Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart WAS profitable

[JAHGamer]

Sadly everyone is running with a slide that is strictly projections/estimates, and not actual data. Even I fell for it

People will acknowledge those projections but ignore an actual slide where Insomniac says they're profitable

The game had an 83M budget and 145m in net revenue as of February 2022

The game sold 1.6m units in its first month, that's $112M in net revenue in the first month alone. NOT including digital deluxe upgrade that was $80 instead of $70m. Far exceeding the 73m figure that was in the other slide.

The presentation where it said Rift Apart flopped was made almost an entire YEAR BEFORE the games release!

 

[JAHGamer]

I hope the iconera twitter bot picks this one up and it goes viral like the others, Insomniac deserves better

 

[Box]

Spiderman 2 outsold it in 3 days, it's safe to say Marvel games will be a priority from now on

 

[Entropi]

I'm glad that it made a profit. I love this series, and Rift Apart is one of the best.

 

[Danja]

Spiderman 2 outsold it in 3 days, it's safe to say Marvel games will be a priority from now on

Ratchet was never gonna compete with Spiderman. The Franchise was poised to grow but pricing and PS5 shortage killed the momentum

 

[JAHGamer]

Spiderman 2 outsold it in 3 days, it's safe to say Marvel games will be a priority from now on

What does that have to do with the post? That doesn't refute or contradict anything. Spider-Man is obviously much more popular, there is already another R/C game confirmed to be coming.

 

[Box]

Ratchet was never gonna compete with Spiderman. The Franchise was poised to grow but pricing and PS5 shortage killed the momentum

Im a lofe long ratchet fan from the ps2 days, the series will never be popular for one reason

Marketability

Ratchet unlike Crash,Spiro,mario and Sonic is just Marketable. He doesn't have an iconic easy to market design.

Astro on the other hand, is perfect and would be very easy to market and create merchandise for.

 

[JAHGamer]

I'm glad the post is doing well on twitter, @Bryank75 brilliant idea to make that bot. It's a great way to combat all of the FUD. Hopefully it continues to grow.

Big page reddragon has also picked up on it

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Many people are calling it a flop because of a stolen out-of-context slide and that pisses me off. The bots are running with this narrative now.

They must at 3.5+ millions since 2022. It's good for this smaller project. Rift Apart is amazing but it will never beat Spider-Man or whatever.

 

[anonpuffs]

Sadly everyone is running with a slide that is strictly projections/estimates, and not actual data. Even I fell for it

People will acknowledge those projections but ignore an actual slide where Insomniac says they're profitable

The game had an 83M budget and 145m in net revenue as of February 2022

I wonder what's causing the discrepancy, maybe there was some different accounting (maybe the parent company takes part of the revenue?). Pretty odd

*edit* nvm i guess it was actual vs projected revenue

 

[AshHunter216]

I'm glad the post is doing well on twitter, @Bryank75 brilliant idea to make that bot. It's a great way to combat all of the FUD. Hopefully it continues to grow.

Big page reddragon has also picked up on it

yep, we're going to need more stuff like this. The bots are going into overdrive spreading FUD and lies.

 

[Bryank75]

I'm glad the post is doing well on twitter, @Bryank75 brilliant idea to make that bot. It's a great way to combat all of the FUD. Hopefully it continues to grow.

Big page reddragon has also picked up on it

I'd love to do more, if some of the Twitter people that have a following joined here, we'd be able to coordinate better and spread facts, as well as counter FUD more efficiently.

Spreading through many videos, news and streams etc.

 

[JAHGamer]

I wonder what's causing the discrepancy, maybe there was some different accounting (maybe the parent company takes part of the revenue?). Pretty odd

It was just a forecast, but yeah there definitely is a discrepancy. I found another slide from that presentation and apparently it sold 1.6m in the first month alone. Not including deluxe editions that were $80, that is $112M at $70. Already far exceeding the $73m that was in the other slide!

 

[JAHGamer]

The presentation where it said Rift Apart "flopped" was made almost an entire YEAR BEFORE the games release!

 

[Swolf712]

GOD I am so happy.

Insomniac has just been getting dogpiled by BS today.

 

[anonpuffs]

The presentation where it said Rift Apart "flopped" was made almost an entire YEAR BEFORE the games release!

Good eyes

 

[JAHGamer]

This is the 2nd time in 3 days that Insider Gaming has reported on fake news and have contributed to spreading misinformation

 

[JAHGamer]

That trash Jaffe is eating crow he jumped on it immediately and his video was taken down

 

[Dr Bass]

I can't believe the stupidity of this entire industry.

 

[Danja]

Im a lofe long ratchet fan from the ps2 days, the series will never be popular for one reason

Marketability

Ratchet unlike Crash,Spiro,mario and Sonic is just Marketable. He doesn't have an iconic easy to market design.

Astro on the other hand, is perfect and would be very easy to market and create merchandise for.

Rachet 2016 was the biggest selling Insomniac game till Spiderman.