{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7eef1e9b6bca5c8bd002fc86","clusterId":"c_a46295a1ce56045f67ed3b65","slug":"marvel-s-wolverine-physical-copies-take-35-percent-of-worldwide-sales","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Marvel's Wolverine Physical Copies Take 35 Percent Of Worldwide Sales","summary":"Marvel's Wolverine, the Insomniac Games action title released for PS5 on September 15, 2026, sold about 2.16 million copies worldwide, with physical versions accounting for 35 percent, according to Ampere Analysis data reported by The Game Business. In Europe, Games Sales Data puts physical at 51 percent, above digital. The UK skewed digital at about two-thirds, while France was more than two-thirds physical.","whyItMatters":"The numbers land against Sony's decision to drop disc versions for PlayStation games released after January 2028, and they show boxed copies still carrying a large share in Europe even as Sony puts overall PS digital unit sales at about 82 percent and Capcom's at about 90 percent.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe split is not uniform across the continent. Games Sales Data puts European physical sales at 51 percent, but the UK ran the other way, with about two-thirds of copies sold digitally, while France went more than two-thirds physical. Other PS5 releases show similar boxed shares: SILENT HILL: Townfall above 45 percent, The Blood of Dawnwalker at 36 percent, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword at 30 percent.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSony has said PlayStation games released after January 2028 will drop physical disc versions. Its own figures put full PS game digital unit sales at about 82 percent, and publishers such as Capcom at about 90 percent digital.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Marvel's Wolverine sold 2.16 million copies, and Europe's 51 percent physical split runs opposite to the UK, where two-thirds went digital. Physical share tracks region, not format decline.","twitterPost":"Marvel's Wolverine moved 2.16 million copies. Europe split 51 percent physical, the UK two-thirds digital. Region, not format, decides the disc.","threadsPost":"Marvel's Wolverine sold about 2.16 million copies, and the physical split flips by market: Europe at 51 percent physical, France above two-thirds, the UK around two-thirds digital. A single global physical figure hides how differently each region still buys discs.","newsletterBlurb":"Marvel's Wolverine sold about 2.16 million copies worldwide, 35 percent of them physical, according to Ampere Analysis data reported by The Game Business. Europe's boxed share reaches 51 percent, though the UK skews digital and France skews physical. The figures arrive as Sony moves to drop disc versions for PlayStation games released after January 2028.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173427.html\",\"title\":\"Marvel's Wolverine Physical Version Accounts for 35% of Sales Worldwide, 51% in Europe, Report Says; Physical Media Still Strong\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4699,"outputTokens":639,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791538627,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T09:31:25.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T09:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T09:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a46295a1ce56045f67ed3b65","canonicalTitle":"『Marvel's Wolverine』パッケージ版売り上げ比率が全世界で35％、ヨーロッパでは51％と報道。まだまだ強い物理メディア","representativeArticleId":"a_19b8e376ef5d6cb85839a998","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Marvel's Wolverine\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T08:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T08:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T09:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173427.html","title":"『Marvel's Wolverine』パッケージ版売り上げ比率が全世界で35％、ヨーロッパでは51％と報道。まだまだ強い物理メディア"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Marvel's Wolverine"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}