You don't need us to keep telling you that Marvel's Spider-Man has been a massive success for Sony and Insomniac, but it carries on presenting us opportunities to do so. In the latest UK sales report courtesy of MCV, it seems that the smash hit superhero title has continued to sell well outside of its launch weekend.
In fact, when comparing its first month on sale to the same period for other PS4 exclusives, the wall crawler trumps some of the console's top brass. Its first month sales exceed those of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End by 44 per cent, Horizon: Zero Dawn by 94 per cent, and God of War by 138 per cent. When you consider that none of these games have exactly been slouches when it comes to sales, that's seriously impressive stuff.
It didn't quite do enough to top the monthly chart, coming in second to FIFA 19, but for a single format game, we'd say it's done exceptionally well. Are you impressed with the retail performance of Marvel's Spider-Man? Order another copy in the comments below.
[source mcvuk.com]
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Impressive, Marvel surely is following the success of the game.
I’m really happy for Insomniac and Sony.
I'm amazed by the people who buy call of duty and sports games every year.
Was in my local CEX on my lunch and they had over 50 copies of it on the shelves (probably not selling many because they want £50 for it) so looks like lots of people bought it and sold it straight away after completion
@bindiana Every big game ever is like that though to be fair. Particularly single player ones. Why do you think they tried to put multiplayer into everything?
@get2sammyb that's very true. A possible idea they could use instead of charging for a season pass why not make some DLC free would give people a reason to keep hold of the game so the pre-owned market doesn't get flooded straight away. Then charge for a substantial DLC say in 5 or 6 months after release.
@Grim-Tuesday There is a guy at my work that legit only plays COD and Fortnite. His time and his money but sadly I can't get him to even try anything else...
@Splat Same with my best friend and Fifa.
@LaNooch1978 Yeah I am not sure what they are thinking they buy it for £40 or trade for £42. I wouldn't of thought they would sell many copies at £50 especially as you pointed out you can buy it new cheaper in a few places surely they are going to make a loss on a lot of the 50 plus copies.
@bindiana pretty sure alot of them are brand new to be honest. They wont want to lose out. I may be wrong but the sheer number of copies doesnt make any sense otherwise.
Shocked by the margin between spidey and god of war. I know spiderman is a cultural icon, but god of war is just wonderful. Everyone (over the age of 18 oc) should play it!
Loving spiderman so far, but still very early in the game
@bindiana @Rob_230 Do we know if the bundled console comes with a hard copy of the game? If so, people might be taking advantage of the bundle and then trading in the game immediately. It used to happen when I worked in GAME.
Sony’s next financial call is at the end of the month, so we’ll probably get a worldwide sales update then.
I expect it to perform just as well worldwide.
Hopefully the success leads to Insomniac making a sequel down the road.
Without going into spoiler territory, the potential tease of a villain at the end of the game has me really hoping we get a Spidey 2.
@LaNooch1978 @Jake3103 I am not sure how console bundles come these days whether its the physical game or a digital code. Would guess physical in this case so that would account for some of the copies.
I presume they sell enough at the high prices to make it worth while. Game also seem terrible for there pre owned prices as well.
I'm still surprised at how popular this game is! I never played any of the original Spiderman games, and I'm not super crazy about him as a superhero, but I would think there's a lot more driving the sales than nostalgia or brand recognition.
Personally, I played it for 15 minutes at a friend's house and didn't like it at all. Looks amazing, controls are solid, but the gameplay seems pretty basic (minus the traversal) and the flow of the game seems super ordinary and, if anything, surprisingly limited. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it's a stripped-down version of InFAMOUS. Then again, I'm the kinda person who likes to beat up innocent bystanders in open world games and try and smash/destroy everything in sight, so I definitely couldn't do ANY of that here.
I feel like I have a very wide range of games I like, but this one definitely didn't fall into it, and I'm honestly not sure how it it would. I want to like it, but I just can't find the appeal!
No one should be surprised by this, it was a sure deal to beat everything because it appeals to casuals.
Was going to get it, but too hyped for RD2 which will make Spidermans numbers look like an indie game.
Sometimes I forget just how amazing the line-up of exclusives is. These are not just big sellers, but fantastic, critically acclaimed games.
@Rob_230 I'm over 30, bought GoW, played about 4h, and then continued on Kingdom Come and GTAO As I've lost some interest in GoW. Expected it to be more open world.
The plat will be mine tonight. Oh yes, it will be mine.
It's spectacular
@bindiana Does it matter? The game already sold million and will become the best selling ps4 exclusive games with only tlou 2 as the only competitor.
@get2sammyb unfortunately yes but thankfully Sony seem able to resist such shenanigans for now, so we end up with a fantastic single player game, with no forced multiplayer or micro transactions. Just a great game designed to be the very best that it can be and that unlocks abilities and costumes at a good steady rate not influenced by trying to get extra cash, leaving us with one of the very best games of this generation.
@Oizon Never understood the massive love for open world. The same goes for Skyrim boring open world with the same boring story. RDR was fun for a while but still dont know why people find it so brilliant. GTA dont get me started the last one i loved was Vice City and that was mostly the setting. 😜
@keihtg Still have to finish the bad side of Infamous on the PS4 i dont like to do that. And damn i hated that the most awsome power where at the. 😭
@eltomo I have the same with RDR2 not going to get it i hated the first one. Talking about casuals Rockstar games casual city the company that made online money mainstream. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮
And did not bother for the singleplayer DLC please.
@beemo I switched GOW to Easy difficulty & play it as a casual story campaign... Much more fun for me this way...
@Splat Yeah, I know a few as well. They're just ok with mediocrity.
@Flaming_Kaiser
I didn't like RDR1 as I've tried it twice on PS Now, maybe due to streaming controls lag. I didn't try Skyrim - it's ugly. But open worlds in AC Origins/Odissey are brilliant, FarCry 5 brilliant but small, GTA5 brilliant, KCD amazing. But Rdr2 will be on top of all I know it.
I'll get Spiderman soon though for free from colleague, didn't plan to buy it at all as I'm not a fan of comics and superheroes.
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