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Avengers dev explains why Spider-Man is a PlayStation exclusive

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We learned earlier this week that Spider-Man is coming to Marvel's Avengers in a post-launch update, but only on PlayStation platforms. As you might expect, that news didn't go over especially well with fans on non-Sony platforms—Spider-Man is a pretty popular character, after all.In an interview with Newsweek, Crystal Dynamics boss Scot Amos tried to explain how such a fan-favorite character could wind up tied to a single platform, saying that „it comes back to the relationship with PlayStation and Marvel.““We happen to be ones who can execute and deliver when it comes down to choices of where and what Spider-Man can be, that's a relationship question that you know PlayStation absolutely has the rights to, that as you guys know with Sony's [movie rights] ownership there and Marvel with Sony saying, 'Hey, this is something we can do, this is something we can do on this platform,' and as creators we have this opportunity that we can make something unique and fun and awesome,“ he said.The „movie rights“ comment is a reference to the sometimes contentious relationship between Marvel Studios, which makes (among other things) Marvel movies, and Sony Pictures, which through the magic of big business ended up with the rights to Spider-Man movies. That's why you don't see any Avengers cameos in pre-Tom Holland Spider-Man films, for instance, and why it took Spidey so long to connect with the Avengers.There was a blowup between Sony and Marvel parent Disney in 2019 that threatened to take Spider-Man out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe again, although as Variety reported it was patched up fairly quickly.

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