Hot damn! Thats wow...not that really surprised though. The game will probably sell 5 million within its first month, if not more.

Well done Insomniac.

No way it will match this..

TLOU2 is being made to murder Metacritic...
Sales are just an aftereffect...

I am a fan of TLoU but I don't think it could top it. Spider has a bigger audience and kids. TLoU does not have that reach and now with the lesbian stuff, is going to be trickier.

If only TLOU2 would sell less because of its mature nature.

Yep, first one is currently best selling PlayStation exclusive of all time with 17 million sold across PS3 and PS4.

I'm going to state what has already been written Spiderman is a more recognizable IP with a wider demographic appeal as good as TLOU and naughty dog are I don't think they will break Spiderman new record.

Personally, I think TLOU will beat Spiderman sales - and beat them soundly.

b....bb...but that's nothing compared to the install base.
fanboys inevitable next attack.

@supersonic

Heck if this keeps up I would love to see a deal for their new streaming service once it shows up

PS4 is a third party exclusive powerhouse platfirm!

I remember DJKing saying GOW wouldn’t sell even 10% of the PS4 user base. He also predicted Spider-Man would be beat out by SNK Heroines... lol

PS going strong.

To contrast those with God of War, GoW sold 3.1 million in 3 days world wide, Horizon sold 2.4 million world wide in 7 days, Bloodborne sold 1.4 million in 7 days world wide, Uncharted 4 sold 2.4 million in 10 days world wide, Infamous Second Son sold 1 million Units in 9 days world wide. They're on a roll.

Now they're getting ready to amp up Days Gone, but I have a feeling that one might sink. I hope it cracks 2 million and is actually good. All eyes are on Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us 2 and Death Stranding which I'm sure will all be strong.

“We’ve got to understand that if we enjoy those games, the business opportunity has to be there for them. I love story-based games. I just finished [LucasArts-inspired RPG] Thimbleweed Park – I thought it was a fantastic game. Inside was probably my game of last year. As an industry, I want to make sure both narrative-driven single-player games and service-based games have the opportunity to succeed. I think that’s critical for us.””

where in there (from the exact same interview immediately after the misconstrued quote) does it say SP games are dead??

https://www.theguardian.com...

No where does he say that

Regardless
I’m looking forward to playing Spider-man later on. Got some other games i wanna get through first

@ Kribwalker: "You’ll have things like Zelda or Horizon Zero Dawn that’ll come out, and they’ll do really well, but they don’t have the same impact that they used to have, because the big service-based games are capturing such a large amount of the audience." - Phil Spencer

But he has been proven wrong multiple times by now, if anything their impact is bigger than ever.

@Nyxus

Well looking at impact games like Spiderman and God of War are more impactful on the industry than games like State of Decay 2 and Sea of Thieves.

So it is possible for Single player games to have a greater impact than some GaaS. Making a game GaaS doesn't automatically guarantee it's sucesss in the market.

@nyxus

and where in there does he say single player games are dead?
“I want to make sure both narrative-driven single-player games and service-based games have the opportunity to succeed. I think that’s critical for us.”

I’d say that that last sentence says quite the opposite.

And for impact, tell me a SP Story driven game that has had as many players, or made as much money as something like Fortnite. Because that’s exactly the type of thing he was talking about. Fortnite has been consistently making over 200 million a month, you won’t find a SP game that would do that. Thus, it would not make as big of an impact

@ Kribwalker: Read Spencer's quote again. He says the SP games don't have the same impact 'they used to have', so compared to SP games in the past. And that is simply not true looking at the huge record shattering hits from this year alone.

Also, Fortnite is free.

@nyxus

“fortnite is free”
and yet this free game continues to rake in cash
https://www.theverge.com/20...

$300 million, a month after it brought in $200+ million and it continues to drive in huge revenue. Games as a service are huge money makers, and while spider-man could hit $300 million this month (would need to almost double its sales) it’s not going to hit that next month as well.

