Where are you buying it from tomorrow? Cause it doesn't come out until Friday?
Don't say you're following this game so closely if you don't even know the release date.
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Spider-Man reviews set to arrive on September 4th [Update: poll added]
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Where are you buying it from tomorrow? Cause it doesn't come out until Friday?
Don't say you're following this game so closely if you don't even know the release date.
Probably because there is a special deal you can only get digitally
There is a direct correlation between 90+ Metascores and sales ceiling yes. Not because consumers are aware of Metacritic itself per se, but because at that point I you score high enough the game is enough of an outlier that your average Joe consumer will be made aware of it in some form or capacity. Either directly from reading reviews themselves or due to word of mouth from those that do
I mean...it's Spider-Man, there hasn't a good Spider-Man game in over a decade, there has never been a Spider-Man game like this one, and it's been three years since the last AAA superhero game. It was always going to do huge numbers. Even regardless of recent movies or reviews, Spider-Man and open world superhero game are far more broadly appealing then God of War
That's crazy. That 90+ tomorrow and I predict it will beat GOW.
If nothing else this will be the best Spider-Man anything Sony has produced without Sam Raimi and without goddamn meddling.
I think getting close to 90+ also seems to have some impact, since Horizon landed on 89 meta and still went on to sell just under 8m in less than a year. I get the feeling Spider-Man will sell more than Horizon irrespective of its meta though.
Glad to see I'm in the majority with my prediction, lmao.
I haven't followed this game much and Spiderman is one of my least favorite superheroes, but from the little that I've seen it honestly looks like a pretty fuckin quality game. Will most likely impulse buy within a week of its release
I haven't followed this game much and Spiderman is one of my least favorite superheroes, but from the little that I've seen it honestly looks like a pretty fuckin quality game. Will most likely impulse buy within a week of its release
This game would need tons of 10s to get over 90.
I'm expecting to wake up to an 87 or 88 Metacritic. That would still be an excellent score.
I'm expecting to wake up to an 87 or 88 Metacritic. That would still be an excellent score.
Oh god, Spider-Man is going to sell 34.598.307 copies on it's launch day confirmed.
I expected 88 on Metacritic, but the more tweets I read, the more optimistic I get. Spider-Man might hit 90+ after all.
It's not strictly about metacritic scores, but the review embargo means that there will be a point in time where there is a truckload of Spidey-related review/info/impression hitting all at once, and the narrative that is created from that aggregation of reviews definitely have an impact on consumer anticipation for the game.
When suddenly all games media outlets that have a reach of millions of people combined all shout out to their userbase "SPIDER-MAN IS <REDACTED>!", people will notice even if they aren't explicitly following up on Spidey news, and that last mile in terms of positive review drops are about pushing fence-sitters over the wall.
It's also why games that are expected to review extremely well more often than not have an early embargo - because publishers believe that the score will be good/strong enough that the narrative and awareness about the positive reception will be longer than a 24-hour stretch and will only compound further.
When suddenly all games media outlets that have a reach of millions of people combined all shout out to their userbase "SPIDER-MAN IS <REDACTED>!", people will notice even if they aren't explicitly following up on Spidey news, and that last mile in terms of positive review drops are about pushing fence-sitters over the wall.
It's also why games that are expected to review extremely well more often than not have an early embargo - because publishers believe that the score will be good/strong enough that the narrative and awareness about the positive reception will be longer than a 24-hour stretch and will only compound further.
Tomorrow at 10AM EST some people will be like this
And some people will be like this
No matter where the reviews swing
lol, so true.
Goddamn what an amazing week. DQXI and Spider Man for me I can't wait to read impressions tomorrow.
Oh Benji.
The last time you did this was with God of War.....
Hold on to your butts, folks.
PS4 is gonna take that month easily. What month does that count for NPD, Sept?
benji is there even a chance that Spider Man could outsell Red Dead 2?
This game feels like 88 to me. I have faith in Insomniac. So many great games under their belt.
Having too many vehicle sections and a bad PC port makes a game "ass" huh
Game was great
I think it can outsell the xbox one version of it pretty comfortably, and MAYBE the ps4 version. Combined together ? hell no.
Rockstar titles are a whole nother ballgame. That said Spider-Man should be a big seller regardless.
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