Insomniac Games took rides with those Days of Play promotions until the turbulence came in. The studio offered discounts on digital and physical editions of this hit roguish title up until June 11. While many of the players rejoiced in saving money, a large group found solace in turning the comments section into a battleground with some profile-picture-anarchy.
That’s right. Insomniac’s Discount Tweet became ground zero for the culture-war nonsense. The outrage against Insomniac’s rainbow-themed logo update for Pride Month came from the frothy-lipped minority of the online keyboard warriors. Let’s just say the whole meltdown included statements such as “I’ll never buy your games again,” alongside truly unhinged and vulgar homophobic rants that we shall not dignify with repetition.
Some were busy being jerkfaces while others stayed on topic and asked about Spider-Man 2 DLC possibilities or if Wolverine would be shown at State of Play soon. A gamer joked about “hacking” Insomniac if they don’t show the clawed mutant-Well, pretty please don’t do that, dude.
Still, there were those who really found value in the offers. The Digital Deluxe Edition, Standard Edition, and Collector’s Edition all have discounts on them, and you can grab all of them through the links in Insomniac’s tweet. Just perfect timing for anyone who had been waiting to step into Peter and Miles’ shoes and explore New York.
Meanwhile, the Turkish gaming community had to prove their presence, demanding localization support. Several replies complained about the Turkish language option being unsupported: “very frustrating” for such an eagerly awaited title, was one of the comments.
Then the “enthusiastic” Spider-Men demanded more content. One reply simply stated, “We just want more Spider-Man content,” while another chimed in with, “How you gonna change your logo to look stupid yet not give us a single DLC or game update smh.”
The craziest part? It was all happening under a tweet created just for the sale. No new announcements, no controversial statements, just some perfectly fine Days of Play discounts. Shows how you literally cannot post anything these days without something immediately becoming a problem.
Speaking of which, the actual sales have gone live today and are going to be here for a while. Well, actually, not really, since the Days of Play will be expiring on the 11th of June. So, if you were holding out for a Spider-Man 2 price drop, this is right now. I’d just advise skipping the replies unless you’re in for some wild internet drama.
Insomniac, on second thought, perhaps these guys might want to start thinking about that DLC announcement, with the players getting a bit restless through all this discount excitement and… well, just whatever that comment section turned out to be.
