Spider-Man Becomes Greatest Hit, Drops Price

I noticed a blurb up at GamerFeed that Spider-Man has been inducted into not one, not two, but three different "greatest hits" programs. It's the first game to become a hit on all three of the major consoles, which is a nice feather in the cap of Activision, to be sure. There's also some good comparison of the different hits programs for each platform and what it takes to be eligible for each.

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Spider-Man Games

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

The Spider-Man game that this article is referencing was a fun time and, for the most part, the physics and feel of flying through the air was decent. But here is what I've been thinking about for the sequel, and I think I read somewhere that these lines were being considered but I'm not sure it was going to be taken to this length.

Spider-Man meets GTA. Now this seems like a good possibility since GTA was such a huge seller and thus, a game company would like to pump out a clone. But anyway, I'd like an open ended Spidey game where you travel the city, stopping muggers, etc. And Spidey could carry a communication device, supplied by Reed Richards, that would scan the police band. Then, in the game, you could decide whether to check out the situation or let the cops handle it on their own. Here's another interesting twist: you could choose to use your powers for evil. The Daily Bugle would have photographers other than Peter on the case and if too many of your crimes are caught, then cops will start shooting you on sight. On the other hand, do enough good work and the public will love you!

Done right, this game could be GREAT.

Re:Spider-Man Games

[KirkH]

Sounds like a very good idea, but I'll go ahead and predict that you'll never be able to make Spidey be "bad". I'm sure Marvel has some sort of veto clause they can use to prevent content that they deem inappropriate for the character, and I'm sure that having Spider-man commit crimes, harm innocents and police offiers, etc would be deemed inappropriate.

funny the differences between the hits categories

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

Certain things must be achieved to be inducted into the "hits" programs for each company. Sony games must sell at least 400,00 copies to get into the "Greatest Hits" program. Xbox games simply need to be proven favorites and have sold well to be part of Microsoft's "Platinum Hits". Nintendo games must sell at least 450,000 units of a particular game before they are graced with Nintendo's "Player's Choice" tag.

So the summary is:

Sony: 400,000 units
Nintendo: 450,000 units
X-Box: need to be proven favorites and have sold well

So basically, the X-Box "Platinum Hits" award is a fancy way of saying "they paid us to put this sticker here". Maybe that's because nobody is buying X-Box titles other than Halo?