Marvel's 'Spider-Man' sold 3.3M copies in the first three days of release
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What's shocking to me is that Marvel didnt go to Phill Spencer at all. If they went to Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix, if they went to Insomniac and Sony, then they must have gone to EA, Ubisoft and MS, no?
What's even more surpising is how three years after announcing Spiderman on PS4 MS hasnt signed a deal with Marvel. this should be a no brainer for Phill. Established franchises so the risk for new IPs is low.
I dont see any Sony first party studios taking on marvel properties. Sony is really good with letting their talent do what they want and unless one of these studios decide to make a Marvel game, i doubt we will see another marvel franchise from them. Maybe 2nd party studios like Insomniac but other than bluepoint i really dont see any big independent studios.
I doubt Bend spent 7 years making Days Gone and leave that as one game.
I doubt GG isnt making Horizon 2 and 3
Same goes for Naughty Dog with TLOU 2 and whatever new IP they end up making
SSM will make GoW 2 and Cory's new IP
Sucker Punch will make Ghosts for the next 6-7 years.
Sony needs to create more studios or at the very least more teams per studio.
What's even more surpising is how three years after announcing Spiderman on PS4 MS hasnt signed a deal with Marvel. this should be a no brainer for Phill. Established franchises so the risk for new IPs is low.
I dont see any Sony first party studios taking on marvel properties. Sony is really good with letting their talent do what they want and unless one of these studios decide to make a Marvel game, i doubt we will see another marvel franchise from them. Maybe 2nd party studios like Insomniac but other than bluepoint i really dont see any big independent studios.
I doubt Bend spent 7 years making Days Gone and leave that as one game.
I doubt GG isnt making Horizon 2 and 3
Same goes for Naughty Dog with TLOU 2 and whatever new IP they end up making
SSM will make GoW 2 and Cory's new IP
Sucker Punch will make Ghosts for the next 6-7 years.
Sony needs to create more studios or at the very least more teams per studio.
"Sony you wanna make a Star Wars... Fuck how long we got on the EA deal still?"
Warner: How do you feel about a Harry Potter game set in a Hogwarts where Death Eaters have taken over and featuring fast paced Batman combat but with magic this time?
Seriously though, based on what they did with LOTR and Mad Max, that's the only Harry Potter game I see WB making.
This won't happen and I don't want it to happen, that said, I'll play! lol:
Naughty Dog: Captain America (just swap Nathan Drake for Steve Rogers and we're done!).
Santa Monica Studios: This has to be Wolverine, I mean the guy is pissed just like Kratos.
Sucker Punch: Fantastic 4, Thor or Hulk translate well-ish to the Infamous template.
Guerrilla: I imagine Iron Man here, they've made cool tech and robots in Killzone and Horizon.
Japan Studio (?): Dr. Strange I'd say, is the craziest one.
Media Molecule: Ant-Man for sure, they already did tiny characters in giant enviroments.
Bend Studios: They could get any, Daredevil, probably Punisher since they worked with Uncharted once.
Marvel liked how Sony makes their single player games? PLus going exclusive to Xbox means you automatically cut off most of the world since Xbox isn't relevant in a lot of places. For example japan
Probably not, no, EA has Star Wars. Ubi? maybe, they aren't too different to Square, just way bigger. Activsion did mostly nothing of note with the I.P for years and MS haven't done much to where they'd be a priority.
Also when you look at the big budget games MS usually publish. Online Service games are better given to someone who'll put them on every major platform it'd run on for maximum money making potential. Square's Avengers game likely isn't going to be a single-player, cinematic game for example.
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What a bizarre post. What does Phil Spencer have to do with anything? The industry doesn't revolve around him.
If I were to guess I'd say Marvel contacted Sony because a) the PS4 was dominating, b) Sony's well known for making great games and c) Sony has a strong relationship with Disney Interactive (which started because Adam Boyes and John Vignocchi are best friends).
