Wolverine Has Sold Fewer Copies In 50 Days Than Spider-Man 2 Sold In Just One

Wolverine Still Hasn't Sold As Many Copies As Spider-Man 2 Managed On Its First Day Insomniac Published Nov 5, 2026, 6:37 AM EST Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Wolverine had an uncharacteristically rocky launch for Insomniac, and it looks like its reviews and the backlash towards some of its less popular mechanics may have had an impact on sales after all. While the game has sold in the millions, it’s not as many millions as you might expect from a game with one of Marvel’s most popular heroes as the lead. Sony published its latest financial report today, and within it are updates on how well some of its first-party games have sold. Even though the report only covers the most recent quarter, which ended on September 30, 2026, it has sales figures for Wolverine’s first 50 days, right up until November 4. Wolverine Is Taking A Long Time To Catch Up With Spider-Man 2's First 24 Hours Insomniac According to those figures, Wolverine has sold through 2.4 million copies. That’s a big number. A number that most studios would bite your hand off for. However, those aren’t Marvel numbers, as is demonstrated by how well Spider-Man 2 sold at launch, which you can see from the webslinger’s figures a few rows up on the same Sony document. According to that document, Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5 million copies during its first 24 hours. That means, despite having 50 times longer to hit that target, Wolverine has still fallen short. There’s an argument to be made that it’s unfair to compare the two, but it’s also unfair to suggest there is such a disparity between how well-known the heroes are that it should take Wolverine 50 times longer to hit the same targets. Spider-Man Is Bigger Than Wolverine, But Is He 50 Times Bigger? There is no world in which a Wolverine game is, or was ever expected to, sell anywhere close to as well as a Spider-Man game. Spider-Man is among the most popular and recognizable characters on the planet. You give people the chance to be him in a video game, and even if that game is bad, it will sell tens of millions of copies. Thankfully, none of them are. All three of Insomniac’s Spidey games are critically acclaimed and well-loved by fans. Wolverine, while also immensely popular, doesn’t have that same cache, and therefore doesn’t have the luxury of his games selling millions just because his face is on the cover. While that has still happened to an extent, word getting out that the game might not be up to Insomniac’s Spidey standard seems to have had an effect, and stunted sales to a greater degree than PlayStation would have expected. Systems Released September 15, 2026 ESRB Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, In-Game Purchases Developer(s) Insomniac Games Publisher(s) Sony Interactive Entertainment Genre(s) Action, Adventure