Late final week, Sq. Enix introduced that its beleaguered 2020 live-service sport, Marvel’s Avengers, will not obtain new content material or main updates after March 31. And all official help for the sport will finish on September 30, 2023, with digital gross sales ending on that date too. When you’ll nonetheless be capable to play it offline and on-line with pals after these dates, it’s successfully sport over for the troubled on-line motion sport. But, even in demise, developer Crystal Dynamics simply confirmed that the character of Spider-Man will stay unique to the PS4 and PS5 variations.
This saga started when, shortly forward of the discharge of Marvel’s Avengers, Crystal Dynamics introduced that Spider-Man could be added to the sport at a later date. Nonetheless, the well-known web-slinger wouldn’t be coming to the Xbox or PC variations. As a substitute, solely PS4 (and later PS5) gamers would have entry to the character. It took longer than anticipated, however ultimately, in November 2021 Spider-Man popped up within the PlayStation variations. On the time followers theorized that it was as a result of Spider-Man was owned by Sony and due to this fact Spidey was solely on PlayStation. (That isn’t the case, as Sony merely owns movie rights to the character.) However since then, the well-known superhero has appeared in Midnight Suns throughout all platforms. So it’s not like Spider-Man can solely exist on PlayStation consoles.
And but, Crystal Dynamics confirmed in a weblog publish on January 20 that Spider-Man will nonetheless not be coming to Xbox or PC. What a disgrace! Even because the failed live-service sport dies, none of Spidey’s company overlords can conform to let him swing free throughout all platforms for the few Avengers gamers on the market nonetheless having fun with the sport.
Kotaku contacted Marvel, PlayStation, Sq. Enix, Embracer Group, and Crystal Dynamics for remark, however didn’t hear again earlier than publication.
I already know folks within the feedback or quote retweets will declare Sony fully owns Spider-Man (it doesn’t) or that Sony can’t legally enable the character to look on different platforms (it could). But he’s in Midnight Suns, a sport launched on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. He’s in cellular video games launched throughout iOS, Android, and PC, too.
So it’s completely doable to have Spidey present up on different consoles if the folks pulling the strings, reducing the offers, and making the contracts can conform to it. However apparently no one cares sufficient about Avengers and its neighborhood to muster one final gesture of goodwill for gamers and let the web-slingin’ hero present up on Xbox and PC. If you wish to play the whole model of the sport after help ends in September, it appears you’ll must personal a PlayStation. Say it with me as soon as once more: Console-exclusive DLC sucks.
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