Marvel’s Spider-Man has thumped Far Cry 5’s record and swung away with the fastest-selling game of the year so far accolade in the UK. The early results for Sony’s behemoth PlayStation 4 exclusive are in, and they paint a pretty picture, as the game almost doubled God of War’s week one British tally – which was no slouch itself.
To make matters even more impressive, the title is the fastest-selling Marvel game ever, beating out previous frontrunner LEGO Marvel Super Heroes by a significant margin. It’s not the fastest-selling superhero game ever (that plaudit remains with the multiformat Batman: Arkham Knight) but it is the fastest-selling individual format release since the PS4 version of Call of Duty: WWII last year.
In fact, this was a ridiculously good week for PlayStation, as fellow exclusive Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age finished in second position. Destiny 2: Forsaken, the other big new release, ended up in eighth – although it’s worth noting that the UK charts currently don’t incorporate digital data, which is presumably where the expansion secured the majority of its sales.
What about that Spider-Man, though, eh? Can it outpace God of War globally? The battle of the exclusives is on.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 8th September, 2018
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
- Grand Theft Auto V
- F1 2018
- Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
- PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer
- Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- LEGO The Incredibles
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Not even the puddles could dampen fans' enthusiasm.
Happy to see Dragon Quest make second, deserves all the success it can get.
Does make me wonder if it'd have been a bit of a sleeper hit had it launched in the summer when things were quiet, though. It's barely had time to solidify itself because Spider-Man came along and just dominated the media.
I'm more impressed the UK bought a jrpg
Also amazing since Spider-Man was a Friday release and not Tuesday like most games (I can’t remember the day of the week GoW released), so this is sales data from only like 2 days.
I would guess Spider-Man will swing past GoW in sales, but maybe not considering it is up against stiffer competition from other new releases. There wasn’t much else in April, as I recall.
great game - was always going to sell gangbusters, but for me, GoW is a much much much better overall piece
Who is buying GTAV still? I can imagine some people picking it up digitally as an impulse during a sale drunk and late at night, but at retail on disc? Who's left? I mean if it just released newly remastered maybe, but it just sits there week after week.
Got DQXI Day 1 - I rewarded it for no season pass, no dLC. I'll get Spidey when the game is complete.
Videogame industry must be happy this week. And more to follow.
Wow, Spider-Man came out Friday the 7th so that's seriously impressive.
@ShogunRok yeah 100% DQ and Valkyria 4 would both have performed more strongly of released in july. That said - as you note - second place is very impressive!
Nice seeing Dragon Quest take the second spot.
Is there any reason the U.K. chart doesn’t track digital sales?!
@DLB3 think it will also go in Spidermans favour that there's no 18 age rating on it like GOW so all the parents will be buying it for the belly aching kids who want in on the web slinging. Must admit that I thought the story was a tad slow to start with but it's sort of exploded out of nowhere and I find myself forcing myself to turn off a 1.15am. Really good game.
That's super impressive
@OliverCrossland They’re just behind the curve. I believe they’re adding them in next year.
@rjejr Spider-Man is complete the dlc has no bearing on the story at all
@DLB3 I think you’re right, it’s going to get bundled to high heaven as well. That said, God of War has had some ridiculous legs so debate is still on until we see Spidey’s longevity. (But I do agree with you, Spidey will swing past Kratos when all is said and done. Amazing turnaround for PS4 exclusives which often reviewed well but rarely sold all that impressively.)
@rjejr it must be Rockstar that is buying them?
Seriously though who are those people who go out and buy a new physical copy? I can imagine those buying it again because we see many updates for the game but why new copies when it's far cheaper to buy it from ebay? If you already purchased the digital copy then there's no need for a second purchase.
Good news for spidey btw
@Bamf "it must be Rockstar that is buying them?"
Well somebody should tell them they already have the record so they can stop now. Good point about the 2nd hand market too.
@dark_knightmare2 "Spider-Man is complete"
Well I guess everybody who is working on "The City That Never Sleeps" DLC can stop then, game is complete, nobody will need or want to play that. And all those people who paid $80 for the digital deluxe edition, ha ha, jokes on them, could have gotten the compete game for $60, rubes.
Oh my Kratos! The game of the gen is outta the top ten. Please everybody a moment in silence. It had been there for 4 months and a week. Congrats to Spider-Man though, also a great game.
This is fake news!
Single-player games are not relevant, exclusives don’t sell and stuff!
