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Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games was allegedly harassed for months by Sam Raimi fans who demanded the suit from the original movies be added to the PS4 exclusive. While the outfit was ultimately released this week, Community Manager James Stevenson called gamers out for being “jerks,” as the studio “listened all throughout development” and “done lots of things fans asked for.” Insomniac claims the harassment had nothing to do with the suit’s availability, as it was in the works for “months and months.” GameSpot and VG247 thought this was all overblown; the former called it “the worst version of the character.”
We are not required to do everything. Nor should we be harassed. Passionate is not an excuse for harassment. Having paid for a piece of software or a service does not entitle you to be a jerk. You are not always right. And again, we have nothing else we can say on that – as has been the case for a while. Our position has always been we don’t comment on future possible suits (besides ruling a couple out). We know there are many desires, and we’ve heard them. Just know things take a LONG time sometimes (months and months!) and even then go down to the literal wire. We obviously never stopped listening.
We are not required to do everything. Nor should we be harassed. Passionate is not an excuse for harassment. Having paid for a piece of software or a service does not entitle you to be a jerk. You are not always right. And again, we have nothing else we can say on that – as has been the case for a while. Our position has always been we don’t comment on future possible suits (besides ruling a couple out). We know there are many desires, and we’ve heard them. Just know things take a LONG time sometimes (months and months!) and even then go down to the literal wire. We obviously never stopped listening.