At the very least, PlayStation UK's Venom post gave the game and the company a massive boon to analytics. Within 24 hours of its original posting, the tweet had garnered more than 81.5 million views, 69.6K likes, 19.2K quotes, 7,776 reposts, and 8,829 bookmarks. It also prompted several affiliated terms to temporarily trend on Twitter, including the phrase "19 INCHES OF WHAT."
The buzz was so great that even other official gaming-affiliated accounts on Twitter got in on the meme frenzy. @Wario64 subsequently tweeted out a pre-order deal for a similarly-sizable statue of Gengar from "Pokémon," describing it as "17-inches of Gengar." Meanwhile, IGN quote-retweeted PlayStation UK's original Venom tweet with a video of Tobey Maguire's notorious dance scene from "Spider-Man 3," along with the caption: "Me on my way to get those 19 inches."
Of course, this whole incident may have gotten some viewers interested in actually purchasing the "Marvel's Spider-Man 2" Collector's Edition with the Venom statue included. Luckily, those willing to take the plunge can place a pre-order on Sony's site and get Venom's 19 inches all to themselves.
