Spider-Man 2 Is The Fastest-Selling PlayStation Game Ever
Sony has proclaimed Spider-Man 2 is the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game in the company’s history. The PlayStation 5 exclusive sold 2.5 million copies on launch day alone.
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Incredible achievement.
Between this and Mario Wonder the year is finishing very strong.
If Call of Duty can do what it normally does then Q4 is going to end up being one heckuva quarter for premium game sales. https://t.co/HbLH3g6WUg— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) October 23, 2023
The original Spider-Man released in 2018, selling 3.3 million units in three days. That narrowly edged out God of War’s record at the time of 3.1 million in the same period. God of War Ragnarok reclaimed the title of fastest selling PlayStation Studios game last year with 5.1 million sales in its first week. We’ll see if Spider-Man 2's 24-hour record leads to even greater sales over that same period.
Sony is currently aiming to sell 25 milion PS5s in the current fiscal year, which would itself be a record-breaking number of new console sales. It’s no doubt relying on Spider-Man 2 being a “next-gen” exclusive to help drive those sales throughout the holiday season, despite competition from a number of other stellar games this year. A new “slim” model dropping in November might also help, despite an increased price tag for the all-digital version.
Insomniac Games hasn’t yet revealed if Spider-Man 2 will be getting future DLC or a bigger expansion in the vein of Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores adventure. The studio did say it’s checking fan feedback to the game as it plays around with the possibility of a Venom spin-off.
Update 10/10/2023 4:27 p.m. ET: Sony announced in its latest quarterly results this week that Spider-Man 2 went on to sell over 5 million copies in its first-full week. That puts it just behind God of War Ragnarok, but it’s a more impressive stat overall since the new game is only on PS5, where as Ragnarok on PS4 as well.
Going through the Sony earnings webcast to be as thorough as possible.
One big thing to note here is that Spider-Man 2 sold through 5 million copies.
That's not 5 million shipments, but actual sales.
• Sell-through = sales
• Sell-in = shipments pic.twitter.com/UtUuC4S3l5— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) November 10, 2023
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