Spider-Man 2 beats Super Mario Bros Wonder to No.1 | UK Physical Charts

Spider-Man 2 beat out competition from Super Mario to claim No.1 in the UK boxed retail charts, GfK data reveals.

The PlayStation 5 exclusive had a strong launch. It is the biggest PS5 boxed launch of the year, with sales almost 5% bigger than the previous high point: the PS5 launch of Hogwarts Legacy back in February.

[shadowT]

two great games in one week!

[Flawlessmic]

fantastic year to be a gamer, thats for certain, i have to much to play atm its almost stupid!

Well done to insomniac though, hope spider man 2 smashes every ps record there is!!

[VenomUK]

Jeeze, the PS3 Red Dead remaster is outselling Starfield which dropped out off the UK top ten just 1-2 weeks after its ‘number 1’ debut.

Many websites used Starfield’s first week success to claim it’s ’proof’ that Game Pass / subscription services don’t affect games sales, but clearly it does because in terms of unit sales it has no legs.

[neutralgamer1992]

Venom

RDR launched on PS4 and Switch, chances are many of these gamers never played RDR before. Starfield just didn’t live up to the hype/expectations it seems for many. I really hope the quality of content gets better from Xbox’s 1st party studios

[Cacabunga]

Good achievement.. I feel like every PS exclusive beats the previous one.
Talk about commitment!!! Now announce more single player 1st party games Sony.

[hiawa23]

I agree, too much to play.

[solideagle]

"Spider-Man 2's launch sales are just over 3% lower than the PS5 launch of God of War Ragnarok"

Spidy is Friday release, GOW was Wednesday. expect bigger numbers in next 2 months.

"When looking at the original Spider-Man, the new game's sales are 38% lower"

most likely digital will level it

[darthv72]

Odd they only mentioned the PS5 version of Ragnarok. Especially since they mention both PS4 & 5 here...
"Compared with Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which released on PS4 and PS5 in 2020, boxed launch sales of Spider-Man 2 are 41% higher."

[Eonjay]

God of War launched on PS4 and PS5 at the same time so they mean both. You are just reading too much into it. We know this because the next sentence indicates that they are talking about the biggest PlayStation launch of all time. Jury is still out on that. We will need digital sales. Spiderman may still come out ahead although GOW has an advantage of a few days.

[darthv72]

^^well, they just announced 2.5m in 24hr so thats pretty good.

[neutralgamer1992]

2.5 million in 24 hours biggest launch in PlayStation is nice and Spider-Man will only keep selling due to this IP’s recognition and with holiday season coming up kids will be wanting Spider-Man 2

[garos82]

thats surprising. well done to both and im happy i got both

[Number1TailzFan]

Heard some people were disappointed with Mario because it's too easy, I guess they've done it so you need to unlock special/extra stages for more difficulty? Wish they would stop doing that, but I guess the majority want easy games.. I think they've been doing that since SMW, shame.

[darthv72]

Unlocking higher difficulty is nothing new. It is a pretty common practice to do for games to give a more challenging playthrough. Even spider-man 2 has an ultimate difficulty you unlock if you beat it on spectacular.

[ravens52]

smh. I hate the practice of locking difficulties behind difficulties. I want the most challenging playthrough from the get. I don't replay games, especially just to try the locked difficulty.

[Eonjay]

Is Mario supposed to be 'difficult' though?

[shinoff2183]

Getting some of the collecting items could be. But typically not

[NotoriousWhiz]

Mario games have always been difficult in the later levels, and easy as pie in the earlier levels.

I haven't finished Wonder yet but I suspect this is the easiest 2d Mario has ever been just like Odyssey was also the easiest 3d Mario has ever been.

[Good-Smurf]

I'm playing it on Ryujinx and actually find difficulty very balanced as I'm generally sucks at 2D platform games.
Game's an eye candy, really pops at 2x resolution and SMAA Ultra.

[S2Killinit]

Is Spiderman 2 only on PS5 and not on PS4?

[MrNinosan]

Uhm, yes?

[S2Killinit]

Oh that makes it that much more essential.

If that is the case though, how is it going to compete with the first/miles-morales/Ragnarok? Those were on both systems…

[Good-Smurf]

Man I'm so jelly about this because my PS5 broke due to crazy ant infestation.
Now I can't play GT7 and SP2 for god knows how long.
Now I'm back to my gaming laptop.

[purple101]

https://www.google.com/sear...

Unleash the spiders

[franwex]

Wait what? Did ants get into the console and do damage?

[Barlos]

That's actually quite a surprise. I would have imagined that SMW would have comfortably been number one.

[Plague-Doctor27]

Kinda the only exclusive PS5 game this year vs the ~30th Mario game on a console at the end of its life with a pretty stacked year. Both games will have legs and I'm sure SMW will still sell a ton over time

[BehindTheRows]

Final Fantasy XVI.

Only Sony published huge seller is more like it.

[anast]

The hype was real.

[hiawa23]

This past weekend was such a great weekend for gamers. We got Spiderman 2 which is fantasic. We got a new Sonic which is also a great game. We got Mario Wonder which is GOTY material, and also I was playing RE4 Remake Separate Ways DLC, and Assassin Creed Mirage, and other great games released in this window. Just great games, and Spidey 2 deserves all of its success. I ❤️ it.

[Ninver]

I've said this before but I'll say it here again. 2023 is absolutely stacked with GOTY23 contenders! What a spectacular year for gamers.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I bought both games and both are pretty good. Spider-Man is more of the same so I already knew what to expect. Mario Wonder is ok but I think I’ve out grown Mario games I just don’t get the same enjoyment. Seems like it’s a good game but I think I’m just becoming an old man now…

[franwex]

What’s the best game you’ve played this year?

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Lies of P without a doubt.

[franwex]

Interesting. I’ll check it out.

So far for me it’s Mario Wonder. FF16 was good, but not great.

[roadkillers]

This is Avatar vs Endgame... Spidermab will be huge and have good legs. Mario will be good and have huge legs

[Knightofelemia]

I grabbed both games when GameStop did a 10 o'clock launch

[Profchaos]

Both are incredible games and rank among my top games of the year.

So far for me my favourite gaming experiences this year would have to be

In no particular order I seriously can't rank them they are all to good.
re village VR, cyberpunk phantom liberty, Mario wonder, sm2, totk

I think Mario wonder is an essential must buy game for anyone rocking a switch and over 30 with memories of the nes/ SNES

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Two awesome games from the two top console manufacturers! Congrats to both, though extra congrats to Sony and Insomniac for hitting that number one spot in the week a new mainline Mario title released.