Those were EA, not WB, but yeah, I don't think those are the kind of HP games fans are clamouring for either.
good question...maybe TMZ, or those paparazzi that follow everybody everywhere. i'm pretty sure that's how he was caught playing mario kart 8
It is practically impossible for Sony's fastest selling exclusive of all time to not get a sequel.
The Weeknd stamp of approval.
We know Marvel went to Sony to get thing started. You're suggesting MS can just make things like this happen and that doesn't seem to be how this works. Of course, Marvel could have been (or is currently) interested in MS. We'll just have to see how things go over the years.
Honestly, I'd like to see MS (Ironman) and Nintendo (Squirrel Girl) get in on it even though the likelihood may be low.
Why are you intentionally misspelling his name like a dork?
Why would Marvel go to MS when they are barely starting to invest in their 1st party output after 17 years?
Marvel wanted their IP to be treated like a first party IP. You actually need a first party to do that
I still want my Star Wars Uncharted. Though it's already killed 2 studios, so probably best not putting that curse on anyone else.
lol i could swear he spelled his name with two Ls.
wow. i dont know what to say. my life has been a lie.
Naughty Dog next big IP is this:
No doubt.
Oh, please be true. I would adore a Naughty Dog take on Mass Effect x Firefly.
No shit, so what does Phil or Xbox have to do with anything? The industry doesn't revolve around console wars, I'm sure there's companies who've approached Microsoft and not Sony too.
Sony went to Marvel. Marvel said cool. Sony talked to Insomniac (who were told they could do any superhero) and they chose Spider-Man.
You have it all wrong.
Personally, I think Phill Spencer has done a better job than Phil Spencer. Phill could probably get a Marvel deal.
Seeing how that's gone in the past, I'm actually not surprised they didn't go with a multiplatform publisher
So other than insomniac making another spiderman is it a safe bet that Marvel will ask Sony to make another game for on of their superheros? Honestly, i would hope one is already in the works or planned at least. Not the biggest Marve fan even but Spiderman was fantastic,
I don't think so, Square Enix has already locked down The Avengers and Guardians of The Galaxy. And Sony are probably more than happy with Spidey.
Possible they allow them to use other characters in Spidey-PS4, as a lot are already established.
They are allowed to use other character. I think however if they want to establish a Marvel Games Universe it's best to not have insomniac write in all the lore/designs though just for the sake of a cameo. If the Universe begins to build up I suspect crossover, or if they decide to not do it all
Yeah, I agree. Also they aren't really needed, Spidey has a lot of great characters to work with and Insomniac have done an excellent job with everyone they have so far.
They make for great easter eggs though.
lol
You mean like how Square Enix are making Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy games? Or are you talking about licensing everything Marvel to one publisher, like Activision used to have with Marvel and EA currently have with Star Wars?
Marvel are working with multiplatform publishers but that doesn't mean they can't also work with Sony too. Licensing individual Marvel properties out is the best thing that's ever happened to Marvel games.
What other publishers would actually fund a full-fledged single-player superhero game without it being some sort of games as a service and having microtransactions. Worst nightmare is SE locking behind Iron-man suits and weaponry behind paywalls. Warner Bros. microtransactions in Arkham games were abysmal.
God damn.
No doubt, and it's probably a worse one. The decision was for the best, it just sorta flies in the face of conventional wisdom. You just don't see huge licensed properties going exclusive these days -- especially those owned by Disney.
I feel the polar opposite. Now that Spider-Man is out, Death Stranding is the only big PS exclusive I look forward to. I respect what Sony is going for and I'm happy for the fans of those other games, but games like Uncharted, Days Gone, and TLOU always looked so vanilla to me, and that style of game never struck a cord with me. Conversely, I am so glad Sony took the job of handling Spider-Man as that's one of the best games I've played this gen. If Naughty Dog or Sucker Punch can handle a super hero game of that caliber over a boring (imo) samurai game or another TLOU, I'd be all for it.
If you want a superhero to enjoy, go watch a movie or read a comic book, or look up a tv show. We don't need that trash infecting games everywhere.