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I have been waiting
for a new Spider-Man game for quite a long time now. Since the last game
was released, I got a fresh new gaming PC. My Steam games are
downloaded and ready to roll. Spider-Man's next game is what my PC is
itching to try out. I counted down the calendar, hungry for one of my
favorite comic book characters to get his next game released on the
platform that outlasted every retro platform since forever ago.
I believe I have
just read a report on Insomniac making a Spider-man...a PlayStation 4
exclusive (O'Connor)! Seriously, I and a chunk of my buddies are
furious with this move. I spent a huge amount of my money on my PC
next to my Xbox One, and I took a giant bite of my bandwidth getting
it ready to play my games, then Spider-Man decides to join Insomniac's
bandwagon. Why isn't it illegal to make an exclusive?
A second paper I
read also confirmed this, and that the developer has worked on two
other exclusives (Hamilton). Why would Marvel even approve of this
when they know that several fans would get pushed away? Morally, that
sounds all too wrong, right?
I started reading
another article, which goes even further….. It claims that “Marvel
and Insomniac have teamed up” (Perry). I honestly could not believe
what I was reading. Marvel actually pushed away the PC, Xbox, and Wii
communities. This is very disappointing compared to the previous game
being on four platforms.
Marvel, as the
owner of Spider-Man, you can easily fix this, or cancel the contract
and force the game to be canceled, preferably the former. The current
developer can push a little harder to port this game to other
platforms, or other exclusive teams can do it, such 343 for the Xbox
One port and Valve for the PC port. Perhaps a multi-platform can port
the game to all non PlayStation platforms altogether. The best
examples would be Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer. I can also include
one of my favorites, Bethesda.
A second idea would be for exclusive developers to get the rights and make their own Spider-Man games that are unique. That way, each console would get an exclusive Spider-Man game with different stories and gameplay.
By signing this
petition, you agree that this PlayStation 4 Spider-Man installment is
to be ported to other platforms such as PC, Xbox One, and Wii U, or alternatively, each console to get their own Spider-Man game.
Works Cited.
Hamilton, Kirk. "PS4
Is Getting A New Spider-Man Game." Kotaku. N.p., 13 June
2016. Web. 14 June 2016.
Perry, Spencer.
"Spider-Man PlayStation 4 Game Revealed!" SuperHeroHype.
Craveoline Media, LLC, 13 June 2016. Web. 14 June 2016.
O'Connor, James.
"Insomniac Games Is Making a Spider-Man Game." VG24/7.
N.p., 14 June 2016. Web. 14 June 2016.
With games like inFamous: Second Son and God of War, I may be disappointed I can’t play them, but considering both of those respective series were exclusives to begin with, I can understand. With this, especially considering he’s been on several multi-platform games before, making Spider-Man, of all series, an exclusive, shutting out so many people who want to play it is a bad idea. Therefore, multi-platform needs to happen for this. This should be no different from what’s come before. For series that weren’t exclusive to begin with in general, making the latest game exclusive all of a sudden should never happen, and this is no exception.