While we await more substantive data and weekly rankings, which are usually released in the next few hours, we have the first confirmation Marvel’s Wolverine At the time of launch, this is still one of the most relevant markets, at least as far as the UK market is concerned: this tells us that Insomniac Games’ new game currently represents The third best PS5 in the UK market in 2026 released.
This information comes from the usual Chris Dring, a former GamesIndustry editor who now runs the games business. physical market.
What also arises is the fact that the result is still the result Far lower than Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 recordwhich is 60% lower than the numbers recorded by Insomniac Games when their last game was released.
Lower than expected?
There are obviously several differences to note: we are talking about the physical market, which already represents it only part of the picture Overall, digitization has developed rapidly in recent years, so a large portion of sales comes from this area.
However, it must also be noted that at the same time, the PS5 base has grown compared to 2023, when Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was released, so Wolverine can rely on a larger number of potential users than its predecessor.
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In fact, the two games that still lead in number of releases are Resident Evil Requiem 007: First Lightwhich represent the first and second-best PS5 games to launch in the UK this year, again on a physical basis.
Marvel’s Wolverine sold “slightly less than Rambo” at launch, but has so far sold three times more than Death Stranding 2, which has been increasingly questioned in terms of sales lately, but also because it clearly represents one of the major PS5 exclusives released on the market recently.
