Marvel's Wolverine Game Is Exciting For PlayStation Fans, But Frustrating For Everyone Else

Wolverine’s PlayStation exclusivity is a big deal for PlayStation owners, but for Marvel fans with other systems, it is yet another blow.

[chrisx]

Oh well. Anyone who really wants to play it can get a PS.

[darthv72]

thats how I plan to play it. Already got the 5 so Im not missing out on anything.

[GamerRN]

Own em all, no reason to fight! We all have our preferences, but there is nothing wrong with buying both and enjoying gaming as a whole.

[CobraKai]

That's how exclusives work. It's incentive to buy a system. I get that there may be people who can't afford both, but to those who are just loyal to one system for the sake of brand loyalty, you're doing yourselves a disservice by only dedicating yourself to one console. The frustration isn't that it's exclusive to Playstation, the frustration is you don't have the console to play it.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Oh well. Anyone who really wants to play it can get a PS."

I agree.

I can´t stand people crying over platform exclusive first party games. Be those Playstation, Xbox or Nintendo fans.

[Army_of_Darkness]

Exactly! If you want to play a certain game, buy what you need to play it! It's that simple. And if you don't have the money, well you have over a year to save.

[The Wood]

Where am I ....did you really just....ah never mind

[ILostMyMind]

Probably PC users. Who cares, anyway?

[LOGICWINS]

Yup. Gamers play games, not consoles. Even if I don't like Sony's anti-consumer practices since Jim Ryan took over, I'm not missing out on Lost Legacy 2 or an Infamous Remake.

[CorndogBurglar]

It'll be interesting to see if we get these articles if the rumor is true about Elder Scrolls 6 being Xbox exclusive.

[jwillj2k4]

You know we won’t. It’ll be “Microsoft positioning themselves to be back on top with yet again”

[babadivad]

We already have with Starfield.

[myfathersbastard]

I thought it was already confirmed to be an exclusive. At the very least it was heavily eluded to.
I’m mainly a PS player but if ES6 is exclusive, and I’m assuming it is, I’ll get an Xbox to play it. I don’t see why people bitch and complain about exclusives. Every console has always had them.

[dbcoops]

Pretty much what I said regarding Starfield, these kinds of articles are always one sided. Like jwillj2k4 said it will be presented as a positive when xbox does it but that's never the case when its Playstation.

[Extermin8or3_]

Eh in my opinion we should get harsher articles if/when it is. There's a big difference between Sony having been asked by marvel to make games using characters of their choice and creating new series of games from scratch and them being exclusive. To buying a major publisher, deliberately lying and suggesting twitter do that and attacking exclusives as

[Wintersun616]

I don't think it will. I'm 100% sure it will release on PC as well.

[Atticus_finch]

The title is very telling. "Exciting for PS fans, frustrating for everyone else."
It has been 5 generation of pure class and quality so if you're not a fan of playstation by now, you aren't a real gamer. Especially someone who's meant to be a journalist.

[Orchard]

How elitist, so people who play on Switch PC or Xbox aren’t real gamers?

Perhaps they would consider you not a real gamer 🤷

[Atticus_finch]

I didn't say there's nothing wrong with playing those consoles.

[MadLad]

Yeah.

Tell that to families of kids whose parents can only afford one console.

Sorry, bud. I know you want to play Spiderman, but you only have an Xbox and dad doesn't make enough to get you a Playstation.

Exclusivity is dumb. The industry should move to open hardware, and the big three should act simply as publishers who also offer hardware.

They'll still move many consoles, as long as they offer something special with them. Whether that be through performance, or services.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

Lol, console purchases have consequences...just like elections do Ted! Now throw your support behind the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill so those dads and moms can get better jobs to afford more than one console.

[Atticus_finch]

Gaming is a luxury and there are plenty of cheap options like the PS4.
"Exclusivity is dumb"
Weird, You were so happy for the Bethesda acquisition.
And don't worry the industry is moving towards open hardware. I really feel bad for people don't get to play any Sony studios game since they're the best.

[ILostMyMind]

Next time, buy a PS as your only console.

[kneon]

if someone makes a poor choice in console then they have no one to blame but themselves.

[dbcoops]

Exclusivity is not dumb its what sells consoles and gives value to those consoles, its just one does exclusivity and consoles better than the other so naturally cries of "they should just all publish" are being shouted from the roof tops.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

"I like to see stuff like this happen to, one, humble people, and two, actually create honest competition between the only two console manufacturers actually going head to head with each other."

You were gleeful when MS bought Bethesda. You can't have it both ways, Ted.

You cheered on something 10 times worse for people who can't afford multiple platforms. Those games were going to be multiplatform. Wolverine never was.

