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Spider-Man Becomes Greatest Hit, Drops Price

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the superhero-popularity dept.

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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  1. Re:Spider-Man Games by KirkH · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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.

  2. funny the differences between the hits categories by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Interesting
    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?
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    MORTAR COMBAT!