Another proof that Single Player game sells well
@ShogunRok I hear you, Dragon Quest always feels like its fighting an uphill battle in some manner or another and tangling with the webhead might've hurt it...I was happy to get it though. Been playing it on my uh...new Spider Man PS4 pro when i'm taking a break from Spider Man.
I just finished the game.
I could cry! It is such a great thing to be a PS4 Player!
Great stuff, I've neglected my PS4 for much of the year for various reasons but this game is tempting me to jump back on it as well as the ridiculous amount of quality coming in the next few months. Not the biggest Marvel fan but as a huge fan of the Arkham games this looks right up my street.
Also don't mention this news on the sister site, a lot of weirdos over there today 😆
Well deserved to Sony and Spider-Man, it is an awesome game. I thought single player games did not sell that much.....
@rjejr dude be passive aggressive all you want that content which I own from getting the collectors edition is optional extras it has no bearing on the story which is complete. Let me ask you was the witcher not a complete game because we got those two dlc expansions or ac origins heck almost any game nowadays isn’t complete according to you
Sony's on a roll and I'm happy for Insomniac.
I wonder what the legs will be like on Spider-Man?
Venom, October 5th will probably help mind share and the first DLC drop October 23rd.
I still think TLOU:P2 will be the best selling PS4 exclusive.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Don't forget Into the Spider-Verse.
@Enuo And that! Yeah it's a great road map for success. The game may even break GOWs NPD record.
@rjejr Yeah man. What I did with AC. Got the game later on sale for 35. Got the first DLC (hidden ones) for 9.99 and waited for Curse of the Pharaoh to hit 12.99. So I got the "complete game" for 58. Full price, for the "full" game.
I mean, not like they didn't do a DLC bundle with HZD later on. That was called "Complete Edition". It is literally in the name.
@Th3solution God of War was also a Friday release, 4/20, the weed day.
"eXcLu$!vEs R bH@d fOr tEh iNdUsTrY"
Well I tried to impulse buy it yesterday in a couple of local stores but they were sold out with no new stock till the middle of the week. Not that there is a supply problem - these were small stores but I had guessed it had sold well. So now I have to shop online for my web slinging goodness.
Um but but single player games don't sell... Congrats to all involved in Spiderman. Quality still sells!
Happy that Spider-man and DQXI are doing great, bought both. Once i finish Yakuza 0 and Spider-man i'll be diving in!
@get2sammyb
The #puddlegate movement may gather more steam in hot countries?
I'll try to act surprised! Brilliant result for Spidey
great,glad dragon quest is at number 2, but who the hell is buying GTA everyone and there granny must have at least two copies by now!
I really want to play Spiderman, but I'll wait for the inevitable "Game of the Year" or "Complete" edition next year.
This should now show Marvel where there licensing should be and that's with Sony, the game is great I even decided to buy it full price and I don't normally buy games on launch. I'm sure a few Xbox fans would be annoyed because again wheres that consoles exclusives and I am thinking of buying an X1 so I can pass over my 360 games to it etc and more storage space. But another golden gem in the PS4 line up it's worth it
Congratulations to Sony, Insomniac and Marvel for such a smash-hit release!
@rjejr there should still be many bundles, I suppose - but even without them, GTA 5 is a renowned big title with an open world, still-updated wacky online component and one of PS4's best urban driving environments to chill out in. Provided one has time for it all, but most people buying a PS4 without a Vita to go with it can be assumed to have that time on their hands.
Honestly, seeing so many "who the hell still buys x" makes you wonder what exactly people are imagining here in the light of the console's continuous sales - x given away for free to any new buyer nowadays or x having been bought by everyone months and years ahead of even getting a PS4? XD
Good stuff.
It even beat GTA5! Well done spidey!
wow, UK showing some taste for once (DQ)
I wouldnt be surprised if Spiderman becomes PS4 best selling exculsive game, so much appeal to just about everyone!
Remember guys. Single player games are a waste of time. No one plays single-player games anymore and any developer who dares does a single player game is wasting their money.
The real headline should be "Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age finished in second position". The fact that a huge budget, open world game, with tens of millions in ad money lavished on it, that's also surfing of a wave of Marvel mania due to the MCU, sold well is really not surprising.
It's amazing that an anime graphics, turn-based JRPG with next to no advertising, that Sony has totally buried in favour of Spider-Man (it has near zero visibility on the PS4 store), has come in 2nd place.
I've been fighting hard the impulse to buy both Spiderman and DQXI, but the backlog is too darn big not only on PS4, but also on the Switch!
I hate being old. I have money for games now, but no time to play.
Great too see that Dragon Quest XI got some love in the UK
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