderman.
There are fans of the superhero who probably only get a console for casual games who will get this.
Everyone I know just grumbles about the price.
Being realistic, second place was always gonna be the best Lara could hope to achieve in this, the beginning of one of the silliest Silly Seasons gaming has ever seen.
Congratulations to her, therefore, but also to Spider-Man for doing such incredible business.
I really like Shadow as well, I think they focused on the right things with this game; more on the Adventure bit, less on the Action bit. A modern Tomb Raider game is a more acquired taste than a Spider-Man game, so I don't expect it to outsell the arthropod anytime soon. However, Shadow is available on all platforms, not just one, so it will probably outsell Spider-Man eventually. I hope both are really successful. We need good PS4 exclusives and this encourages more of them, but I also like these modern Tomb Raider games and want them to do well (so I get more of those).
I don't get the Spider-Man vs Tomb Raider thinking so many people seem to have. This BS happens everytime a new popular PS4 exclusive comes along. It's as if they are fighting some imaginary war or something, and people have to defend their game by trash-talking the other: 'I like this one, therefore I must hate the other one'. This behavior happens on all platforms and all kinds of games.
The dumbest comment I've heard about Spider-Man so far is: 'why is this not on PC?'. The simple answer that many streamers don't seem to get is: 'because Sony paid for the game, it's a custom-made game for their specific system'. There's nothing unethical about this. It's like ordering a custom-made pizza, suit or car.
Spider-Man is just a great game to play, swinging about is such fun, I'm slowly in progressing the story! With Tomb Raider, I liked the reboot but found the second one a bit lacking, personally. I never got around to completing it, so am not in a rush to try to the new one. It does look like a very well crafted game though.
@MadAussieBloke Not a huge fan of Spider-Man? Its a great game imo.
this isn't a great surprise. none of tesco, asda or hmv that are close to me even bothered to stock tomb raider, the only place i saw it was game. spiderman was sold out in hmv and tesco. undoubtedly spiderman will have fairly large sales, question is, will sony be able to get insomniac to commit to a sequel on PS5?.
Could it be that Tomb Raider sales are low due to the fact that came late in the week??
@Ristar24 Same. TR reboot was great. Loved the growth. Rise didnt have that initial draw.. no character attachment or even development to speak of.. just the usual curiosity and braving the odds. Maybe it changes later but they seem to have counted on the character attachment transitioning from the other game and it didnt work out for me. Still a good game but I just wasnt as compelled to see where the story went so I stopped playing for something else and kinda forgot. I will get back to it one of these days and then play Shadow. I havent looked into Shadow much, no point til I beat Rise, but what little Ive heard about the direction sounds like it's got true character development like the first game. Sounds cool and my impression is they noticed what Rise was missing relative to the first game. They learned from it even though the game did well. I cant ask for more than that.
Ah well, it was nice to see DQ up there for probably the first time in 15 years or so.
@NintendoFan4Lyf it’s sad that you seem to hate amazing games
@dark_knightmare2
just seems a troll who hates everything, probably think it makes them look cool.
@bbtothe but spider-man is more phenomenal? Lol I’m so glad this as happened as the developer for shadow stated he wasn’t worried about Spider-Man and there is only one Lara Croft. Who remembers......
@belmont so? I still got dragon quest 11 on launch day which was before Spider-Man. Mega man x legacy collection 1&2, shenmue 1&2, kiwami 2 and, zone of the Enders 2! Dragon quest is the number 1 played game......
@Octane ooooooooh! 😂
@NintendoFan4Lyf eh? It’s a physical games machine man! What you doing with yours?
@suikoden but it doesn’t! He’s just one of those “there has to be one” type of person. Back to the mushroom kingdom with you!
@NintendoFan4Lyf sorry friend. I do feel bad after this message of yours. At least you have 3 (or more?) systems. I only have PS4 and 2 new 3DS XL’s! I actually want a switch but, only when I see a dedicated star fox, f-zero and Metroid games coming to the switch....
Not that many systems then! 😂 good for you. 👍 I have all mentioned snes and 60G ps3 and wii U two ps4’s (One is a pro) Use to have a 360 and haven’t played on a switch nor an X. I do have a Atari jaguar......😂
Has David Anfossi claimed that the figures are fake yet?
@Kiloman74 Let's go easy with the multiple posts, if you need to add something to the previous post just use the edit button.
Thanks for understanding
Elder Scrolls Online still in there?
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