Currently, there is discussion about the character Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers. The developers have now spoken out and somewhat shyly refer to a deal between Marvel and Sony.
Why is there criticism regarding Marvel’s Avengers? On August 3rd, Sony announced that Spider-Man will be released as a free expansion for Marvel’s Avengers in 2021. However, this character is exclusively available only for PS4 and PS5. This has led to criticism from fans.
They were disappointed that the content is being released specifically for one platform, even though there is no crossplay between Sony, Microsoft, and PC consoles. Additionally, Spider-Man is a popular character from the universe, and many players would have been excited to complete the various multiplayer missions with him.
The day after, new discussions followed after additional exclusive content for the two Sony consoles was announced.
What has happened now? Scot Amos, the co-head of developer Crystal Dynamics, has commented on the situation regarding Spider-Man in an interview.
In his statements, he refers to a deal between Marvel and Sony. This is the reason why Spider-Man exists in the action-adventure at all.
Fans are focusing too much on Spider-Man instead of the game itself
What does Scot Amos say? The developer first explains that the rights to Spider-Man lie with Sony and Marvel. If they decide that the character will be exclusive to PlayStation, then that is how it is:
When it comes to what can be executed and brought out, when it comes to where and what Spider-Man can be, that is a relationship question, to which PlayStation absolutely has the rights. This has to do, as you know, with ownership rights and with Marvel and Sony saying: “Hey, this is something we can do. Something we can do on this platform.”
And then we as developers say: “This is an opportunity to create something unique, fun, and great.”
However, Amos also points out the many other content that will be released for all platforms and that many players are, in his opinion, completely ignoring:
As for all [platforms], we announced Hawkeye less than a week ago. Within just five days, we announced two characters; the future looks bright.
People are fixating on one thing rather than realizing: “Oh, by the way, you will have hundreds of hours of content and years of storylines ahead of you, new worlds and regions, and new heroes, and even more things that we haven’t even announced yet.”
In fact, the endgame of Marvel’s Avengers is supposed to receive many different contents and be constantly expanded. Senior designer Phil Therien revealed this in an interview with MeinMMO.
Do players forgive the exclusive Spider-Man? At the end of the interview, Scot Amos mentions that he hopes players will understand the developers’ decision:
But I really believe that people will look at it and say: “Yes, okay, we understand that, we can understand the business behind it.” But generally, we are making this game for everyone.
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