Quoted from Rarehero:

Yes, there's a reason it can't be the voice actors or DMD footage used in the movies. If this rumor is true, it's not a Sony movie license. It's a Marvel comic license. They will not have the rights to use ANY movie footage/storyline/voice clips.
-They could (and will) reuse the code. So, it would probably be SAM unless SAM code is easy to port to SPIKE.
-They could re-use the music, as it was original and not movie based.
-They could *maybe* re-use J.K. Simmons voice, as it was all custom and not really tied to any movie narrative.

Quoted from Rarehero:

Mark, you don't understand licensing.
EVERYTHING on that playfield is from the MOVIES. They're all from the movies' style guides for movie licensed products. There are Spider-Man toys, lunchboxes, etc all featuring that same art.
If they do a VE without Sony's movie license - they can use NOTHING from that art package. Not even the logo.

Quoted from Shastings:

Actually most pinsiders think "loose" is right, so they'll probably keep it.

Quoted from DylanFan71:

If I had to guess about the art, I'd say it's based off of the Ultimate Spider-Man that's on Disney XD now. It's the most current television adaptation.
http://disneyxd.disney.com/ultimate-spider-man

Quoted from ita47:

Stern redesigned the center ramp on the later runs of SM. On the later runs the ramp screws to a post that goes through the playfield to support it. There is also a longer stainless protector. Its a better design than the original which was prone to break. I discovered all of this after my center ramp broke on my 2007 SM. The later design looks to be much stronger. So I don't really think this is more proof, just replacement parts for a known problem on the early SM.

Quoted from Aurich:

Wow, I take back my comment about using the cartoon voices, really hope they don't do that, listen to Peter:
» YouTube video

Quoted from epthegeek:

Does Peter even talk in the current game? Seems like it's all the bad guys.

Quoted from someoneelse:

spiderman is kid stuff by definition, it's a comic book hero.

Quoted from jchiu:

Marvel comics were not "kid stuff". Harry Osbourne drug overdose, death of Gwen Stacy, numerous sex references. In Iron Man, Tony Stark's alcoholism, probably a million more examples.

Quoted from hoby1:

Spike Blows IMO. I'm going back to buying older Sam and white stars
How much cheapening went on... Average weight dropped by what looks 25%. Power supply's instead of Transformers.Throw away boards and everything is component based. Higher profits for Stern and no savings passed on to the consumer. I'd stick with the original although I love the idea of the cartoon theme

Quoted from JoeJet:

If I were still a SM owner the thing I would be looking forward to is the potential to replace those hideous slingshot plastics. . I never liked the after market ones either..

Quoted from sparechange1974:

Looks great! Where do you get these? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Quoted from Chrizg:

It is SMVEP

Quoted from epthegeek:

Because of the premium price tag?