Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was a smash hit for Sony and PlayStation when it launched last month in Europe. Fresh sales data shows that the PS5 exclusive came third in overall software sales rankings, but it was only beaten by EA Sports FC 24 (surprise!) and Assassin's Creed Mirage — both of which were on sale for up to three weeks longer than the Spidey sequel.
But the most interesting stats come from comparing Spider-Man 2 to its predecessors. It saw increased launch sales — nearly 30% — over the original Marvel's Spider-Man. It was also close to selling three times better than Miles Morales, which is impressive when you consider that both games released well into the all-conquering PS4's life cycle (with Miles Morales being a cross-gen title).
Meanwhile, when compared directly to God of War Ragnarok — Sony's similarly timed blockbuster from last year — Spider-Man 2 sold 28% fewer copies over its first two weeks. However, we need to remember that Ragnarok was a cross-gen release. If we're talking PS5 only, Spidey actually trended above Kratos' adventure by 8%.
Now, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was always going to be a blockbuster, but we'd imagine Sony will be mighty pleased with the way it's swinging ahead of previous games. Did you foresee the sequel being such a hit? Wield power responsibly in the comments section below.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Well deserved it is a cracking game and has more exposure taking into account the other games
Insomniac are a bit special.
Alright Spider-Man coming’ in hot!
I imagine Spidey will outsell Ragnarok easily because it's one of the rare Sony first party games that have long legs. But it's still impressive how both games have performed.
"Spider-Man 2 sold 28% fewer copies over its first two weeks. However, we need to remember that Ragnarok was a cross-gen release. If we're talking PS5 only, Spidey actually trended above Kratos' adventure by 8%."
But ps5 has sold far more units than it did when Ragnarok launched.
Still not purchased yet, will probably save for an over Christmas period game.
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Surprised Mirage has sold so many
@DonaldMcRonald I know right. Got it from Wiki. There's actually quite a few games missing that I didn't include from IOS, Linux, Windows and Mac, I'm assuming those are mobile games or PC exclusives, I only included mostly console and a few PSP?
Would be cool if Sony showed how many copies each of their games sale like Capcom does.
@Beerheadgamer82 yeah they always had a amazing output. The PS3 generation was insane. Sony's other studios could learn from insomniac.
@DonaldMcRonald also VR games as well and I remember a Facebook/mobile game in the vein of Pokemon in space.
Ragnarok is way better
it’s too short , where’s new game plus already
@DonaldMcRonald i get what they mean, after 5 years + next gen - this game should definitely be more than what it was . this game looks too identical and 1:1 to the original , gameplay feels the same as well. they have a point when they say it feels like a glorified DLC . We wanted a leap like RDR1 to RDR2 , Borderlands 1 to Borderlands 2, or GTA4 to GTA5, or RE3 to RE4.
stop playing it safe basically.
Have not played it yet. I left it for people to purchase for me as a Christmas gift as it's easy to acquire as it is in every retailer imaginable (lol). But I am glad Spider-Man 2 is doing so well. The more single-player story-driven games that sell (both physical and digital) the more of them we can expect and that is a very good thing.
@DonaldMcRonald That's why they are called insomniac they don't sleep lol.
I am watching a conversation on here about how Spider-Man 2 is 1:1 the same as the last game and a half. Again, I have not played the game but I have read and watched quite a bit and I have some questions:
1) Did they not add an entirely new portion of a map, like Brooklyn and Queens or something?
2) Are there not 2 Spider-Mans that have 2 unique fighting styles that can be hot-swapped at any time?
3) Did they not improve the web-slinging to make it faster and more free-flowing and do not both Spider-Mans have different styles of web-slinging?
4) I heard that there are hundreds of small and large graphical enhancements as well as improvements in load times.
Is there something I am missing? Aren't these improvements exactly the kind of things one would be looking for in a sequel?
Anyway, just wanted to get some clarification.
Best open-world traversal of all time by a long shot. The control you have and the things you can pull off in Spider-Man 2 do a great job of making you feel like a superhero.
