Unhappy with the Activision products licensed in the 2000s, Ong began looking for a new publisher to weave Spider-Man’s web.A form of bidding to find Peter Parker “The ideal sanctuary“Where he might flourish, Acti’s pundits are not offended. Ong logically turned to Xbox and PlayStation to negotiate exclusive partnerships, the people involved said. And according to Marvel’s leaders, Microsoft would rather refuse to take better advantage of Proposal of own intellectual property, without paying tithe.
As far as Sony is concerned, it will be easier to accept – so Ong, Adam Boyes and John Drake (then in charge of PlayStation’s third party negotiation) will be in Burbank in August 2014, for the manager recalls that this new ambitious partnership. “I said, ‘We have a most credible dream of beating Arkham (Rocksteady’s hit Batman series, editor’s note) and have at least one game, if not multiple games, that might help your machine’s adoption .”, revealed Ong, determined to surpass the competition from DC Comics.
After that, Sony will submit a draft project proposing to make the first Spider-Man game to benefit from a AAA rating, entrusted to Insomniac Studios – not yet first party At the time, but had considered”one of the most important partnersfrom the makers. The sequel is history, as Spider-Man has already made a huge box office hit, from the top of the 20 million it sold, plus 6.5 million get rid of Miles Morales, who received a lot of attention at the launch of the PlayStation 5.
Insomniac Studios joins Sony at the same time as the partnership expands to another license: In addition to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, set to feature Venom on PS5 next year, the California studio is hardly working on another well-known The Marvel franchise Wolverine works.