PS5 stock influx boosts Spider-Man: Miles Morales sales

EA's Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has knocked Resident Evil: Village off the top spot.

[Magog]

Boxed numbers are meaningless with so many people buying digitally but great more people are getting their hands on PS5.

[JEECE]

Meaningless in terms of knowing total sales, but useful for comparing titles against one another. Unless there's a rationale to do so, I'm not going to assume one title sells far better digitally than another. I'd be willing to assume that the most mainstream titles skew more towards physical sales (COD, FIFA, GTA, etc), because casuals seem to gravitate more towards disc (I have casual friends who probably don't even know that all games are available digitally), but otherwise I'd assume most games split similarly between physical and digital.

[Crazyglues]

Yeah Digital for whatever reason is just not there yet, Maybe too slow internet speeds, maybe the need to sell the game if one does not like it, or the need to just have a psychical copy....

Either way I've been Digital since PS3 and I Love it.. Days of looking for a disc to insert are long gone and being able to share with my little brother so he can download to his PS5 makes it priceless for me.. so because of that I don't mind not getting a deal on digital and not being able to sell it --> I'm super happy with digital and I'm digital for life, not going back to disc. the pro's out way the cons for me.. 1GB internet speeds I'm good...

But yeah I would assume sales of digital are a lot less then Disc so comparing disc sales is a good measure, you can just think of 30% going to digital for each game... So we don't really need to look at digital sales you can just add 30% to whatever game your talking about / 30 percent went digital..

[Phoenix76]

@Magog
I don't know what region of the world you live in, but here in the UK for average cost for a physical copy of ME costs £55 (brought mine from Asda), where as the PS store is charging us £60 (less if you sign up to EA sub - about £52 I believe)
Boxed numbers are important as a great deal of people still prefer them over digital.

[ocelot07]

PS store may charge £60. But you don't have to pay the £60 price. For example £60 worth of psn credit is just under £55 @ cdkeys. Or at shopto.net £53.70 for a total of £60 psn credit.

[Phoenix76]

@ocelot
Yeah that is true, you can do that. However, for most people, they wouldn't be aware this and too some people, they may even say "seems like a lot hassle".

[CorndogBurglar]

Its not meaningless at all. More sales are more sales. We just can't get a total sales idea without digital included. But ghe article os saying that the influx of PS5 stock has caused the MM boxed sales to rise. That was the whole point.

[Ratchet75]

I used top be digital on ps4 but with the insane digital prices(RE8 €69. 99 versus €47.00 on Amazon) and the risk of losing ownership of your games if the cmos 🔋 go dead many people are going back physical.

[RedDevils]

I still buying disc as it far cheaper. Why people are so stupid buying digital where it cost $99 for the same games that cost like at least $20 less. For games like ratchet and clank on PS5 costing like $125 digital you can get it physical for $105 here in Australia.

[Chevalier]

Jeez. Is there no imports services to Australia? Seems like something you'd think would be a thing over there

[ocelot07]

Stupid you say?

So me and my girlfriend love playing cod. I bought the cross gen bundle off the psn store for £50. With my account on her ps5 we both get to play it at same time and play online with each other. Be pretty stupid paying for 2 disk copies if you ask me.

Same goes for the up coming Rust. Paid £38 I think off psn (using cheap psn codes). We get to play together for £38. Or we could just be very stupid and pay £60+ for 2 disk copies.

[Thundercat77]

Very hard to see the whole picture without digital data. Spider Man MM is such a good game. I'm glad it keeps returning to the top 10 every time a new wave of PS5s are sold to customers.

[jukins]

Its top 3 in total 2021 sales. Beat only by cod and mario 3d world. Its such a good game. I got a nice 40 hours out of it and like watching my kids try to play it cant wait for the full sequel.

Maybe insomniac will treat us to some co-op missions like ghosts

[Darkborn]

I really hope and kind of think they might make a venom game either next or after spiderman 2. It would be really smart to capitalize on that with the new venom movie coming out soon and he is shown.

[DivineHand125]

I like that idea for co-op especially if venom becomes a character in the next game.

[jukins]

Theyll probably have Peter get the symbiote Miles will have to fight him and then we'll get venom. And hob or green goblin as well. And if they do venom they should definetly have a "seperate" dlc whwre you play as him.

[Chevalier]

I do really like this theory I heard on Twitter which seems incredibly plausible. Basically the tech they're using in Ratchet and Clank with the portals and rifts are a test. A test for what you say? A Spiderverse game where you jump between all the realities and multiple Spiderman versions

[boing1]

Yeah, that's one of those games you're buying PS5 for. It is that good.

[darthv72]

Well maybe the game keeps getting a bump due to it being part of bundle deals? that is how I got my copy. It was a package deal from Gamestop along with extra controller and CoD. they werent free... I had to pay for everything in the bundle in order for me to get the PS5.

[Thundercat77]

Or maybe people are just buying the game because it is that good and there is no need to make lame excuses as to it being part of a bundle.

[darthv72]

@thunder, Oh I know its a good game but lets not pretend that there arent retailers making their own bundles to move product and try and stave off would be scalpers. I know you aren't that naive. As i have said, that is how I got my PS5 from Gamestop.

They were doing bundles with SM:MM and CoD with extra controller and gift card for $729. Now i would have gotten SM by itself, and that would count towards the numbers sold but as it is in the bundle it still counts toward the numbers sold. i dont see why you or others get so pushed out of shape over it. A sale is a sale, and that's what matters to the retailer and the publisher.

[waverider]

The power of a system seller like spiderman! But others think that features is the thing that gamers want... Or care...

[jukins]

Lol you guys dont know what boxed means? Also its uk. . . .you guys keep mentioning gamestop. Just let it go Miles is a system seller.

