Spider-Man: Miles Morales climbs UK charts thanks to PS5 stock surge

Amid a surge in PlayStation 5 stocks, boxed sales of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales jumped 172% in the UK.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales sales surged in the UK thanks to a surge in PlayStation 5 shares.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, the increase in PS5 stocks led to a 64% increase in sales of boxed PS5 games in the UK, with physical copies of Spider-Man: Miles Morales in particular, seeing a whopping 172% increase week over week. Marvel’s game previously peaked at number seven on the UK’s best-selling boxed games list, and this influx of purchases sent it up to number two.

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Had Miles Morales sold an additional 1,000 units, it would have taken the number one spot, which is currently held by Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. Despite seeing a 38% week-over-week drop in sales, the Nintendo Switch title still enjoyed its third consecutive week at the top of the list.

The 2018 game follow-up Marvel Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4, Miles Morales was a PS5 launch title, released on November 12, 2020 in North America and Australia, with a PS4 version available worldwide the same day. The PS5 version saw its own worldwide release a week later, on November 19.

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Developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales It is available now on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

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