Yes, because Sony released so many successful first party games in 2026…
Insomniac's Wolverine hits 1.9 million sales despite controversy, becomes Sony's top first-party game of 2026
Submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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Melonpoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lol I had to double check because I couldn’t remember any.
We got…
- Marathon
- Saros
- MLB The Show 26
- Marvel Tōken: fighting souls
And this.
binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
woof
mursejoy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Literally no reason to open a PS5 in the big 26’
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This did better than Tokon? That makes me pretty sad
AdamBomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
😬 How the mighty have fallen since the PS2 days
OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is Tokon classed as a first party? Isnt it technically a second party game, because it is developed by Arc who arent owned by Sony, but published by Sony?
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
This might be a lot but keep in mind the INSANE budget for this game so despite this it’s still nowhere near breaking even
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even the insane funds, it looks like it was a complete failure.
I suspect you may have seen the video of people going out of bounds in that one area? They were able to find larger portions of cities, small towns and so forth.
It looks like the game was originally meant to be open world or closer to it, but probably due to constraints they bailed on that.
I’m guessing that’s the source of a lot of people’s dislike.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah I’ve seen the OOB areas. But I don’t think people dislike the game because it’s linear. Tho hearing the word “constraints” when talking about a $300mil+ budget is kinda funny.
jontree255@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What other exclusives did they release this year? Saros?
zikzak025@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They also put out Ghost of Yotei and Marathon (yikes).
Marvel Tokon too if you count console exclusives that are also on PC.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Marathon. The best gamenmost people will never play.
It really is very good.
Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Proof that gamers have no spine (once again. See also Switch 2 and PS5 sales) and that online discourse holds no prediction of real world value.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
You think this id a good number? One of the reasons Sony dropped Kojima is supposedly that DS2 “only” sold 2M.
Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tbf all of this bad press and 1.9 mil = maximum $120 million on a $300 million budget IS an extreme $180 million loss (so far)
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Who among us can truly know what numbers lie in the hearts of AAA publisher executives? Mark my words, mere consumers can’t even begin to guess the immense scale of these numbers. They are numbers of cosmic magnitude we do not comprehend. Verily, even the executives in question have even vaguest idea of what they are actually asking for, unaware of the true import of their demands.
mohab@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
What?? 2M is not a good number for a first-party Sony game. For example, God of War 2018 estimated to have sold 4M on PC alone.
They’re just having a shit year overall, so 2M is their best.
creamfresh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Spine for what?
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seems like an alright $5 buy down the road.
Coelacanth@aggregatet.org 2 weeks ago
I’m not convinced it’s even worth my time, much less money.
Datz@szmer.info 2 weeks ago
Yeah, comparing to “no game is worth $60”, it is no better to buy a $5 game that will leave you unfazed for 15 hours. That just sounds like being a VG junkie.
IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gotta save your money for the Stream Frame brudda. Every dollar counts 💀
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yup. I’ll be playing it for the story which ,from what I hear, is pretty solid. But I’m in no hurry.
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Where have you heard that? I guess it depends on if you’re a comic book fan or not maybe? But anyone that likes/knows the characters has said (or so I’ve been told, could just be the circles I’m in) that it’s a massive disappointment.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s single player. I’ll pirate it and share it on soulseek for the world.
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey that also works for me. I haven’t pirated a new game in years and have been itching to give it a go again to see how it is now. It being the piracy process of a new game in the modern day lol
VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
To stay on Marvel games. Midnight Suns was far from perfect but extremely enjoyable… Pretty sure you can get it for 5$ now.
Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Just barely eking out heavy hitters like Marathon, Marvel Tokon or God of War Sons of Sparta.
Mika@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I can’t imagine any reason to watch or play a game about american superheroes. Cringe asf.
mohab@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I mean, if you care that much about character or story in an action game, it’s probably a good idea not to pick it up to begin with, yeah.
The genre typically has bad to mediocre stories because the selling point is the gameplay anyway.
rozodru@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
buddy of mine bought this and I went over to his place to play it. It’s boring. it holds your hand for everything and it’s impossible to fail QTEs so there’s just no point in doing them.
Zorque@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To be honest, the only good quick time event is the one you don’t have to do.
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Flashbacks from Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy
I_Jedi@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Ah, but what you miss is that the game would be far too hard for DSP to complete otherwise. There will be no complaints of I PRESSED IT AND IT DIDN’T COUNT WHAT A STOOPID GAME and WHAAAT THE GAME DIDN’T TELL ME THAT.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
The masses of non passionate gamers don’t care the public perception or what the press has to say about a game. Especially so with popular franchises, see Pokemon, FIFA and Call of Duty as an example.
mohab@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Do the math. If this game actually cost 300M, selling 2M copies at $70 does not even break even.
This shit flopped.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
It’s always funny to see people on lemmy calling for boycotts, saying how stupid companies are for not making products they want to buy and predicting how badly things will fail only for the masses to completely ignore all this and spend money on the same shit as always.
skozzii@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The bar is really low…
Atleast a new Hideo Kojima game should be coming soon…
Adamthinks@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
The level of comments here is no better than Reddit.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
gamer culture is toxic as fuck.
yet another reason why I stopped playing multiplayer games.
IamMoonPie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So glad I canceled my pre-order for this. A three minute quick time event where you don’t have to do a damn thing?! No thanks.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
wow…shocking
well, not that shocking…
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Could be an echo effect. 90% of people don’t really pay attention to gaming media or hate trains - they just see a cool new game in stores while most of their attention is elsewhere.
The “echo” element would be that if most of their knowledge of gaming is from playing things, not reading about them, they may decide “Wow, Sony usually makes great stuff, but last one I bought wasn’t great. I may sit this out.” I sort of saw that with Assassin’s Creed Unity / Syndicate. Unity was shitty and released with terrible bugs, but Syndicate was sort of okay - and Syndicate was the one that saw lots of lost sales.
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Cattle
k2r@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s so bad that it’s good in the end
jagermo@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It’s more or less a remake of the last Wolverine game, right? Even the intro, i remeber falling out of a plane in that one, too
the_q@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Idiots will buy anything.
artyom@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Well…they won’t buy Concord.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Concord was a brand new IP, this is an established popular IP. The brand recognition alone probably sells a million units.
Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn… even idiots know that game sucks.
It must sting for the devs.
threeonefour@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Lesson learned! You need a licenced character on the cover if you want idiots to buy it!
ryper@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Idiots will pre-order anything.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This right here.
dudeface@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How did you win it?
ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
the_q@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
This is a great example of misinterpreting what’s being said with an emotional response.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
In this specific instance that statement is entirely accurate
dan1101@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
Datz@szmer.info 2 weeks 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)
the_q@piefed.social 2 weeks 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.
creamfresh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let people have fun. Maybe even try it yourself.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
If you’re having fun playing with garbage I’m gonna have fun telling you it’s garbage
the_q@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Such a telling and disheartening message…