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Spider-Man 2 has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the first 24 hours
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lughnasadh123
Member
Sony dropping numbers before the question could even be asked. Niche staying niche.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Reporting actual sales? Well this won't do at all, I need to hear vague statements like "more players than prior games in the franchise in the first weekend" or meaningless stats like how many webs were slung in a 24 hour period.
What "energy" am I using? I already mentioned I hate the relationship that has formed between fans and Big corporations since social media. This thread could of just as easily been about any games sales record.Of course SM2 broke records. It was always going too.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Well, "bugs are part of the [studio] games' charm."
Dr.brain64
Member
Absolutely incredible. Well deserved.
nial
Member
Spider-Man 2 being the fastest selling game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment is in no way irrelevant.
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Skifi28
Member
If it's been posted already, my bad
This explains why I was smelling the sea so far inland. Must be the combination of salt and tears.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Anyone who didn't buy it on day one is a casual to me. Wtf are you missing? I always complain about sales when it's a huge game and it's selling to 5% of the userbase. It's odd to me that more aren't buying the biggest game in a long time. I bought it and it's awesome. Where are you getting spin from me? Sensitive fanboys, I swear.
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Skifi28
Member
Is the percentage to the userbase a new metric to make all games that aren't Mario or Zelda look bad on sales?
DavidGzz
Gold Member
I'm not trying to make it look bad, I said "it goes to show how most sales come from casuals." Like I said twice now. It's going to sell an insane amount in the end but most sales are coming much later than I would expect from an anticipated game. Why are people getting so salty about my opinion about who buys games? Lol
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Skifi28
Member
I'm not really talking about your opinion or anything else, just haven't really seen anyone else talk about sales in percentage to the userbase which is quite odd as far as metrics go.
TheBomb
Member
If it's been posted already, my bad
I’ve been seeing this all morning, and was puzzled of the meaning. I finally got it. I’m a little slow, and this guy needs log off for several days.
solidus12
Member
If it's been posted already, my bad
I love how they always hold PlayStation to high standards, while ignoring the quality (or lack thereof) of the games that their favorite brand has released so far.
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nosoynadie22
Member
I would like Sony to be like Capcom and give us sales numbers for their most important franchises maybe once every fiscal year.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
I don't think it's odd to use that metric. I think it's odd that a large percentage of users of a console don't buy the console's biggest games. But I also can't understand casual gamers since I'm not one.
Seems that it's similar to the percentage of casuals, who don't visit gaming forums, vs. us more hardcore gamers. They outnumber us by A LOT.
nosoynadie22
Member
everyone knows that any game that doesn't sell like GTA5 is a failure
solidus12
Member
Skifi28
Member
I don't even think it's about just "casuals". Unlike Nintendo where most of the userbase will buy into the platform for Mario/Zelda/Pokemon, most users on a console have very varied tastes. Sure, there's the usual Fifa/COD crowd but there are also many "hardcore" people that are into their own niche games and don't just play whatever Sony releases. Which is why it makes it a strange metric to use, unless we're trying to talk about gamer's varied tastes, the only other reason to use it is to try and downplay sales. Not saying this is what you specifically tried to do, just saying, I also don't have a horse in this race and I'm mostly an observer.
People buy the games they want when they can afford too. Not everyone is going to run out and buy a game day one.
Everyone on a console or pc has different taste just maybe not a Spider-Man, GTA or Demon souls game. Freedom of choice is a beautiful thing.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
The game will sell 5x this number in a month, more or less. Those non day 1 buyers are kind of casual to me. That's all I'm saying. Are the people who buy it a month from now not fans of the genre? Doubt it. They are just more casual. But yes, it could also be money situation. Kids pestering their parents for the game or having to wait until their birthday.
its extremely stupid metric,
only a braindead 50 yo console warrior would use as a sad spin.
by same logic totk could only reach %7 of switch players with 10 mil 3 day sales.
but these are the same morons, who is trying to equate dloads to to full price sales, what can you expect?
Last belda hit ~8% of userbase on its first week, SM2 might actually surpass it.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Tell me how insecure you are about your game selling without telling me. Face it, casuals make up the vast majority of sales. It isn't so serious or require flinging insults lol
Negotiator101
Member
If it's been posted already, my bad
What is this guy on about? What was the purpose of the 6% nonsense?
