Spider-Man Film Release Lifts PC Game Player Counts
The film's release and its acknowledged debt to the Insomniac games' finishing moves gave the three-year-old PC port a measurable second wind on Steam.
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After the July 31 release of the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, concurrent player counts for the PC versions of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales rose, according to SteamDB. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered went from 3,703 players on July 29 to 17,606 by August 5. The film's opening gross reached $927 million worldwide, second only to Avengers: Endgame's $1.2 billion, per Variety.
The film's influence on the games runs both ways. In an August 2 interview with IGN, Tom Holland said the finishing moves from the Insomniac Spider-Man games appear throughout Spider-Man: Brand New Day. He wanted the game's stylish finishers brought into the movie, and other staff pushed for the idea as well. The production team even brought screenshots of Peter Parker's in-game action into script meetings to work out how to recreate those moves in live action.
Meanwhile, the PC versions of all three games are on sale through August 6 at up to 60 percent off. The film opened in Japanese theaters on July 31.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.