[Vizigoth04]

That is the laziest way of looking at gaming. Alternatively how are car companies are going to build competitively if they share the same freaking engine brand. Competition is what drives innovation. PlayStation with their narrative games and improve controller. Xbox with their Game Pass offering and Nintendo with their cater to children and the mobility of their platform.

[gamer7804]

While I have all of the consoles and planning on getting wolverine, I know some people who really can only afford one console so I can understand the frustration especially for super hero’s who have mass appeal so it’s great it’s being made but wish more could experience it because I’m sure it will be great.

[dbcoops]

All anyone had to do was look at what Sony did with PS4 to know which one they should buy if they could only buy one, if they still chose xbox over PS at that point well that's on them.

[gamer7804]

@dbscoops their family agrees on what console to buy and most of them play multiplayer games so they usually get one Xbox to share.

[alb1899]

Exactly jajajaja!

[jBlakeeper]

And that’s exactly what Sony is banking on. What will sell systems more than an exclusive Marvel game? Nothing. SM2 and Wolverine are Sony’s two biggest PS5 games that are in development right now. People will definitely get a PS5 for those two games and neither will be released until PS5’s are easier to get.

[alb1899]

Yep, MS should buy Warner games an the rights of DC to compite within Marvel.

[Juancho51]

If owning a ps5 is that much of an issue for someone then miss out on these great games. Simple as that.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

Damn, if only I could find one and an Xbox Series X.

[scofios]

As always it's only frustrating when it's playstation exclusieve ,

[John_McClane]

Nah, I'll pass.

[TGGJustin]

OK and? That's how this industry works. Starfield being exclusive to Xbox is great for them but sucks for everyone else. If you want to play certain games you have to own a certain platform.

[CaptainHenry916]

The only thing I will say is that I know Insomniac will deliver with Wolverine and I
have no concern with that game. But with Starfield, when Todd Howard said Starfield is going to be very realistic I got skeptical and started to have doubts on that and there's a game that reminds me of that and I didn't really like it. Not going to call out the game.. I'm going to do a wait and see approach with Starfield. I hope it's more like Elder Scrolls and not too realistic.

"Director Todd Howard has given an interview discussing Starfield's more realistic approach"

[porkChop]

I could be wrong, but I think they mean that Starfield won't have any fantastical elements like magic, mutants, etc. Like I think it's just more grounded in realism rather than some kind of sim. Again, I could be wrong, but that's what I thought they meant.

[SullysCigar]

I heard Starfield will have 16 times the detail...but I'd take Wolverine every time.

[CaptainHenry916]

@porkChop

I hope you're right. There's definitely an audience for these types of games. That's why I said I'm going to do a wait and see approach. Sometimes these games are not for me. I have to see more gameplay first.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Not going to call out the game.. I'm going to do a wait and see approach with Starfield. I hope it's more like Elder Scrolls and not too realistic."

Too realistic with hostile alien predators such Ashta that are a cross between a wolf and velociraptor or a cross between a humanoid creature with a crustacean?

Really? Does it sound too realistic to you? Tbh, I think you´re either clueless about that game or you´re just playing your usual fake concerned card game because it´s an Xbox first party game.

[Ratty]

He also said it's going to pretty much be in the same vein as TES/Fallout but with a different setting. If you liked those games I imagine you should like Starfield.

[CaptainHenry916]

@Ratty @porkChop

I have a feeling this game is going to be too realistic and play like the Solus project, Death Stranding, and No man sky and some other games I know. I'm not saying those are bad games and there's
definitely an audience for those types of game's but I wouldn't buy them at launch. Maybe when it gets on sale. I truly believe Starfield is going to be more realistic than those game's that I mention. And I hope it's not like RDR2 and feel like a chore.  If realism is getting in the way of *fun* in Starfield then count me out or I'll wait until it gets on sale. That's what I got from Todd Howard interview. The Solus Project was something else with that awful ending 🤬 and I remember the developer said something similar like Todd Howard about realism and how realistic the game will be

[jwillj2k4]

More realistic means barren wastelands void of life similar to NMS.

[CaptainHenry916]

Umm @Obscure_Observer

You're delusional as always. I was going to play it on PC. After Todd Howard interview about being too realistic, that's when I started to get concerned it had nothing to do with it being a PC/ Xbox exclusive when I have a PC to play it LMAO 😂 you are so comical

[Obscure_Observer]

"OK and? That's how this industry works. Starfield being exclusive to Xbox is great for them but sucks for everyone else. If you want to play certain games you have to own a certain platform."

