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[Zathalus]

It might, but seems unlikely at this point. Although trusting Sony to not reverse direction on something is a tad silly these days.

 

[Pokedot]

This is a Disney IP, and they have a vested interest in having the game be accessible to as many ppl as possible and make bucket loads of money. If Sony had their way MLB The Show would be only a Playstation exclusive, but the MLB didn't want that.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Possibly as Sony still have announced nothing. They can do whatever they want.

But according to the contract they are not mandated to released those games on PC.

 

[SNG32]

Possibly as Sony still have announced nothing. They can do whatever they want.

But according to the contract they are not mandated to released those games on PC.

If Disney says to put it on best believe they will besides you don't think if they do the epic deal they won't want it on the epic store?

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Perhaps it's Marvel itself that, as part of the contract, wants at least a PC port (if not for other consoles, who knows). Money has no smell or colour.

 

[Z O N E]

I mean, doesn't Disney take a cut from the sales, even if it's digital, so the amount sold will have to be more to compensate the % they take, so I won't be surprised if they do a PC release a year or 2 down the line.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Is it even up to Sony? That Marvel contract was very one sided, and not so much in Sony's favor, if I remember correctly.

 

[HRK69]

I'm more worried about Demons Souls and GT7

 

[Russell]

It better not.

 

[Varteras]

 

[SNG32]

Every marvel game has released on PC so will see if Wolverine never comes which I highly doubt. Especially if Disney buying epic goes through.

 

[Varteras]

Every marvel game has released on PC so will see if Wolverine never comes which I highly doubt. Especially if Disney buying epic goes through.

 

[SNG32]

There's no hope to something that will happen.

 

[Varteras]

 

[Bojanglez]

Is it even up to Sony? That Marvel contract was very one sided, and not so much in Sony's favor, if I remember correctly.

I think it had quite significant minimum revenue for games, so if they don't hit that on PS then they'd either need to pay it themselves or put the game on PC to recoup

 

[pudel]

If Jean Grey really looks like in the leaks...than we will have a Spiderman2 situation. In other words...just keep it ps bro's! Its all yours for you alone!

 

[The Cockatrice]

Demons Souls

 

[//DEVIL//]

If ghost of Yoti or whatever it's called doesn't come first. Wolverine isn't coming ..

And honestly speaking ? I am kinda glad. It gives me a purpose to own a PlayStation console.

I love my PC but I love console exclusives.

Kinda gives more value to the IP then whoring it around for every platform possible

 

[SNG32]

If ghost of Yoti or whatever it's called doesn't come first. Wolverine isn't coming ..

And honestly speaking ? I am kinda glad. It gives me a purpose to own a PlayStation console.

I love my PC but I love console exclusives.

Kinda gives more value to the IP then whoring it around for every platform possible

Ghost Yotei is fully owned by Sony, Wolverine is not.

 

[PaintTinJr]

This is a Disney IP, and they have a vested interest in having the game be accessible to as many ppl as possible and make bucket loads of money. If Sony had their way MLB The Show would be only a Playstation exclusive, but the MLB didn't want that.

Total sales/money is more important to Disney than accessibility IMO, because meaningful visibility is proportional to the copies sold at full price.

Selling half a million copies on PC from £70 - £20 at the expense of PlayStation gamers initially baulking at asking pricing of £70 knowing they will be listening to DF tell them how much better and faster it looks on RTX 5070ti PC or higher a few months later isn't good business if 2m-4m PlayStation gamers sleep on it, buy or borrow from a friend - which has been my strategy since Returnal dropped on PC.

I'm now at a stage that unless PlayStation formally announce full exclusivity on a game I'm assuming it is coming to PC, and am then sleeping on it, like I am with Yotei, and will with Saros and Wolverine. PlayStation seemingly want to have their cake and eat it, wanting customers to assume no information means exclusivity - like it did in PS3 gen - but the blindsiding they've done in devaluing their first party and previous third party exclusives games like Returnal with shadow PC drops means I'm not falling for that, and in that sense I agree with the OP, without confirmation from PlayStation Wolverine is still on course to be on PC too.

