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Marvel’s Spider-Man Tops Batman: Arkham City as Best-Selling Superhero Game Ever According to NPD
- Thread starter Lokimaster
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Considering It's a ps4 exclusive, that's insane. The Arkham games have been on the last gen consoles, this gen, PC and not to mention some shitty Wii U ports.
I don't think this is controversial at all.
Most agree that Asylum is the best Arkham title.
I know it's my favorite superhero game, in spite of my retro-nostalgic soft spot for Superman 2600.
I believe this comment was the spark
Tomb Raider Director Says "I'm not worried about Spider-Man".."This has been a great year for games"
I wouldn’t be worried about Spider-Man, it’s a niche, while Tomb Raider has not only more mainstream appeal, but a wider selection of consoles.
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Spider-Man PS4 is SONY's most underrated exclusive, best open world traverse, I think it's absurdly good.
the beginning of a legendI believe this comment was the spark
Tomb Raider Director Says "I'm not worried about Spider-Man".."This has been a great year for games"
I wouldn’t be worried about Spider-Man, it’s a niche, while Tomb Raider has not only more mainstream appeal, but a wider selection of consoles.
thank you very much
I prefer Spiderman to the open-world Batmans. Arkham Asylum may still be my favorite superhero game though. I think Spiderman improved the combat but it got a little tedious. Both could stand improvement in boss fights. Spiderman is best suited superhero to an open-world game that I can think of (he can navigate so fast, but has limitations that reign him in and make it more fitting than an Ironman/Thor/Superman game which would require more massive worlds for traversal and superhuman enemies to make them interesting).
True. I get the impression that City is more popular and considered by many to be the superior game. For me, the open world lost a lot of cohesiveness and magic that Asylum had. The individual closed environments in City had some of that but it was no where's near as comprehensive as Asylum's interlocking map (which is near perfect).
On just PS4/XBO? No, it wont outsell Spiderman.
After we add the inevitible cross-gen PS5/Scarlet versions? Yes, it will outsell Spidermaan.
Thats my guess.
Old thread about how good the sales were in UK
100% agreed.
Could be that Arkham's success drew more people into the subsequent sequels (which were never as good as the original, imo). But that would explain larger audiences for the later games.
I watched this gif looping at least for 3 minutes. Can't stop. D:
Holy hell we need RDJ back, there's one more crossover we need filmed
WW is probably the same or more. Less Xbox to sell multiplat games in Europe.
Yup. I wish I could cryo freeze myself until Spidey 2 comes out.
Batman will be okay.
The real winners are WB Interactive Entertainment.
Truth.
City and especially Knight are cases of a game being too bloated for their own good.
Only NPD, but congrats to Insomniac nonetheless!
Such an amazing game. I loved Arkham City as well. Always been a Batman fan.
Marvel Games - https://www.marvel.com/games
Off to a great start. Money in the bank.
Such an amazing game. I loved Arkham City as well. Always been a Batman fan.
Marvel Games - https://www.marvel.com/games
Off to a great start. Money in the bank.
Nah, it's pretty much without a doubt best selling WW too. Spider-Man sold 9M copies in two months. Last official numbers of Arkham City were in the ~6-7M range iirc, and it's not like Spidey stopped there since that was before Christmas season and it has been at the top of the charts for most countries at least a few times throughout even 2019.
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wowI believe this comment was the spark
Tomb Raider Director Says "I'm not worried about Spider-Man".."This has been a great year for games"
I wouldn’t be worried about Spider-Man, it’s a niche, while Tomb Raider has not only more mainstream appeal, but a wider selection of consoles.
Just one note though. Something those big experts always forget to mention.
According to NPD, "Full Game Digital data begins from Jan 2012 to present day".
Batman: Arkham City was released in the US two and a half months before. So its number may not include the first two months of digital sales.
According to NPD, "Full Game Digital data begins from Jan 2012 to present day".
Batman: Arkham City was released in the US two and a half months before. So its number may not include the first two months of digital sales.