Well said

[shinoff2183]

Starfield will not be xbox exclusive. They are going to put it on other systems like they did with Minecraft. It might be timed exclusive but they wont say that right away cause they wanna sell them Xboxes. Same with fallout. Its to big for them to keep on just one system

[Gaming4Life1981]

How many times do they have to say it before it sinks in. Starfield is only coming to MS platform's xbox , pc and gamepass.

[leejohnson222]

Sony must just be on a different level as they will keep it on ps5, could go to pc in 4 years but by then they have new ips and other exclusives, just read Sony have the rights to 190 marvel characters

[CaptainHenry916]

@Gaming4life

Probably Steam Deck as well

[DarXyde]

Doubt it.

Minecraft is an established IP that was already on everything. There's too much heat coming from a decision to pull the plug on that.

New IP? Don't expect it on PlayStation.

[NeoGamer232]

And that is where the video game industry is flawed. Entertainment should be for everyone. Increasingly platforms are using exclusivity to high encourage people to subscribe to their platforms in both video games and movies.

On one side I think it sucks for the consumers because people can't see the content they like in just one platform. But, I don't know how the content providers think it is good for their brand. I have a PS5 and XSX so it really doesn't matter what is exclusive to me, but, as a consumer knowing that Marvel is now using exclusivity with video games, does not make me want their games any more.

I look at it more from the consumers that can't afford to buy many platforms. How would you feel if you were a huge marvel fan and went and bought a XSS and couldn't afford to buy a PS? Or a Bethesda fan who bought a PS5 but can't afford to buy a XSS? As a brand I think they should make their content more available, not less. But that is their choice. I don't like it though. No one should be denied content simply because of the device they own.

[shinoff2183]

Of course their gonna say starfield is only xbox cause they want to sell systems and games. Just wait though. Fallout elder scrolls starfield they will be on PlayStation also

[Silly gameAr]

Playstation just had a whole publisher striped from it's systems. Maybe you should have made an article about that, instead of a lone super hero with a game we know nothing about yet.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

They complained more about the Avengers Spider-Man DLC than a whole publisher's games no longer being available on multiple platforms.

Can't say I'm surprised that they're at it again.

IGN named a video "PS5 Game Reveals Put Sony Back in the Race" as if the console selling twice as much was out of the race. It's becoming fairly obvious that the American games media has a bias in favour of Microsoft. I don't live in the US, so I'm not sure why, tbh.

[SullysCigar]

I gave up in IGN a long time ago. Just awful.

[Atticus_finch]

The people that brought balance at Ign left a long time ago.

[PapaBop]

Using an overused phrase BUT.. you can't spell IGNorant without IGN.

[-Foxtrot]

Microsoft buys an entire publisher keeping games like Doom, Wolfenstein, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Evil Within, Prey, Dishonored, Rage, among future new games like Starfield off PlayStation

"That's how it is, get a PC or Xbox"

Marvel allows Sony to have one of their first party studios work on a game exclusive to their console

"So frustrating huh guys, Oh Sony"

Can't wait for those articles on Indiana Jones

[darthv72]

Yeah but you know the drill. When it comes to Xbox related games... everyone who wants to play them already has a powerful PC. Hence they always say no need to get an xbox.

[CaptainHenry916]

You don't need a powerful PC to play games. A midrange PC or gaming laptop will do just fine. You need a high end PC for better graphics and higher FPS only. Just saying.

[Bathyj]

I don't play on PC. So for me any game that formerly had a presence on PlayStation but has since been bought by Microsoft is a game I won't play now.

Obviously I can purchase an Xbox anytime I want. (At least if they're available, I don't know, haven't checked). And I will if I ever feel like the console is worth it or I like the direction it's going. At the moment neither of those things are true for me.

[imtiyaz6]

M$ gets praised for keeping historically Multiplatform ips away from competitors while Sony gets hated on fir creating brand new ips for the PlayStation

[dbcoops]

You know the new drill is the one where anytime Sony announces a previously Playstation exclusive game is coming to PC all of a sudden even more people have a powerful PC to play those too. Seems for some the most popular game to play is hypocrisy.

[Destiny1080]

if your a Wolverine fan you should be very happy its in the hands of insomniac & sony, can you imagine the garbage phil would have come out with, the PS5 is going to take this game to a whole other level of immersion with haptic feedback / 3D audio / and the SSD speed to keep up with superheros

[JimmyDM90]

Think about the resistance on the adapative triggers as Logan extends his claws. 😘👌🏻

[PapaBop]

Well I agree with the first line. Regardless of console preference, Wolverine is in the right hands from a studio who will deliver an amazing game.

[DEEBO]

Can't wait to feel them claws come out with ps5 controller.

[Bathyj]

Oh damn. Hadn't thought of that.
I hope the SCHNICK! erupts from the controller speaker when you do it. I find the sound effects from the controller very impactful.

