Comment on Insomniac's Wolverine hits 1.9 million sales despite controversy, becomes Sony's top first-party game of 2026

the_q@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• artyom@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well…they won’t buy Concord.

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  • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Concord was a brand new IP, this is an established popular IP. The brand recognition alone probably sells a million units.

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  • Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damn… even idiots know that game sucks.

    It must sting for the devs.

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  • threeonefour@piefed.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lesson learned! You need a licenced character on the cover if you want idiots to buy it!

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Which is weird, because when I was a kid, having movie/tv/comic tie in games usually meant a rushed/bad game, and thus should be avoided.

      I guess LJN had to go out of business eventually.

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• ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Idiots will pre-order anything.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This right here.

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    • mursejoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I am sure a shit load of those sales were pre-release sales made by consumers that assumed the goodwill of Insomniac would translate to a win.

      There is no reason to preorder a game especially on a platform that doesn’t regularly offer refunds.

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      • harmbugler@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Sony sell games now?

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• creamfresh@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Let people have fun. Maybe even try it yourself.

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    If you’re having fun playing with garbage I’m gonna have fun telling you it’s garbage

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  • the_q@piefed.social ⁨58⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Such a telling and disheartening message…

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    • creamfresh@lemmy.world ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      What does it tell you?

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      • the_q@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        That you don’t understand that the fun your referencing has a cost and the cost is paid by others in various ways. A lot of suffering involved with “fun”.

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• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  anything I don’t like is bad and anyone who plays it is an idiot

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    In this specific instance that statement is entirely accurate

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  • the_q@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is a great example of misinterpreting what’s being said with an emotional response.

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    • mursejoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “I like this thing and defend its faults, and anyone who is against it is disingenuous”

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• dudeface@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Doesn’t sound like it’s a bad game, it’s just not anything amazing

  I won a copy so I will play it one day

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How did you win it?

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    • dudeface@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I work in the gaming industry, our studio has draws for new games, I have won other ps5 games previously

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• dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I mean sometimes you want to just zone out and play something dumb. You don’t get any gamer credibility but nothing wrong with having fun.

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  • Datz@szmer.info ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’re paying $60 (or is this 70?) for “something dumb”, though. If there’s no passion for it, why buy now? I might buy Sonic 06 for $5 and have a laugh, but at launch there’s no way (even if Wolverine is less “bad” and more “easy”, point still stands)

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  • the_q@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your “just have fun” stance ensures companies make poor quality experiences because people will still buy it. The capitalist love people that just want to zone out.

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