Cuphead receives Xbox exclusive anniversary update (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

seriously, i want to play spider-man without spending a fortune on a ps5 or a computer that can run it

but, i have the old spider-man 2 i can always play on both xbox and ps2

[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I mean, the new Spiderman games were made by a Sony studio and funded by Sony, so I can definitely see why those are exclusive.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

but spider-man used to not be exclusive

[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Spiderman is a licensed property. Marvel sold time-limited video game licenses. The Activision games were never exclusive to any console because Activision had no particular stake in any one console. Then a video game license, a non-exclusive one, mind you (which means that other people can get the license and make games) was granted to Sony, who obviously does.

Thus, for the same reason 007 Goldeneye never came to playstation, Insomniac's Spiderman games aren't coming to Nintendo or Xbox.