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Oh yeah, the haptic! This game is going to be lit!

[AspiringProGenji]

Their problem!!

Fanboys like to take sides in this hobby, then get upset when a game doesn’t get made on their system

[P_Bomb]

Xbox had a Shazam console, why didn’t they make a Shazam game? Lotsa comics to go around. 30 days of night would make a decent survival horror. Hit up IDW.

[Rimeskeem]

Oh no! You have to purchase a console to play a game? Revolutionary there.

[isarai]

I mean from the sounds of it, marvel is just letting renowned studios pick an ip so long as their reputation can back it up. There's nothing stopping Nintendo or MS grabbing something, they just have to go for it.

[ILostMyMind]

Except for Microsoft's reputation for developing games sucks and its games do not give profit because they has to be given in the Game Pass.

[Bathyj]

Well sorry but so what? F everyone else

People like to act like games like this already exist and Sony just roll up and moneyhat it so they keep it to themselves. No, that's not what happens. That's what happens when a game like Starcraft is already being made for years and then the developer suddenly gets bought

What actually happened here is that a talented developer who already had a good relationship with the licence holder made a pitch and said weve proven our quality already and we would like to tackle this new game based on your IP. Let us purchase your licence off you and do it justice like it deserves.

And thus a Wolverine game is born it wasn't sitting around on a shelf waiting for Sony to come along and buy it. It was willed into existence by insomniac and given the blessing by Marvel. In other words game never existed until Sony insomniac and Marvel made it happen so it was never Microsoft's to lose.

[Profchaos]

That's the industry in a nutshell huge fan of insomniac I probably won't get to play another fallout game for a number of years until a xsx is a lot more affordable despite being a fan but I'll get Spider-Man and wolverine.

[Anomander]

Let the bones break and blood flow!

[TheTony316]

Suck it up. Playstation fans had an entire publisher stripped away from them.

[Chevalier]

Also who's to say if there would even be a Wolverine game without Insomniacs and Sony coming along to make it. The Last one was over a generation ago in 2009 so it's not like Wolverine games are flying about regularly being made. Whereas all those other IP were multiplatform suddenly now are not which is not similar at all.

[Hikoran]

An exclusive that makes people want to be able to play it? What a revelation! Buy a PS. I want to be able to play Halo and Flight Sim but such is exclusives.

[ufo8mycat]

What kind of gamer does not have a PS5? (outside of not being able to get hold of one due to stock)

This whole "gamers from other systems won't be able to enjoy this game or that game" is stupid. People who love gaming own all or most of the systems already and nothing is stopping anyone from going to the store or online and purchasing that particular system which has games you are interested in.

[metalhead]

Fine then give us Starfield and Elder Scrolls

[darkrider]

Well, Sony got the biggest marketshare in videogaming... The problem is when the company with less marketshare starts buying big 3rd party studios with tons of games because it can't create big blockbusters except 3 franchises for 3 generations....

[zero_jp]

What I find both amusing and sad is that even American companies don’t want to work with Microsoft and Xbox. I mean you know it’s bad when your own won’t even help you out.

Sure MS/Xbox got to use Jack Sparrow for Sea of Thieves and are making an Indiana Jones game. But Indiana Jones and Jack Sparrow are not Wolverine. PlayStation has gotten access to arguably the two most popular Marvel characters in existence and exclusive to them and their platform.

Could anyone imagine any scenario in which Iconic Manga Japanese Characters would ever be given to Microsoft or Xbox to make exclusive games with? That would never happen in a million billion years no matter how much cash Microsoft and Xbox threw at them.

I mean good god this is just embarrassing. How bad are Microsoft and Xbox if they can’t even secure the best that Disney and Marvel have to offer that are American made characters for their own projects? That’s just pathetic. No one likes Microsoft or Xbox at all.

NO ONE! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Youngindy21]

Insomniac is an American company in California. They were just bought by Sony. So what is your point?

[chronoforce]

Sony may be a Japanese Company but Insomniac who is actually making the game is not. Much like Square Enix, the developers actually making the Marvel Games are based in America and Canada respectively. Of course that has not stopped Marvel Games from working with actual Japanese developers like Platinum Games.

Phil made it pretty clear they were not going to be the green of some one's blue or red console to paraphrase him. For better or worse it seems like Microsoft is uninterested in pursuing the same types of deals with Marvel as Sony has.

Xbox fans that are aggrieved by Spencer's statement must make their peace with it but so does everyone else that feels Microsoft should copy Sony in order to compete.

[MadLad]

"No one"

Acquired Bethesda in the largest publisher acquisition in gaming history.