 

[Fabieter]

I mean, doesn't Disney take a cut from the sales, even if it's digital, so the amount sold will have to be more to compensate the % they take, so I won't be surprised if they do a PC release a year or 2 down the line.

Its their only gaming partner which make marvel significantly money at all. So i doubt they would care too much.

 

[RaidenJTr7]

If you want to play Saros, Wolverine and GTA6. Get a PS5. Otherwise, have fun waiting years and port begging.

And if you want to Play SC or Squadron 42 and Half life Alyx ?

Gears 5 ?
Sunset overdrive ?
Ori games ?
quantum break?
halo infinite

How long they waited for Horizon 5 on PS5?

it sold 5 million on PS5 in a short time !
more then lets say death stranding 2

It seems they can wait?

 

[diffusionx]

And if you want to Play SC or Squadron 42 and Half life Alyx ?

Gears 5 ?
Sunset overdrive ?
Ori games ?
quantum break?
halo infinite

How long they waited for Horizon 5 on PS5?

it sold 5 million on PS5 in a short time !
more then lets say death stranding 2

It seems they can wait?

Yea it's almost like each platform offers something and people need to decide what to invest in based on that.

But who the hell wants to play Quantum Break or Shitfinite in 2026

 

[IAmRei]

if there is any chance, i hope somebody mod the characters, especially females

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

It's a Sweet Baby Inc game. Keep it.

 

[Cumulus]

the plan is the plan until it is no longer the plan.
Since we have no official statements we simply don`t know.
The "no more pc ports" leaks come from rather trustworthy sources, though.
Considering how uninterested the PC crowd in general seemed to be... doesn`t really matter much either way.

 

[Skifi28]

Some will get in on PS5, other people will keep waiting forever for the PC version because it's coming any day now and others will not buy it anywhere. Who cares, you do you.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Ghost Yotei is fully owned by Sony, Wolverine is not.

Developed and published by Sony. They have control over it.

THem releasing spider man 1 and 2 was a choice. Not forced to do it

 

[yurinka]

From the 2023 Insominiac leak

Key Details of the Agreement & Future Plans:

• Wolverine & X-Men Exclusivity: The agreement, lasting through 2035, grants Sony/Insomniac exclusive rights to develop X-Men console and PC games.
• PC Ports (Nixxes Collaboration): While the games are exclusive to PlayStation at launch, they are expected to arrive on PC later, often in collaboration with Nixxes Software. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is scheduled for a PC release on January 30, 2025.
• Continued Partnership: Marvel Games has stated they will work with Insomniac for "many years to come," with projects stretching toward the late 2020s and early 2030s.
• Upcoming Projects: Following the success of the Spider-Man series, Insomniac is developing Marvel's Wolverine (expected 2026) and has further X-Men projects planned.
• Limitations on Others: Under the agreement, Marvel cannot announce other X-Men games from other publishers for consoles or PC during the contract term, though X-Men characters can appear in broader, "multi-family" Marvel games.

The deal mentioned that to continue the deal they had to reach as I remember minimum 6M copies in PS+PC starting to count in the initial PS release.

Which implies that the game was planned in the deal to be released first on PS and later in PC, pretty likely less than a year later.

We have no idea what's in Sony's contract with Marvel

We have, as the OP mentions it was leaked in the Insomniac leak.

People act like these contracts are written on stone tablets and put in front of the temple like in Ancient Greece. No, Sony can call up Marvel and they can revise the agreement.

Yes, they can change/terninate. That's why they include clauses like in this case on that said that if it drops in Sony's side, Sony would still have to spend the $621M (as I remember that was the number) they commited to spend in the I think it was first 3 Wolverine/X-Men games plus a $9M termination fee.

 

[SNG32]

Developed and published by Sony. They have control over it.

THem releasing spider man 1 and 2 was a choice. Not forced to do it

Time will tell Sony hasn't officially said that it's not coming to PC at some point. So far from what's been in the leaked document has came to fruition more so than insiders speculating Sonys moves. Of course Sony won't say anything because they want the sales on PlayStation consoles and the ability to shadow drop on PC.