Marvel's Wolverine is a big hit for Sony with nearly 2 million copies sold days after release, according to the latest calculations from analyst firm Alinea Analytics.
Wolverine is apparently a hit insofar as sales, where the game has amassed an estimated 1.9 million copies sold on PlayStation 5. This milestone is in spite of the recent backlash against the game; Wolverine has been ridiculed in enthusiast gaming social media circles for specific UI and design choices and some cutscene animations.
Alinea Analytics' Rhys Elliott notes that Wolverine is currently the PS5's #1 first-party game of 2026, and has even beaten Death Stranding 2's lifetime sales.
"Wolverine is already the top-performing new PlayStation Studios game on PS5 this year, leapfrogging: MLB The Show ($99M and 1.5M copies sold on PS5), Marathon ($60M and 1.8M sold across all platforms), Saros ($40M, 510K sold on PS5), Marvel Tōkon ($49M and 740K sold on all platforms)."
Neither Insomniac nor Sony has commented on the issues at hand. However, the developer is expected to address key concerns with updates and patches, as is customary when big controversies like this break out.
Elliott believes that Wolverine's long-term sales could be impacted by the reception and ongoing controversy, and that the game may not live up to Insomniac's previous Spider-Man games, which have sold tens of millions of copies combined across two PlayStation console generations.
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