2.5 million in 24hrs is phenomenal 
The purpose was to give the trolls something to repeat it was a dog whistle & as you can see the dogs are out lolWhat is this guy on about? What was the purpose of the 6% nonsense?
Negotiator101
Member
Yeah but he actually comes off very badly, you simply can't downplay that amount of sales regardless of how you put it.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That was on a console that sold over 100 million also though.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Because sells matter to the games that gamers get to play. But you already knew that. Now you just mad.
That's uh quite the take there,
Anyway, 2.5 million is an excellent first day,
perfectly in line with the 5.5 to 6 million first week I was expecting
If it's been posted already, my bad
Forza didn't even reach 6% of the people that bought The Grinch: Christmas Adventures.
Slothbeing1209
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semiconscious
Member
well, if console warring actually required a certain amount of intelligence, your confusion would be more understandable. but, as things are,...
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plus some of us just like analyzing statistics and data,
The truth doesn't really matter to trolls
balls of snow
Member
Sony needs that nintendo like sales from its certified bangers. Its the only way we are getting a Death Stranding trilogy.
The thing that gets me is when I have seen a Starfield PLAYERS comparison to Spiderman 2 sales. The fact only 6mil/ then 10 mil PLAYERS were in Starfield can be spun into a MASSIVE L if you want. If we assume 30-35 million gamepass subs that means 80% of people who LITERALLY could play the game FOR FREE on their gamepass skipped playing Bethesdas newest huge game and the largest game from MS/Xbox in years. What a massive L. Even when it hit 10 mil that means not even half the people that can play it for free with their gamepass have even played a minute of it. Thats much much worse imo
Not to mention any mention of "install base" is hilarious considering what is PCs install base... 100+ million, 200 million... 300 million+ when MS games are all now PC + Xbox.
Not to mention any mention of "install base" is hilarious considering what is PCs install base... 100+ million, 200 million... 300 million+ when MS games are all now PC + Xbox.
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NeverYouMind
Member
It is a big improvement if you consider their previous work. Here is an entertaining spoof:
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
I know this is a sales topic, but some pics are necessary! Meshes, shaders, textures meet that original trailer.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
This is incredibly weird post. People have different tastes, play different genres, have all kinds of obligations, want to wait for bugs to get fixed (and Spider-man 2 has some that aren't just in the title). What the heck does any of that have to do with being "casual"?
Someone could have been playing BG3, Starfield, Cyberpunk Expansion, or a ton of other games that they picked up over last couple of years or playing retro games. People have lives (shocking I know) so most can't play 10 hours a day or whatever the heck being "non-casual" here means.
Not buying a game Day 1 is frankly a smart move considering bug fixes, performance optimization, additional features (like NG+), and so on that will come next few months. Not to mention $70 + tax (or even higher outside US) isn't a small chunk of change to just dump immediately on release. We aren't talking about folks playing Candy Crush here, lol.
Great achievement especially considering it's exclusive to a console that is still in the process of building it's installed base.
I expect the game to continue to sell really well and to boost sales of PS5 throughout the upcoming holiday season.
Just like reading certain tweets posted in the thread I expect some people to continue to find creative ways to badly hide how salty they are about this success
I expect the game to continue to sell really well and to boost sales of PS5 throughout the upcoming holiday season.
Just like reading certain tweets posted in the thread I expect some people to continue to find creative ways to badly hide how salty they are about this success
EverydayBeast
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Spider-Man 2 is guaranteed 10 million you got updates, we all recommend it, hours of gameplay it’s about longevity and Spider-Man 2 has it.
Ive already explained more than once why I made the post if you want to know you can read my post history instead of implying I give a shit about console wars or that Im emotionaly invested in whether sm does well or not. I couldnt care less either way. If you read my orginal post about why I posted that you would see the irony in any console warrior accusations Im recieving.
Unknown?
Member
Well it may be not be due to warring but it was very short sighted. You really don't understand why gamers are happy when games do well and further you don't see why this is good for gamers?
Gamerguy84
Member
Great for Insomniac. I've spent a few hours with the game but haven't went beyond the beginning training with
I have just been going around th3 city admiring the different views and playing with swinging and flying mechanics. It's been fun but I need to start the story.
sandman
I have just been going around th3 city admiring the different views and playing with swinging and flying mechanics. It's been fun but I need to start the story.