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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PS5 became the fastest-selling PlayStation game three days after the Marvel game launched. Sony and Insomniac announced that Spider-Man 2 sold over 5 million copies in three days, over 1 million more copies than Super Mario Bros. Wonder in a similar time frame.
“Woo! We’re incredibly honored to announce Marvel’s #SpiderMan2PS5 has sold over 5 MILLION COPIES!” Insomniac said in the announcement. “Thank you to our incredible community for supporting us and helping us reach this milestone! #BeGreaterTogether.”
Woo! We're incredibly honored to announce Marvel's #SpiderMan2PS5 has sold over 5 MILLION COPIES!
Thank you to our incredible community for supporting us and helping us reach this milestone! #BeGreaterTogether pic.twitter.com/KkXGXbsAB5
— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) November 9, 2023
It probably helps that the buzz around Spider-Man in general remained high since Insomniac re-released Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS5. Between that, Miles Morales, and more than one Spider-Man movie – including the hit Into the Spider-Verse that released earlier in 2023 – the friendly neighborhood Spider-Men have been swinging around in the public consciousness for a while.
Sony also announced that PlayStation has sold over 46 million units since the console first released in 2020, so that’s a pretty big install base.
2023’s seen its fair share of unexpected, record-breaking sales. Baldur’s Gate 3 sold far more than Larian expected and even crashed Steam for a few hours, and Tears of the Kingdom was on track to outsell Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in the weeks following its release.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF