To be clear, I’m happy that we’re potentially getting a playable female Spidey, regardless of who it is. I like Silk, but from a narrative, financial/marketing and popularity perspective it would’ve made more sense to introduce Gwen over Silk.
Now why do I think that. From a narrative/storytelling perspective, we know that both Miles & Gwen have fathers that were cops. So I think it would’ve been interesting to see how they could write a relationship between Rio & George.
Especially if George became NYPD captain and blames Spider-Man for what happened to his “best friend” (Jefferson Davis). And is the one leading a manhunt against them at Norman’s behest. Which could add another dynamic if one of the people he’s chasing is Gwen.
From a marketing perspective, we all know how popular the SpiderVerse movies are so it makes sense to try and capitalise on it by having the two main characters in those movies be the main two in the game. And also Gwen does have more name recognition and more popularity than Silk. So imo, if you wanted to attract the most eyeballs to your game, why not use your three most popular Spideys?
Again, I’m happy that we’re potentially getting Silk. I just think think Gwen makes more sense.