So Spider-man $300 million one month
Fortnite $300 million one month, $2-300 million the next month, 2-300 million the next month.

What’s a bigger impact there?

I think you need to read his quote again and not be so selective on it

“The audience for those big story-driven games... I won’t say it isn’t as large, but they’re not as consistent,” (HE STATES ITS NOT AS CONSISTENT, BUT SAYS HE WONT SAY IT ISNT AS LARGE) says Spencer. “You’ll have things like Zelda or Horizon Zero Dawn that’ll come out, and they’ll do really well, (SOME SP GAMES WILL DO WELL) but they don’t have the same impact that they used to have, because the big service-based games are capturing such a large amount of the audience (WHICH IS TRUE. THE BIGGEST GAMES OF THE GENERATION ARE SERVICE BASED IE GTA, FIFA) Sony’s first-party studios do a lot of these games, and they’re good at them, but outside of that, it’s difficult – they’re become more rare” (SONY DOES GOOD WITH SINGLE PLAYER GAMES, BUT ITS DIFFICULT FOR OTHERS)

and then he goes on to state his love of single player games. You guys keep trying the same tire narrative which isn’t true. At no time did he say SP is dying

@ Kribwalker: are you seriously saying Fortnite is the norm? For every Fortnite there is also a game like Lawbreakers.

HE STATES ITS NOT AS CONSISTENT, BUT SAYS HE WONT SAY IT ISNT AS LARGE - which has been proven WRONG.

SOME SP GAMES WILL DO WELL - not some, many.

WHICH IS TRUE. THE BIGGEST GAMES OF THE GENERATION ARE SERVICE BASED IE GTA, FIFA - and the biggest PlayStation exclusives are single player only game. If the quality is there, they can make a lot of money, no GAAS needed.

SONY DOES GOOD WITH SINGLE PLAYER GAMES, BUT ITS DIFFICULT FOR OTHERS - so what? What is his point exactly? Microsoft is one of the big three with tons of money, so the fact that it's 'difficult' is a weak excuse.

Phil didn't literally say 'SP is dead', that's true. But let's look at what he does say, and what he means by it. He is suggesting that in the current climate releasing SP only games isn't really viable, except for maybe a few hits here and there. But Sony has been releasing one record breaking SP game after the other, and even if they don't break records, they do well enough to be viable. So his suggestion that services are necessary just isn't true.

“@ Kribwalker: are you seriously saying Fortnite is the norm? For every Fortnite there is also a game like Lawbreakers”

and for every spider-man there is multiple games like gravity rush 2, or even Evil Within 2, a big budget SP game that was well received but under performed.

“SOME SP GAMES WILL DO WELL - not some, many”

and many will crash and burn. it’s the same for both SP and MP.

“and the biggest PlayStation exclusives are single player only game. If the quality is there, they can make a lot of money, no GAAS needed.”

and not one of them has sold more than a game like GTAV on PS4 . So would that be more or less impact?

“Phil didn't literally say 'SP is dead', that's true. But let's look at what he does say, and what he means by it.”

And now you are changing the interview to fit your narrative and in no way have you proved what you guys say “phil spencer says SP games are dead”

Case in point of GAAS games making a bigger impact than SP games.

http://n4g.com/news/2205024...

How many SP games have 78 million people playing them? What single player game gets mentioned by analyst as a direct contributing factor to a Year To Date dollar growth of 40% on total sales in the video game industry.

Little tip, if you want to avoid the downvotes, a /s at the end might help :) because there really are trolls/people than think that PS somehow has no games since it doesn't have Halo I guess.

@Guyfamily999

Yeah I thought the laughing faces at the end of my comment would have been enough of a clue but I guess you really have to spell it out for a lot of people :)

I saw your sarcasm from a mile away.
Try not to be sarcastic when theirs ps4 anything. You will be hated lol

@ raWfodog yeah i saw the sarcasm too but well people can be too serious,lol.

@LoveSpuds I'd put that game's failings down to EA being the publisher considering it changed so much from reveal to launch.