But Black Costume Spider-Man existed long before Spawn ever did. Also what with people misspelling Spider-Man as "Spiderman" come on people it isn't that hard.
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Microsoft's Exclusive Spawn Checks Out the Xbox One
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But Black Costume Spider-Man existed long before Spawn ever did. Also what with people misspelling Spider-Man as "Spiderman" come on people it isn't that hard.
They actually brought Killer Instinct back, so they're clrealy stuck in the 90's.
Todd McFarlane even drew black suit Spidey before Spawn was a thing.
Because Zombie James posted a picture of Iron Man or because they somehow thought that Spawn looked like Black Costume Spider-Man?
WrenchNinja
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They're only misnaming, oh I don't know, one of the most famous and popular fictional characters in all of history. Not embarrassing at all, especially confusing him for a character that hasn't been relevant since the 90s.
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I know what you mean but that's not how advertising works. This post now shows up on anyone's news feed without the comments. So every Parent/Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Pedo has an Xbox One logo on their feed with a Super Hero on it, they don't obviously see that they're wrong because the mistake is in the comments which they need to put effort in to see them. So to them it's just "wow this pic got 2.2k likes, I'll have to remember this around Xmas for Jimmy"
Adverstising also works in the way of subliminal messaging. When you go to the supermarket they're hoping you recognize the Tide logo over Purex brand.
Not to say this fuck up is intentional, but I'd argue this is just as good for them as "an embarrassment"
TheBaronOfNA
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This months PR debacle should have teach you that bad publicity actually exists.
Yeah, I really like his artwork he did during his run on Spider-Man.
Can Crusher
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Spawn of all characters, hilarious.
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No shit, but Facebook's system almost works in their favor. Read above.
Something this dumb and silly is not going to be reported on the news but who knows.
Syphon Filter
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what's wrong with spawn?
I expect it to start hitting the mainstream media any second now.
statham
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the second. How can you not love it?
SuperSonic1305
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Do we expect Microsoft to be in touch with anything?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Time to hand in your Gamer Card.
TheBaronOfNA
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Pretty sure parents were pretty aware of Xbox One reputation (or Microsoft in general, thanks NSA and Windows 8) to be distracted by a badly done cosplay.
Chance Hale
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Another season of Spawn on HBO is second on my dreamlist after the Deadwood movie.
Fuck no, the average buyer is stupid as hell and willing to buy anything.
Can Crusher
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Spawn is a character that reached mainstream popularity for a decade and then fell out.
TheBaronOfNA
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Tell that to Windows 8 sales....
KoopaTheCasual
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Come on, dude... Ninja is clearly being facetious -___-
Ironmanxrs2
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The NYMETS are my favorite squadron!
I wish it was Spiderman. Just imagine Shinobi vs Spiderman only on Xbox One in full HD treatment!
http://youtu.be/zzh7kMcuDYY
Actually a lot of characters named Spiderman, but none are the Marvel character named Spider-Man.
http://youtu.be/zzh7kMcuDYY
Actually a lot of characters named Spiderman, but none are the Marvel character named Spider-Man.
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Thats irrelvant to my point. I'm talking about what shows up on the news feed to the unknowing, not what else is going on. This particular event shows up as something good for people who do not look further into it.
This is what shows up on the news feed to everyone:
There are some people in the world who are not going to relate that post to "lolol Prism!!!" You're not one of them obviously, but again I'm not talking about you or me.
TheBaronOfNA
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Thats irrelvant to my point. I'm talking about what shows up on the news feed to the unknowing, not what else is going on. This particular event shows up as something good for people who do not look further into it.
This is what shows up on the news feed to everyone:
There are some people in the world who are not going to relate that post to "lolol Prism!!!"
LolCosplay?
sixteen-bit
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Jesus. That first post.
xValentine
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JoeyJungle
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That's not Spawn, that's Symbiote Spiderman! ffs
malingenie
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Flawless
I laughed and felt bad for laughing.
CrazyTank940
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I'm laughing more at this than I really should be
it's black panther, a completely different character from batman
Melchiah
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Spiderman was given the black suite for the first time in Secret Wars, in 1984. Long before McFarlane came up with Spawn. So who's copying who?
It's still selling
And yet people were STILL willing to buy the console. What does that tell you? "The masses" don't involve the oblivious parent who has no idea what DRM means. If his little Timmy has an xbox and wants the shiny new One, dude's gonna buy one for his Timmy.
travisbickle
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I'm amazed they can look at the costume not knowing exactly who it is and come up with "eh...Spawn?" rather than "eh...Spiderman?"
I don't know why he's black? but it's clearly spiderman. Even just look at the pose!!!
crimzonflame
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Always thought Spawn was a ripoff of Venom. I'm aware that McFarlane created both.
To be fair the kid on the left does look like a jawa that stole Master Chief's helmet.I see this and counter with
xValentine
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Look Timmy, MS won't do the 180 if they think the Xbone's reception to the masses is great. lol
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haha, yeah. I knew it wasn't Batman of course, and knew it was Black Panther because of the link. I was more or less joking because that seems like a much more obscure reference where I wouldn't have blamed the stiffs at MS for making a mistake like that.
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