A nine-year-old PlayStation 4 online game has skyrocketed in worth following the discharge of the long-anticipated movie Deadpool & Wolverine final week.
Followers desirous to get their fingers on the 2015 recreation Deadpool have paid as a lot as £116 on eBay – with an unopened copy in high situation promoting for £330 final week.
It’s not out there for digital obtain, which means avid gamers should search out bodily copies in the event that they need to play it.
The renewed love for the sport appears to be a direct results of the recognition of the brand new movie, which revamped $444m (£345m) on its opening weekend.
Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman because the titular characters, has had the sixth-biggest field workplace opening ever.
The sport first launched in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, however it’s the 2015 re-release that’s changing into troublesome to seek out with out paying excessive costs.
The sport was not well-received by critics, although it was not panned both – with evaluate aggregator Metacritic giving it a mean rating of 60 out of 100.
In line with PriceCharting, which tracks media gross sales on-line, the PS4 recreation – which initially retailed for £49.99 – may have been picked up for simply £9 in Could 2018 when the second Deadpool film got here out.
However the hype over the third instalment of the franchise, and the recognition of its stars Reynolds and Jackman, has seen the value of the sport steadily inflate since filming started in Could 2023.
And its July 2024 launch has seen the sport’s worth shoot up even additional to a document excessive.
Deadpool & Wolverine has had the sixth-biggest opening weekend ever within the US, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter.
It made $211m on the home field workplace, and opened with $233m internationally.
On Instagram, Reynolds thanked followers for going out to see the movie, calling the success “type of onerous to course of”.
The movie is jam-packed with Marvel cameos, and likewise options an unlikely look from Wrexham AFC striker Paul Mullin.
Reynolds and fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElhenney purchased the Welsh soccer membership in 2020 and have seen the staff promoted to League One.
The takeover and subsequent success was documented within the TV collection Welcome to Wrexham.
