Evening Digest: Spider-Man Record, Golf Clash Revenue, Outfit7 in Barcelona
Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 20.
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Spider-Man sold 3.3 million copies in three days
A new exclusive for PlayStation 4 is breaking records. Insomniac Games’ full-price Spider-Man game has reached 3.3 million copies sold in three days. Thanks to this, the game became the fastest selling internal development of Sony (the developer belongs to it) in history. For comparison, the last God of War sold 3.1 million copies during the same time, and it took a week for Uncharted 4 to reach 2.7 million copies sold.
Marvel’s Spider-Man is setting records! It’s now the fastest-selling first-party PlayStation title, selling 3.3M+ in its first 3 days. Thanks to all the fans, and congrats to @InsomniacGames & @MarvelGames! #SpiderManPS4 pic.twitter.com/64SIZtdBqp
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 20, 2018
Golf Clash revenue exceeded $225 million
The golf simulator, in which the meta is borrowed from Clash Royale, has earned $225 million since its release in the fall of 2016. This is reported by Sensor Tower. According to the services, the game has collected $25.8 million in the past month alone. We published a detailed analysis of the game this summer, it can be viewed here. Recall that the developer of the game is Playdemic, which is owned by Time Warner.
Golf ClashThe authors of Talking Tom have launched a new studio in Barcelona
Outfit7 company, known for its games about Tom the cat, announced the launch of a new division. It will be based in Barcelona, the southern European industrial mecca, where ZeptoLab, King, Ubisoft and Gameloft have their own teams. The new Outfit7 studio will be headed by Dani Bajc, who has been the company’s director of design and animation for the past four years.
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