Bill Roseman, Marvel Games' executive director of Spider-Man, tweeted that the success of the PS4 exclusive "kicks off a new era for Marvel console games."

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Referencing a GameSpot video that features a Kinda Funny Games interview with with Insomniac Games' creative director, Bryan Intihar, Roseman tweeted, "One of my fave parts of this video is when [Bryan] talks about how Marvel’s Spider-Man is intended as 'the Iron Man of Marvel video games,' which is exactly how we view it. As with that first MCU hit, [Marvel's Spider-Man] kicks off a new era for Marvel console games."In the interview Intihar said, "the funny thing that Marvel and I talk a lot about, is this is the Iron Man, this is the one that's going to start it off."The title sold 3.3 million copies within the first three days of its launch, making it the fastest-selling first-party PlayStation game ever Sony Global Senior Vice President of Sales Stephen Turvey sang Insomniac's praises, saying the studio brought "Spider-Man back to gaming in a way that you want to experience it," adding it had "met and exceeded all expectations."Spider-Man has received glowing reviews, with our own Jonathon Dornbush calling it a "spectacular adventure" in his review You can read more about Insomniac's plans for the future of the series , and watch IGN's interview with Bryan Intihar

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