UK Charts: Phenomenal Spider-Man sales continue

It's the week before FIFA, and therefore the quiet before the inevitable retail storm.

It means that Spider-Man is free to retain its place at the top of the UK Boxed Charts, despite a 57% dip in sales week-on-week.

The PS4 exclusive has already surpassed the total sell-through of God of War (physical sales only) and is now a week or two away from eclipsing the multi-format Far Cry 5 as the biggest release of the year. Although, of course, FIFA 19 will claim that prize come Friday.

[lxeasy]

Insomniac Games deserve this success. I can't wait to play their future games!

[sampsonon]

you mean "wait to play" Spider-man 2

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

Resistance 4*

[sampsonon]

@Brave_Losers_Unite: sorry to say that u won't be seeing that game for a long time. spider-man 2 and then an Ironman game.

they've stepped up to the next level as a company whether you like it or not.

[TheColbertinator]

PUBG still selling good numbers

[Kribwalker]

I was thinking the same thing. Amazing it’s still in the top 10 over 10 months later

[Legatus]

Yeah that multiplatform game is still selling solid, it will certainly continue to sell well seeing as it will soon come to the biggest selling console on the planet, the beast known as PS4.

[Ricegum]

Krib

That not good that mess of a game is still selling.

[Kribwalker]

@legatus

Well it’s only the xbox one version on the charts as these charts still only give physical sales, and the only physical release of PUBG is the Xbox One version......and yeah I could see it selling a tonne on PS4 when it’s released too, if that happens

[Kribwalker]

@ninjaryu

No that’s not top 10 for PC. The top 10 only has the xbox version as that’s the only version that has a physical copy as is currently exclusive like Crash Bandicoot or Nier Automata amongst many others before it. Timed exclusive deal 😉

@legatus

it’s just PC and Xbox right now, it most likely a timed exclusive deal, but nothing has been announced yet for it for PS4, so we will have to wait to see.

[Kribwalker]

@legatus

Yes this multiplatform game that’s only currently available on one console, whose sales chart numbers are only from the sales of said console is currently doing great. I’m sure when it’s available on other consoles it will do great too, but as of now, a single platform has maintained it in the top 10 for the better part of 10 months 😉

[TyrellCorp]

Just platinumed this yesterday, outstanding experience start to finish. My only hope is that Insomniac ips like R&C and Resistance don’t disappear because these guys will be making Spider-Man for the foreseeable future.

[JEECE]

I'm wondering if this success will allow them to become big enough to make games more quickly, possibly on an alternating schedule of original ip/Spiderman.

That said, as much as I hate it given how fantastic 3 was, I can't see them doing another resistance game.

[paintedgamer1984]

Im hoping they make another dev team seeing as marvel is supposedly letting them make another super hero of their choosing. Id LOVE an xmen game like the old beat em up arcade game. Or even a Wolverine game... the possibilities are virtually endless. Spiderman 2 is pretty much a given on the ps5. I can see the xbox crowd throwing shade all over again.

[CarlDechance]

"The PS4 exclusive has already surpassed the total sell-through of God of War (physical sales only) and is now a week or two away from eclipsing the multi-format Far Cry 5 as the biggest release of the year. Although, of course, FIFA 19 will claim that prize come Friday."

That is pretty amazing. Nice job from Insomniac, Sony, and Marvel. That team made one hell of a game.

[LegoIsAwesome]

This game, doesn't deserve 87. IT DESERVES MORE.

[sammarshall102]

Yes Sir!!! 👏👏👏

[elazz]

I'm at 75% after playing 30 hours or so since release and I just can't imagine this to finish. I had a lot of fun so far and am making quips myself while swinging or fighting. To me this game is a 9.5/10 because of all the fun I had. There could have been some things maybe tweaked here and there concerning side missions but c'mon, hardly anyone already does better and we have received the Spider-Man game we so desperately wanted, but sometimes never deserved. I'm looking forward to the expansions and sequel.

[ShinRon]

87 is right on the money, popularity =/= quality

its a solid game and def the best spiderman game but its not raising any bars or doing anything new in the genre

[Silly gameAr]

I don't think anyone expected it to raise any bars or do anything new. People wanted a great Spider Man game, and that's what we got.

You sound like one of those gaming blogs that can't really find anything negative to say, so they go the old "didn't raise the bar/do anything new" route.

[P_Bomb]

If it’s def the best Spider-Man as you say, then by definition it just raised a bar and set a standard.