Teamed with EA to allow EA play within the Gamepass ecosystem.

Offers the entire Yakuza franchise, and many Square Enix games, on the service.

Has a brand deal with Dolby

I'm sure there's a lot more than just the ones I pulled off the top of my head, but.

Insomniac, after making the Sony owned ip of Spiderman pitched a Wolverine game to Marvel. They accepted, and Sony accepted to fund it. It's that simple.

That doesn't somehow make MS hated by the gaming ecosystem. They have strong ties to many companies.

Your entire short novel was one large bad take.

[FGHFGHFGH]

xbox exclusive star wars. That's how bad they are.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Chevalier]

That was pretty awful. If I were Lucasfilms and Disney I would avoid the publisher and studio making that game from making any further games too.

[Inverno]

I can't imagine most are frustrated over an actual competent developer working on Spiderman and now Wolverine. Seeing how Avengers turned out and how Guardians is shaping up to be another awkward disappoinment from Square and looking back on Activision's shitty treatment of these characters when they held the license for them (excluding that one wolverine game, and Ultimate Spider-Man) I say the majority are very much happy.

[WelkinCole]

IG is developing it. Did people expect it to be multi plat?

[Shadowsteal]

Did you want Insomniac Games, a Sony owned developer to make the game for Xbox too?

If you're a Marvel "fan" you would already have a Playstation anyways for Iron Man VR, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and the eventual exclusive Spider-Man dlc for Marvel's Avengers.

[Iltapalanyymi]

Or you just dont give a shit about capeshit.

[plmkoh]

Here come the down rampers. Ready to get you mad so you can click the article.

[jbull]

Simple solution is buy a Playstation, if your a console gamer and you still haven't bought into Playstation well there's probably no hope for you.

[chronoforce]

It looks like the exclusivity has become the price to pay to get a good Wolverine game. Without a developer with the prestige of Insomniac no one would be excited for a Wolverine game even though he is very popular character. There are plenty games based on popular Marvel franchises that have come and gone without much fanfare.

Look no further than Disney's Marvel's Square Enix's Avengers for proof that people actually do care about how good the game is and not just the name it is attached to.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Get a PlayStation then. Sony doesn't owe anyone anything.

[PhillyDillyDee]

Allow me to offer a counterpoint to your aimless shilling:

Sony is a public company. it owes a lot of shareholders (people) a profitable investment.

Perhaps you can refine your thought a bit next time if you aim to get some point across.

[derek]

Congratulations Philly for creating a strawman argument the comment you replied to wasn't trying to make. If you dont understand what he was trying to say, eventhough it should be obvious, then ask. Lol

[Aloymetal]

Yea, McDonald's is a public company, they should sell Whoppers too....smfh
The mandatory moaning article about exclusives after a PS showcase.......If you want great, GOTY contender games maybe you should ask the boss/company of your preferred platform to make them and stop moaning about others.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Thank you for coming with possibly the dumbest strawman argument possible. You can literally say that about ANY company. I was obviously talking about the competition but I didn't think here on N4G I should have to elaborate on common sense but it's clear by your comment it's something you clearly lack. Imagine calling common sense shilling.

Next time try using your brain, you have one built into your head for a reason.

[PhillyDillyDee]

Ok champ. One quick look at your comment history paints a crystal clear picture. Perhaps shill wasn't enough and I needed to throw a few adjectives in there to really drive the point home. What’s great is I’m picturing you holding a little Sony pennant. Go team!

Your comment doesn’t make any point you are trying to confer “obvious” so I just took it literally. You can’t have a strawman argument when there is no discernible argument with which to begin. Its nice that derek taught you a new term though!

Since you learned about one logical fallacy today here is an example of another called an ad hominem:

Get a Playstation when? “Then” is used when talking about something in relation to time. It’s impossible to understand your reasoning or direction when you seem to lack the basic ability to communicate.

This is an example of me attacking you personally instead of your first statement which would be better said as simply “Get a PlayStation.”

[BlaqMagiq1]

Wow you are a LOT dumber then I thought. You are the ONLY person in this entire comment section that DIDN'T understand what I was talking about and it's clear judging by the replies you got and the disagrees. It was VERY obvious but because my comment had you feeling some type of way you decided to make a strawman out of it. Looking at my comment history doesn't change anything but shows you're very upset at my comment.

The fact you had to resort to ad hominem because you lack common sense to understand a very obvious point shows your low IQ. "Get a PlayStation then" is a FACTUAL statement. Unless you know any other platform Wolverine is confirmed for. I didn't think I had to tell you something so obvious to play this game, but because of your lack of common sense it's VERY clear I had to. Continue to make your literal statements and strawman arguments though, it's fun watching you lack common sense.

