UPDATE 12/19: New sales information has revealed Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was profitable for Insomniac. In addition, the leaked data was reportedly from before the launch of the game's PC port.
Original story follows.
Highlights
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, released in 2021 for the PS5, failed to break even in sales according to leaked Insomniac documents.
- Insomniac's upcoming projects include Marvel's Wolverine, Spider-Man 3, and a possible Venom spin-off.
- While Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart received critical praise, its sales figures fell short of its $81 million budget, resulting in a financial loss for Insomniac.
While Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was met with much critical praise when it launched on the PS5 back in 2021, the recently leaked Insomniac documents have revealed that it ultimately failed to break even in sales. The developer behind hit PlayStation franchises like Ratchet and Clank and Marvel’s Spider-Man was recently the victim of a massive ransomware attack, and the group responsible has since started leaking the information stolen across the internet.
Included in this wave of leaks are Insomniac’s plans for the future, including the next five projects the studio is working on. There was a great deal of information about the upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine, such as the supposed actor playing the famous Canadian mutant and how Insomniac will supposedly use it as a springboard for a PlayStation-exclusive X-Men game to go along with Spider-Man 3 and a long-rumored Venom spin-off. Outside of the Marvel-related Insomniac leaks, it was also revealed that a brand-new Ratchet and Clank game could be coming in 2029.
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Unfortunately, it seems that the previous Ratchet and Clank might not have performed as well as Insomniac had hoped. Among the documents leaked in the recent Insomniac data breach was a chart of budgets and sales figures for the last few Insomniac-developed games. According to this chart, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart sold 2.2 million units worldwide, with $73 million in revenue. Sadly, this falls short of breaking even with the game’s supposed $81 million budget - making it a loss for Insomniac by roughly $8 million.
On a lighter note, it appears that Insomniac’s Marvel-based offerings made a decent profit for the studio, at least according to the chart included in the recent ransomware leak. 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales reportedly made a total profit of $104 million, while the subsequent Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered made about $11 million in profit. Meanwhile, this year’s Spider-Man 2 has already broken even after making a roughly $75 million profit. Of course, this information comes from a dubious hacker leak, so it should all be met with a healthy dose of skepticism until more concrete evidence comes forward.
If the data presented in the recent Insomniac ransomware leak is accurate, then Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart failed to make back its reported $81 million budget, making it a financial loss for the acclaimed PlayStation developer. There are many possible factors for this poor financial performance, such as Rift Apart being released exclusively for the PlayStation 5 at a time when the system was difficult to come by. In any case, it appears that Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart’s glowing response from fans and critics alike wasn’t enough to help it break even following its 2021 launch, at least according to the sales figure leaks brought on by this week’s data breach.
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Franchise
- ratchet and clank
- Released
- June 11, 2021
- Developer(s)
- Insomniac Games
- Publisher(s)
- Sony
