They seem to be confirming that it’s their own version too. Of course the last laugh is on us PS4 users as you can be certain they will milk the fact that Spider-Man has the most recognisable alternate costumes that they will stick behind pay walls...
I think it's more likely that Sony is paying extra for the exclusive since they really want the Spider-man brand to be associated with Sony as much as possible.
Last edited by Dark Soul # 7; 08-03-2020 at 02:50 PM.
That would only be under the assumption that they are only doing this in response to MS purchasing Warner Bros, which was a rumor and isnt even a thing. Square announced an exclusive partnership deal with Sony like a year ago announcing the beta and exclusive PS content, so this was already in the works long before that MS rumor. People predicted Spidey as an exclusive back then and they were right. Besides Sony already has exclusive rights for Spider-Man games which trumps having an exclusive character in a third party game. This news is more along the lines of business as usual than a direct response to a rumor
I probably should have clarified that they currently have exclusivity on the current SM games in the most recent series. SM1, Miles Morales and SM2 will all be PS games and arent going anywhere. Thats a big get and MS is highly unlikely to get its own Spider-Man game as long as this series is active. The most it can hope for is Spidey to be a playable in another game but that got blocked with this one
Last edited by Havok83; 08-03-2020 at 05:29 PM.
Microsoft should see if they can lockdown the Inhumans as exclusives.
Not a huge Spidey fan(just a casual), so him being exclusive to Sony doesn't bother me and I still plan to get this. Now if it were Wolverine I'd be pissed. I do hope somewhere down the line Wolverine becomes playable in this game as I see him being the perfect gateway to an X-Men game in the future. Kinda like how Iron Man was a secret character in X-Men Legends 2 which led to Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
No it wouldn’t because whatever the reasons Sony has a relationship and connection with Spider-Man that makes us understand why we’ve ended up with exclusive games and now this, even if we didn’t like it. But Microsoft doesn’t have a stake in the X-Men like that, so such a move would be blatantly obvious and foolish.
I don’t like this situation but it’s clear why we have it - Sony is trying to secure their connections to the character and are willing to pay handsomely for it. We might well see the same with Warner and Microsoft and believe me, THAT is going to get a far more angry reaction if we suddenly learn after years of waiting for the next Batman and the long rumoured Potterverse game that they have to be exclusives.