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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Breaks Sales Records to Become Fastest-selling PlayStation Studios Game in PlayStation History

Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and

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SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and Marvel Games, has sold more than 2.5 million copies to become the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game in PlayStation history in the first 24 hours.

“Insomniac Games holds itself to incredibly high standards when it comes to delivering engaging and innovative gameplay experiences,” said Eric Lempel, SVP, Global Marketing, Sales, and Business Operations, Sony Interactive Entertainment. “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is Insomniac Games’ third installment in the franchise for PlayStation. Built from the ground up to take advantage of the unique features of PlayStation 5, the goal was to massively build off the action, storylines, and features from the first two games. With an epic storyline, two playable Super Heroes, a visually-stunning Marvel’s New York, and so much more, this is a game you can get lost in for hours. On behalf of Sony Interactive Entertainment, I want to say thank you to the fans - we truly hope you are enjoying your time playing as Peter and Miles in this amazing adventure.”

 

[MasterCornholio]

Ok

 

[systemr123]

B

That’s great, but does it have 10 million “players”?

Also, congrats Insomniac, I hope the game sells gangbusters. It’s so much fun.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Also fastest selling PlayStation studio game in PlayStation history!

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Note: Sony rebranded SIE Worldwide Studios to PlayStation Studios in 2020.

 

[Kerotan]

Proud to have bought this day 1. Such a good game.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Niche man strikes again!

 

[Mowcno]

Spider-Man 2 fastest selling 1st party PlayStation game in history. Should be approaching 5m already then.

So Ragnarok sold less than 2.5m in 24 hours, but over 5.1m in 5 days. Interesting. That gives some insight into launch day vs the days that follow in terms of sales distribution in games. Would have thought launch day would have been over 50% of first week sales honestly but it seems not.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Also fastest selling PlayStation studio game in PlayStation history!

Even more impressive considering it's only on PS5.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Note: Sony rebranded SIE Worldwide Studios to PlayStation Studios in 2020.

Still good numbers though since they are sharing them.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Also worth noting:

Spider-Man 1 did 3.3 million in 3 days, TLOU2 did 4 million in 3 days, and God of War 2018 did 3.1 million in 3 days.

Spider-Man 2 is easily going to eclipse these.

 

[H-I-M]

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Faster than God of War Ragnarok.
Can't wait to see the numbers later this week if they announce them!

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

 

[saintjules]

Beaten

 

[MasterCornholio]

Faster than God of War Ragnarok.
Can't wait to see the numbers later this week if they announce them!

If they break records then I'm guessing probably.

 

[Shubh_C63]

As I have said multiple times here, Easiest prediction ever.
I have seen my casual gamers play the first Spiderman, it's their wet dream.

20M Sales confirmed.

 

[Mowcno]

Note: Sony rebranded SIE Worldwide Studios to PlayStation Studios in 2020.

Ragnarok was released after this and also was the fastest selling game in PlayStation history and beaten by Spiderman 2. So the rebrand doesn't change anything. This is the fastest selling PlayStation game ever regardless of the wording.

God of War Ragnarok is PlayStation's fastest-selling exclusive ever

God of War Ragnarok has set a new record for the PlayStation family.

www.vg247.com

 

[CGNoire]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

 

[MasterCornholio]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

Instead of posting here and being angry.

You should go play some Spider-Man 2.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

By ansering to this topic you bumped it to the top again. You can just ignore it. There's an option for that isn't there?

 

[Skifi28]

Probably just bundles.

 

[Mr Moose]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

 

[MasterCornholio]

Probably just bundles.

You know what that means for PS5 sales right?

 

[Mowcno]

Hopefully this isn't the only PR we get. I'd very much like to know if it's still ahead of Ragnarok's 5.1m in 5 days. But I expect we probably won't hear much else from Sony until they release their fiscals for the quarter.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

You just proved that you do care. When you don't care about something, you ignore it. You don't go into a thread and post a comment about it.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

I've seen your posting history.

 

[jroc74]

As expected.

This game is gonna do insane numbers.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

As I have said multiple times here, Easiest prediction ever.
I have seen my casual gamers play the first Spiderman, it's their wet dream.

20M Sales confirmed.

One of my old high school friends who hasn't been online in 8 months was playing Spidey 2 on launch day.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Hopefully this isn't the only PR we get. I'd very much like to know if it's still ahead of Ragnarok's 5.5m in 5 days. But I expect we probably won't hear much else from Sony until they release their fiscals for the quarter.

It's already fastest selling in a 24 hour period and it's only on PS5. Its safe to assume it'll beat god of war's first 5 days and end up as sony's best selling game ever.

 

[daclynk]

 

[T4keD0wN]

Does this include preorders or not?

 

[Heisenberg007]

PlayStation keeps setting new records with each new big game release.

 

[Hugare]

Not exactly loving the game so far, but I'm happy for a PS5 exclusive doing huge numbers

Hopefuly Sony will stop being afraid of making PS5 only titles of its bigger IPs

 

[jroc74]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

You did realize it woulda been alot faster for you to just ignore the thread...like use the Ignore feature.

And I should have done the same to your post, lol.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Does this include preorders or not?

It always does.

 

[clarky]

Proud to have bought this day 1. Such a good game.

You're proud that you made a purchase?

 

[onnextflix5]

Marketing was crazy on this, saw billboards everywhere, 20 million by next year easily.

 

[DryvBy]

I can't wait for this group to pop up

 

[TGO]

I've seen your posting history.

You're doing it wrong, this is how you do it

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

 

[Pelta88]

 

[H-I-M]

Why the fuck does every irrelevent "promotional" twitter post require its own thread?

Like who gives a shit if a billion dollar company is doing well or if a billion dollar IP is selling well? Why should the average gamer give a fuck? Im not a goddamm shareholder?

The meltdowns have begun.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Wasn't much of a prediction (since it should have been obvious to anyone with a brain) but I said months ago this would be an absolute sales monster, well deserved, PlayStation Studios always deliver the goods

 

[onQ123]

Only 100k per hour? So Niche

 

[GHG]

You're proud that you made a purchase?

Why, should he be ashamed?

 

[DavidGzz]

Goes to show how the vast majority of sales are from casuals. Word of mouth must be huge. Maybe they simply didn't know it came out and it will continue to sell really well as more and more people find out it's out. 2.5 seems low for such a huge userbase. I know it isn't before I get quoted, it just seems low when there are so many PS5s out there and no big exclusive in a while.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Also probably benefited by releasing on a Friday, where people could dedicate more time to playing the game.

 

[L*][*N*K]

That is great, for a Sony game.

 

[Drizzlehell]

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That’s great, but does it have 10 million “players”?

Also, congrats Insomniac, I hope the game sells gangbusters. It’s so much fun.

Didn't you know? Gamers are toxic.

 

[NEbeast]

Goes to show how the vast majority of sales are from casuals. Word of mouth must be huge. Maybe they simply didn't know it came out and it will continue to sell really well as more and more people find out it's out. 2.5 seems low for such a huge userbase. I know it isn't before I get quoted, it just seems low when there are so many PS5s out there and no big exclusive in a while.