Marvel’s Avengers exclusive deal with Sony to introduce Spider-Man to the PS4 and PS5 as DLC is a controversial move, and it’s an exclusivity deal we hope won’t be repeating itself in the future.
Marvel’s Avengers has revealed that Spider-Man will be a PlayStation-exclusive, with your Friendly Neighborhood Sony-man swinging onto the PS4 and PS5 while skipping the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. This is an example of one of the worst kinds of console exclusive, locking players out of exciting DLC solely due to their platform of choice. Crystal Dynamics revealed the exclusivity deal in a post published on the official PlayStation blog. “We can’t wait for you to add Spider-Man to your Marvel’s Avengers roster in early 2021,” wrote Associate Art Director Jeff Adams, “and as we’ve promised before, he will be available at no additional cost to owners of the base game, exclusively on PlayStation.” Console exclusives are part and parcel of the games industry. Games frequently release on one platform, while timed exclusives are now also a thing, forcing owners of certain systems to wait it out for an unspecified period of time to get a game on their console.