@Exerion76 I swear newer gamers don't understand how sequels work. How is this DLC? It has a far larger more denser city, major graphical improvements, combat enhancements, major transversal improvements, two Spider-Men to play as each with different abilities, 70ish costumes to unlock, a 15 hour story plus another 15 hours of side content if you aim to platinum and many other things. Tell me how is that DLC? What exactly would make it seem like a sequel to you? Let me guess you felt TotK was DLC as well 🙄
@DonaldMcRonald
Excellent. I thought I was going crazy with all this talk of it just being a clone of the first game.
@Exerion76
That's not exactly it... You are just either trolling or are a complete buffoon. Pick one and move on with yourself because one thing I know you are for sure is BASIC.
@Exerion76 Then you should know sequels are usually like this from Sonic The Hedgehog 2 to Tomb Raider 2 to Majura's Mask to Vice City and so on. A complete reinvention on only the 2nd entry to a game that already nailed the formula never happens. I'm not butthurt i just find calling the game DLC is just doing a massive disservice to something that does everything a great sequel should do. Expecting the game to switch to Paris or Rome or whatever is just stupid considering how vital NYC is to Spidey and how his power set is built around that city, yeah good luck web swinging around Paris 🙄. The game is far from perfect but DLC is one thing its not and i'm getting tired of "gamers" calling every sequel nowadays DLC if it doesn't pull a RE4 or GOW18 style shake up.
I enjoyed it but didn't like how much they nerfed Peter in the game to promote miles. Like I understand they want to show miles is just as capable as peter but you can do that without making peter look useless
@DonaldMcRonald i guess i just understand both sides of the situation. spider-man 2 is definitely an improvement over the first game in every way regardless if i wanted more from it; you’re right in a rational sense that the game is in fact a sequel and a new game that does what a sequel is supposed to do.
my personal wants and preferences doesn’t change that fact, but i just wanted more that’s all.
@Brucewayne2049 I'm shocked at how weak Peter was in the Black suit, i get gameplay wise you can't be OP but in cutscenes those restrictions don't apply. The Lizard, Kraven and even Miles were all big threats to him when it should have been him being the big threat. Hell even against Venom he was weak despite having a new power set to use and it can't help but annoy that Miles done far better against Venom. I love Miles and while i greatly prefer the Spider-Verse Miles i do like game Miles but i do think Insomniac made him a bit of a Gary Sue at times, also doesn't help the "Evolved Suit" is one of the worst suits a Spider has even worn and only exists as an in game ad for shoes.
@naruball I wouldn't be so sure, according to Sony's Q2 2023 earnings report we know that God of War 2018 sold 23 million units on PS4 alone by Jan 2022 as they didn't put an asterisk to indicate it included PC sales. Spiderman 2018, the PS5 remaster & Miles Morales PS4 + PS5 combined sold 33 million units by May 2022. It seems God of War had better legs, unless the PS5 remaster & Mile Morales performed very poorly, which I doubt.
We know God of War: Ragnarök significantly outperformed God of War 2018, the former hit 11m in 75 days, latter took just over a year to hit 10m. I imagine GoW:R is still going strong and when it gets a permanent price drop it will continue selling well for years just like GoW 2018 did and still is.
And yeah when SM2 released the install base was 100% bigger than when GoW:R released yet it only sold 8% more which means it had a significantly lower attach ratio. Also GoW:R could have even beat it despite this if it didn't lose sales to people purchasing the PS4 sku.
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@AleLiquorou Then it's really impressive that they've built up one of their Ip's to Spiderman levels. I'm not surprised though because that Ragnarok trailer had everyone hyped but Spiderman 2 has launched when prices of everything have increased across the board and it's harder these days to get people to part with their hard earned cash because even everyday essentials are getting more and more expensive.
Reality is a newer console with 50 million units sold is nearly equivalent to an older one with 100 units sold as newer buyers are more engaged, and more likely to buy day 1. It isn't as simple as number of units sold. Chris Dring, whose data is being reported on here, and other analysts have discussed this in the past on Twitter.
Regardless great numbers. Well done Insomniac. Loved SM2 start to finish all the way to the Platinum.
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