Insomniac Hack Exposes Staggering Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 & 3 Budgets and Sony’s Soaring PC Revenue Goals
- Sagar Mankar
- Dec 21, 2023
- 2 min read
A major data breach at Insomniac Games has exposed around 1.67 terabytes of sensitive information, including budgets, sales figures, and details about upcoming projects.
Sony confirmed that the breach was isolated to Insomniac and that no other PlayStation divisions were affected. Still, the sheer scale of the leak has left fans and analysts digging through numbers that were never meant to be public.
According to reports, the leaked files included financial breakdowns of Insomniac’s biggest titles. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 carried a massive $315 million budget, with projections of selling 10.5 million copies to achieve a 35% return on investment. Considering the game sold five million copies in just ten days, it seems well on track.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man: Miles Morales turned out to be a huge success story, generating a 122% ROI on its $156 million budget thanks to over 10 million sales.
Not every project hit the same highs, though. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart reportedly lost $8 million after selling 2.2 million copies against an $81 million budget.
Future projects were also part of the leak. Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 is said to have an even larger budget of $385 million, with expectations of selling 14.5 million copies. Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game is also ambitious, carrying a $305 million budget and aiming for 10 million sales.
The breach also shed light on Sony’s PC port strategy, which has quietly become a major revenue driver. Here are the top-selling PlayStation games on Steam (as of February 2023):
Horizon Zero Dawn: Aloy’s stunning post-apocalyptic adventure reigns supreme with 3.3 million copies sold on PC, a million more than previously reported!
God of War: Kratos’ epic Norse saga sold 2.5 million copies on PC.
Days Gone: Deacon St. John’s zombie-slaying escapades found 1.7 million fans on PC.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered — 1.3 million copies
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — 483.2k copies
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales — 450.2k copies
Sackboy: A Big Adventure — 62.9k copies
According to Sony’s investor keynote in May 2023, the company is optimistic about the PC segment, aiming for a revenue of $450 million in FY23 ending March 31, 2024 — an 80% YoY increase.
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