GTAIV didn’t raise the bar from GTA:SA in anything other than graphics imho. Even the radio sucked. So why did that one score so high with critics? What was new? I already played Liberty City in GTAIII. Haven’t figured out that 98% even 10 years later.

Contemporary comic book game Batman Arkham Asylum was clearly inspired by a Metroidvania and Shadow Moses blueprint, but it worked and helped make it better than any Batman game before. Arkham City scored higher but I still consider Asylum to be the more important game. It happens.

[ShinRon]

@Silly game ar

I agree nobody expected any of that and the metascore would be indicative that as well.

saying the 87 metascore was warranted is only negative to ppl who think that if they like a game because its spiderman it should be a 10/10, which is entertaining at least.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Almost every game that releases doesn’t do anything new or raises any bar so why apply that just to Spider-Man

[LegoIsAwesome]

Hey man. So are you saying games that are 90 and above had raise the bar for the genre? So how come i know a certain game (im not gonna drop the name cuz n4g might ban the comment again lol) that didnt introduce anything to the genre but had a 90++ ratings? So how come? It didnt introduce any other than its the first game in its franchise to have a game like that. Oh and before you throw my last arguement back at me, remember the previous spiderman games? Now compare those with this 2018 release. Still didnt do anything in the spiderman game??

Admit it. Its not in "what did it do to the genre?" "Did it introduce new elements in the genre?" But its in the WHO made the game.

True story.

[cooperdnizzle]

Ehh I don’t agree. Amazing open world game play with really well done level design at the same time. Should be a 90 at least in my opinion

[BehindTheRows]

Doesn't have to raise the bar and 87 is a score that says the game is obviously of high quality. Just because someone wishes it were higher doesn't make that any less true.

[Christopher]

Finished it last night. It's a fun and great Spider-Man game, but I think 87 is exactly where it belongs. Being fun an enjoyable doesn't mean necessarily being 90+. There are flaws and low points in the game. In fact, I haven't 100%'d the game yet because I don't really feel like doing some of those low points. And I'm a huge fan of open world games. Just, some of these do not 'click' with me and make me feel more like a waste of time than enjoyable.

I think this game would have done a heck of a lot better if side missions were more like the bike gang one and less like the research stations or the like. Even camp missions could have had their own mini-bosses of a sort at the end or something.

[CarlDechance]

Agree. The side missions didn't do much for me. The research stations were a bit campy. Seems just about every station discovered a huge problem JUST as Spider-man happened to arrive.....and he had only minutes to avert disaster. sigh......those missions could have just been left out to me, a la less is more. I really enjoyed the base missions though. Very cool that they were replayable. I would have given the game a 90, but 87 is a great score either way.

[AspiringProGenji]

In Microsoft words,

Over 5 million pidgeons have been captured

[TheEnigma313]

Lol it's so annoying when they do that.

[Jayszen]

Sony are to be congratulated for knowing what it could do with a property it owns the rights to and identifying the studio, Insomniac, that was best suited for making the game (although I do think Sucker Punch could have done just as well). The game has at least 40 hours of fun, a lot more if you take your time and enjoy all that is offered and with New Game + on the way in addition to the dlc that is due, there will be loads more to enjoy. Insomniac has delivered one of the best games for a long time. I still think God of War is the better game, certainly in terms of quality and the fact that it had a rebirth of sorts, but Spider-Man is not far behind and both have made 2018 a stellar year for Sony and the PS4.

[covcha]

Resistance 4, Ratchet & Clank 2 Remake or Spider-Man 2.

[Istolla]

Why is the Switch tagged in this post?

[Nyxus]

Because the top 10 list also contains Switch games.

[Benjaminkno]

I loved Spider-Man 3 with the Wii.
The motion controls with that game were killer.

[AK91]

Awesome

[Tross]

Of course it is. IMHO few games justify the new release price tag, no matter where in the world you are. This is one that does.

[Liqu1d]

Nice to see PS gamers supporting Insomniac's games. Ratchet & Clank was their best seller and now Spider-Man is going to smash it. Exclusives matter it seems.

[Inzo]

"FIFA 19 will claim that prize come Friday."

Thats sad but true, there are still a lot of people out there willing to be suckered by EA.

[Markusb33]

Hard to compare anything to fifa it's on every platform the same day and selling millions every year without really trying. Insomniac deserve this and I can't wait to see them carry on supporting the game and see the ps5 exclusive spiderman 2