[darthv72]

Is gamestop available over in the UK? I'm sorry, I am in the US so it could be other retailers there who bundle games and systems to help move product. No doubt the system sells itself, but if a retailer has the chance to move some units of software by bundling them and making that the only way to buy the system... they will.

People complain so much about scalpers, scalper bots will try to avoid the bundles but others can still buy them and then sell off the components they dont need to recoup some of the $$. I am seeing lots of copies of CoD, spider-man, Godfall... whatever was bundled with systems at the time they were sold, I am seeing them being sold new on the 2nd hand market. That is a sure sign that people bought up the bundles just to get the systems to try and flip for profit.

you cant possibly tell me you have never seen one like that in your local listings. Be it facebook marketplace or if you have the equivalent of offerup or craigslist in UK/EU. i guarantee you people are doing that.

[jukins]

Thats not a sign at all. As i myself bought full priced games and controllers to enhance my sale of a ps5. I bought miles ultimate edition demons soul and a controller and still profited $400 or so.

Regardless of that you guys are commenting on this story using irrelvant information. Its uk boxed sales they dont count bundles thats all there is to it

[zypher]

I mean yeah, I prioritize games, but I like features too.

[JackBNimble]

System seller? I can play this on my ps4 , I thought the ps5 had games. If spiderman is what's selling the ps5 then I guess I was wrong.

[Knushwood Butt]

Shame Returnal dropped.

Awesome game.

[SullysCigar]

Yep. Comes with the territory for new IPs, sadly, but a game this good will be a slow burner from this point on as people find out by word of mouth how awesome it is.

Edit: of course, there are always idiots that won't accept people can like different games/genres than they do. I'm sure one will be along in 3...2...:

[DEEHULK88]

Slow burn my a$$. Returnal will just be a flop. Let's not sugarcoat it

[jukins]

Flopped so hard that it was number 3 in npd.....with 1 day of sales recorded only losing to mlb a familiar franchise multiplat, and outriders sold on every system known to man kind lol.

[RedDevils]

@DEEHULK88 more like you hope it flop. In reality you just one of those bitter hater.

[Luc20]

It's a great game and I bought the digital version however some of my friends won't be getting it because it's too difficult. After 20 hrs I gave up myself and been enjoying castlevania games available on ps now for a change.

[AuraAbjure]

Castlevania games are sick!

[darthv72]

Returnal should see a spike in sales. i have been seeing new GS bundles with returnal and MLB.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

$70 is a lot for people to stomach ($100 in Canada, $128 in Australia, €80 in Europe, and £70 in UK).

[Christopher]

Almost every new release falls out of #1 spot after the first week unless it's a known annual release or R*. Why are people making this some FUD material?

[Applejack]

Because some people get off on console arguments for reasons I’ll never understand.

[NeoGamer232]

I was going to wait for Returnal to drop in price, but I think I will go get it now. I can't watch a next gen exclusive game, new IP, and full game with pretty much the same metacritic score sell less then a side story sequel of a game that also runs on last gen consoles and shipped 6 months ago.

SHAME ON GAMERS INCLUDING MYSELF!

[abeosaa]

Managed to get a PS5(UK) on wednesday, picked up Spiderman and AC:Valhalla 2nd hand from CEX. Wonder if their sales go towards this.

[Nyxus]

I would assume second hand sales don't count for these charts. Also congrats on getting a PS5!

[abeosaa]

Cheers mate managed to pick one up in-store at Argos. Was only 6 left when I left but funnily enough I told my mate they had them, he went back the next day and managed to get the last one. Seems like in-store drops don't fly off the shelves as quick as you'd think.

[jukins]

Probably because no one expects them in stores. Kinda cool though that theyre gettong to shelves and actually lasting a little

[Slappy McGee]

PS5 game sales increase as the systems get into actual gamers hands instead of scalpers. Imagine that.

[Nyxus]

There was new PS5 stock in the UK, has nothing to do with scalpers.

[JEECE]

You can't be a scalper unless you sell to an actual gamer. If you just hang on to the console, you're a consumer or a collector.

[jukins]

Exactly. I dont get why people cant comprehend, yes scalpers arent good, but facts are if they couldnt sell it they wouldnt be scalping so hard simple as that.

[jukins]

Lol if you dont atop with the damn scalpers...look scalpers are selling them. . . If they werent selling scalpers wouldnt bother. . .
Or you think scalpera are just hording ps5s. . . Make it make sense

[Hikoran]

New player to Mass Effect here, very much enjoying it, didn't so much at the start but it gets really interesting! Plus I wanted to support Bioware

[1nsomniac]

… ps5 stock imports have decreased month on month. It’s harder to get a console now because we’re only getting one large shipment in a month rather than 2-3 we have been getting. Something sounds very fishy with these numbers. We’ve certainly not had any PS5 stock influx here in the UK tho.

[Darkborn]

I do wish demons souls would get some more love. I really want Sony to make a demons souls 2 or a bloodborne 2.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

It needs a moderate price cut. The price hike appears to be hurting some of Sony's games.

Spiderman is €60 here (a fair, competitive price) in Ireland and obviously a huge property whereas Demon's Souls is a €80 remake. Consumers are rejecting those prices to some extent. I think Returnal would be selling quite a bit better at a slightly lower price as well (e.g. €70 - the standard price for Sony's PS4 games and most PS5 games).

[aquamala]

RIP Returnal

[ZeekQuattro]

Gone too soon. Damn.

[Father__Merrin]

Miles morales Is a clear system seller

[Ryuk_2007]

Mass Effect : 26k
RE8 : 21.3k
Under 20k> spider-man
Lol> Returnal

[draconiangull]

What place did any Microsoft game place on the chart?

[DFresh]

In other words.
Water is wet.