[PhillyDillyDee]

Here I am trying to teach you something and you’re just refusing to listen. I’m sure it feels good when people come to your defense but you didnt have anything to defend to start. Everyone is right in an echo chamber and n4g is very obviously a sony chamber. If you pay attention here you will also see a lot more than sony lovers but that is another topic.

Your original comment was the equivalent of you yelling your fanboyism into the void. You just so happened to hear me yell back that your argument lacks substance and now you’re thrashing around grasping at words and using capitalization to signify that you are yelling at certain points i assume.

Also, when I explicitly offer an example of a fallacy, it doesnt somehow strengthen your position. You repeating it back to me just proves to me that you have no clue what is going on in this exchange. But since you seem to want to get into the weeds on what i meant about your statement than lets.

“Get a playstation then” is a sentence fragment. I obviously understand what you were meaning by it but I used it to offer the ad hominem example as a joke that was clearly at your expense. I see that went over your head.

Anyway it strikes me in this moment that I am wasting my time speaking with what I assume is a child or teenager about something that has absolutely no bearing on my life so I’ll just end this here.

Feel free to respond but know that I wont bother reading it. Have a nice Sunday.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Not only did I know you would ignore my obvious points, I knew you would continue to ignore your obvious lack of common sense by deflecting to things like "fanboyism, shilling". That is usually what low IQ people like yourself deflect to. There was nothing to defend because it's a factual statement, yet here you are trying to argue against a factual statement and you continue to lose the argument by continuous deflecting. Really sad to see.

The fact you felt the need to type giant comments to defend your terrible position with things like "I was joking" or "I'm trying to teach you" to defend your awful points and double down on your strawman arguments is laughable at best, sad at worst. Nothing you say will change the fact you need a playstation no matter how many strawman arguments you pull, no matter how many things you wanna call me like fanboy or shill.

"“Get a playstation then” is a sentence fragment. I obviously understand what you were meaning by it"

Lmao no you didn't. First off, this isn't English class. Second, if you "obviously" understood it you would've never replied to me in the first place. Funny how no one except you took it literally. You even admitted yourself you took this literal. This is what I've been trying to tell you but you continue to ignore that point because you realize you are cornered and need to deflect to something.

"You won't bother reading it?" I know that's a lie. This has clearly affected you in some way. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, because I will knowing I'll be playing Wolverine Day 1.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Better to get a great game than a mediocre piece of garbage from ubisoft or ea.

[Brazz]

This is how this industry works, there is no such thing as "unfair".
MS buys Bethesda for $7.5B, now they have the right to make the games exclusive, complaining is useless and saying "it's unfair" is likely innocence or "fanboy crying".
Sony Partners with Marvel to Create Exclusive Spider-Man and Wolverine Games? They make Kotor Exclusive? Same thing.

It all comes down to delivering the best games that attract the most people to your platform. Buying a studio, partnering, not releasing the game on the rival console, ordering the game for 3rd party, etc. anything goes... the only thing that matters is delivering the best content and Playstation has been doing this, with great advantage.

[Youngindy21]

It's a blow to those of us w/ a PS4 Pro as well. Xbox should try and secure a Marvel property. I'd like a Daredevil or Punisher game.

[JayRyu]

I agree. There are still other great characters in the Marvel universe. Daredevil, Black Panther Punisher, Spawn, Blade, to name a few. And all of them have the potential to have a great game. In the hands of the right developer.

[ShadowWolf712]

Spawn isn't Marvel. Image Comics.

[PhillyDillyDee]

I cant wait to play this in 2025 when PS5 supply finally meets demand and I can find the console at retail

[buckaroobanzai21]

The quality of the opinion pieces lately is concerning.

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh god, here we go as if exclusives are some crazy concept. Did you feel the same about Bloodborne or any other third party exclusive? Insomniac is a first party studio, you want to play it then buy the console. Don’t whine if you chose the wrong platform to support. Besides it’ll probably come to PC so there’s your bone.

[cerpintaxt44]

biased bs

[justadelusion]

have they complained about the xbox exclusives or is this someone not a fan of playstation?

[derek]

Don't blame Sony, they're out here looking for games that will attract people to their platform. Microsoft as with every other industry they're in, just has no imagination. The fact that a KOTR remake will appear on the ps5 exclusively illustrates this perfectly. A KOTR remake is the type of project Microsoft should have got to first as it's associated with their platform. All that money, yet no imagination.

[Aloymetal]

The mandatory moaning article about exclusives after a PS showcase.......If you want great, GOTY contender games maybe you should ask the boss/company of your preferred platform to make them and stop moaning about others.
You don't see Burger King selling Big Macs do you?

[WillyC009]

Where was this outrage towards Microsoft buying up Zenimax? Ohhh right, doesn’t fit that narrative people want to push. No outrage for PlayStation losing out on a catalog of games thanks to a competitors incompetence on building their own IP’s, they just threw stupid money to acquire it.

The junk people put out never ceases to amaze me.

[derek]

Microsoft has moved from having no games to having hundreds that nobody wants. Lol

[Magog]

I only have one console (PS5) and there isn't enough time in the day to play all of the best games for it. I have a backlog of dozens of games including BC titles. Don't cry over a missing game or two. No one has the time to play them all.

[Gaming4Life1981]

That's why I own all consoles so I can play everything.

[quiddd]

The Exclusives game has been played ever since consoles were a thing.

[medman]

Wolverine isn't coming for many years, 2024 at the earliest....plenty of time to save your pennies for a ps5 (or ps5 pro/ps6?). I skipped the xbox one, but this gen I bought a series x (and ps5) specifically because of gamepass and the games I missed last gen along with what Microsoft studios will produce this gen.

[frostypants]

This is what used to be known as a "system seller". It's a concept as old as console gaming. Do we really need to go through this debate every time it happens?

[Flakegriffin]

Welcome to competition, baby.

[MadLad]

I think this exclusivity BS is getting out of hand. Doesn't matter which company.
I grew up in a one parent household. They did well enough, but we went without certain things.
It's easy to say "just buy the hardware" but many people aren't in the position to do so.
Fanboys take situations like this as a win, not thinking about the real world implications.

Some people simply can't afford multiple consoles. There's a lot of kids out there who probably would want to play Spiderman or Wolverine who already just own an Xbox or Switch and simply can't.

Consoles aren't going anywhere. You can sell them on the quality of the device, and services offered. They're almost always sold at a loss. They make money on game sales. MS and Sony would probably make more acting as publishers who also sell hardware.

Just my two cents.

[Atticus_finch]

This wolverine game wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Sony and Insomniac wanting to make it. The project is being funded into existence. Sony is creating and growing the industry.
Much different to MS With Bethesda where Bethesda was well stablished, funded with multiple MP games in the works. MS didnt create, they took.

[dbcoops]

Peoples ability to afford things isn't what dictates what company's can and cannot do, if you can only afford one console be a smart consumer and research before you buy, all anyone had to do is look at what Sony did with PS4 to know what current console to purchase if after that they still chose xbox well that's on them. Also I didn't see a lot of people concerning themselves with "real world implications" after MS bought Bethesda.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

"I like to see stuff like this happen to, one, humble people, and two, actually create honest competition between the only two console manufacturers actually going head to head with each other."

You cheered on MS buying Bethesda.

[Chevalier]

Dude seriously that is such a absolute garbage take. My family could afford a Nintendo when I was a kid and we couldn't afford a Super Nintendo, but, that's life. Gaming is a f'n luxury, but, you try to make it seem like it's essential item to live, it's NOT a necessity. I would rather have food, clothing and a house over my head ANY day over gaming if it came down to it because those ARE a necessity. Other countries around the world can't even afford to have the conversation we're privileged to have Seriously some of this crap you say is absolutely idiotic.

Their has been a single Wolverine game ever made in 2009, it's not a series here being ripped away from fans. For all we know if Sony/Insomniacs didn't partner up to make it there's no guarantee it would ever necessarily even happen. It could be sitting there NOT made ever and Disney would be fine with that they're one of the richest companies in the world. They want to partner up with studios that bring their properties to a high level of quality on a case by case basis, so partnering up with one that has been successful already makes a ton of sense whether you agree of not, Sony/Insomniacs high quality is not in doubt.

[masterfox]

for those that are supposed to be frustrated they shouldn't be for just a simple reason, there are no other game developer or big game company outside Sony Studios willing to invest in games with this such quality like Sony is doing with its Developers(seriously prove me wrong), so instead get happy and be grateful we have Sony and their talented developers be able to deliver these stunning games to all of us and try to get a PS5, I mean if other game console company are doing games like this would definitely try to get that console no doubt, but that's not the case in this moment imo.

[UNCHARTED2FANATIC]

Wolverine isnt coming out anytime soon. Rack up them dimes and pennies for a ps5 if you want it. Hyped!! I know a lot of people are frustrated about Spiderman too

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Are we going to go through this every time Insomniac develops a game based on a popular Marvel superhero? I’m getting flashbacks to similar crying when Spider-Man was first announced.

In case you don’t know how exclusives work, if you want to play a game that badly, you can get the system that plays that game. Problem solved. Then, you can play it all you want once it’s out, and you don’t need to contribute to the devaluation of games “journalism”.

[jznrpg]

Just buy a PS , they have a lot more games to play besides Wolverine

[leejohnson222]

I'm a selfish gamer, I don't like cross gen games and I love playstation exclusives, sorry but screw anyone else's feelings, I'm getting what I paid for, high quality hard working Devs that deserve my money.

[leejohnson222]

I find it funny as everyone praises starfield being exclusive, what's the damn difference?

[Atticus_finch]

The difference is one was funded and created by Sony for PS5. The other was initially created and funded by Bethesda to be multiplat. Until MS took that away and that's including many other Multiplat games.

[ILostMyMind]

As a PlayStation user, I couldn't care less. Sony has to satisfy its customers.

[spwittbold]

sucks to be them I guess :)

[Lionsguard]

Could you imagine if Wolverine or Spiderman got into the hands of a third party instead like Ubisoft? I feel like if there ever were to be an MGU, Sony would be the best home for it. Sony is just known for highly cinematic games and their studios like ND, Sony Santa Monica, Guerilla, Suckerpunch could all handle Marvel games.

[Bronbron92]

Sounds like the Bethesda deal lol just saying

[swifty1]

KOTR and Wolverine have me so excited for PS’s upcoming games!! Oh yeah God of war Ragnarok. Oh and Spider-Man 2. Holy shit. Tits are jacked! Buy $AMC!

[Ristul]

Kotor is my most anticipated game right now, I hope they dont screw it up. 🙀

[Petebloodyonion]

Bouhou…
A company paid money to have exclusivity so we’re all doom :(
I’m not a fan of exclusivity but it’s not like signing agreement for exclusive right is something new. Just check movies and subscription services so it’s quite normal that this thing happen.
Heck don’t be surprise if Nintendo or Ms sign a similar deal for Some Dc comics character like Green Lantern.

[Eizhale]

It’s in the hands of a great developer so fingers crossed. At least it helps make up for the gap that Bethesda has made on PS 😎

[Bronbron92]

I wonder will Sony have to come out and clear things up to be sure people understand these are exclusives, look at the Bethesda deal once starfield was announced lol sure some Sony fans complained and everyone jumped saying Sony fans cried for it, yeh it sucks we’re not getting it on our preferred console but hey this is the same thing, Sony is getting more value out of a 2 million dollar investment than Microsoft’s 7.5 billion big OOF

[dbcoops]

What about all the Playstation owning Sci-Fi fans not getting Starfield? Why do these article always seem to be one sided?

[jbrock11]

Buy a PlayStation, frustration solved.

[Darkborn]

I thought the xbox fans arguement to playstation games are they are all the exact same game with a different skin. So go buy days gone on steam with your pcs and that's your wolverine game. Don't like it, then suck it. You guys got an entire publisher. I never really liked Bethesda, but still it's dumb how microsoft has to go buy things so Xbox can stand in line.

[OhReginald]

Oh boo hoo. Microsoft literaly paid billions for zenimax which has elder scrolls, fallout, doom, quake, wolfenstein, rage, Starfield, and more.

[MasterofMagnetism]

Microsoft buys Bethesda - "OMG, amazing job by XBOX."

Sony gets exclusive rights to Wolverine - "OMG, total BS. PS is screwing other gamers over big time."

[Melankolis]

Or maybe other platform owners prefer mediocre multiplatform Spiderman/Wolverine games published by Activision? Yea right...

[SinisterKieran]

I have my ps5 and at the end of the day, Xbox has got a lot of exclusives coming in the pipeline.

[ConsoleAgnostic]

I own both, so I will play it. However, all of the people saying it is no big deal, and to go buy a PS5. Will you be buying and Xbox for Starfield, because it is "no big deal"? I don't mind exclusives as they are necessary and make for better competition, but something like Marvel characters, just doesn't sit right. Down vote away!

[Orchard]

I have multiple PS5’s so can happily play this if I want to - but comics aren’t really my thing.

But why is wolverine such a big deal? There’s plenty of people who don’t really care about the Marvel universe or comic books at all.

There are much bigger “must play” games on PS.

[ballisticvoodoo]

Let me help with the headline.

"Microsoft acquiring Bethesda is exciting for Xbox fans, but frustrating for everybody else".

[Samonuske]

Considering this game wouldn’t even be happening if Insomniac didn’t take the initiative to pitch the idea, I think it’s understandable.

[Indigon]

Bit like Microsoft buying Bethesda then.

[Brutus83]

Well, im sure you can find a second hand ps4 for a little more than the price of the game. If they really want to play Wolverine and Spiderman, they have no excuse

[YourMommySpoils]

Just stick to your Bethesda.

[LucidIllusion]

Quit crying you know what to do