{"id":360184,"date":"2022-05-25T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/360184\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:00:15","slug":"spider-man-ps4-was-almost-an-xbox-exclusive-microsoft-activision-missed-the-mark-with-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/360184\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man PS4 Was ALMOST an Xbox Exclusive!!! Microsoft &amp; Activision Missed the Mark With Marvel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cUBqsWNRMv0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSpider-Man PS4 has often been a subject of debate amongst the gaming community in terms of its PlayStation exclusivity, but as it turns out, Microsoft passed up a golden opportunity with Marvel to make Spidey an exclusive title for their gaming platforms. Yes, Spider-Man was ALMOST an Xbox exclusive! The overall detailed history behind Peter Parker swinging his way onto PlayStation platforms has been recently revealed in Steven L. Kent\u2019s book &#8220;The Ultimate History of Video Games: Volume 2&#8221; &#8211; here&#8217;s where Microsoft &#038; Activision (embarrassingly) missed the mark. Thank you all so much for watching True Believers, and make sure to like this video, share, comment, and subscribe!<br \/>\n#SpiderManPS4<br \/>\n#BeGreater<br \/>\n#SpideySquad<br \/>\n#InInsomniacWeTrust<\/p>\n<p>Xbox \u2018turned Marvel down\u2019, leading to Spider-Man on PS4, exec reveals: https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/xbox-turned-marvel-down-leading-to-spider-man-on-ps4-exec-reveals\/<\/p>\n<p>Spider-Man Could Have Been Xbox-Exclusive But Microsoft Turned Down a Marvel Deal: https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/2022\/05\/23\/why-spider-man-ps5-ps4-exclusive\/<\/p>\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man 2 Videos Playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCVKVofIz_tpIJTgSFFL1v-YflVQKnIhh<\/p>\n<p>The Spidey Squad&#8217;s YouTube Channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9oA8aNidDgDLDucQInG9Fg<\/p>\n<p>The NEW Spidey Squad Discord Server: https:\/\/discord.gg\/R2nTNRx<\/p>\n<p>THE SPIDEY SQUAD!!!: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLDRz7fXD5zWysIm0w46Nsw\/channels?view=60&#038;shelf_id=0<\/p>\n<p>Spidey Squad Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/spidey_squad<\/p>\n<p>My Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanFilarca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spider-Man PS4 has often been a subject of debate amongst the gaming community in terms of its PlayStation exc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":360185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20976],"tags":[136196,34901,21520,21478,174743,21117,31770,174742,77191,69,2071,62422,20984,153480,34896,38182,112,23549,28411,21118,23551,34895,174741,174739,174740,34893,77190,1031],"class_list":{"0":"post-360184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ps4-games","8":"tag-console-wars","9":"tag-evan-filarca","10":"tag-insomniac-games","11":"tag-marvel","12":"tag-marvel-games-xbox","13":"tag-marvels-spider-man","14":"tag-marvels-spider-man-2","15":"tag-marvels-spider-man-xbox","16":"tag-marvels-wolverine","17":"tag-playstation","18":"tag-playstation-5","19":"tag-playstation-news","20":"tag-ps4-games","21":"tag-ps4-vs-xbox-one","22":"tag-ps5-news","23":"tag-ps5-vs-xbox-series-x","24":"tag-sony-interactive-entertainment","25":"tag-spider-man-ps4","26":"tag-spider-man-ps5","27":"tag-spider-man","28":"tag-spider-man-game","29":"tag-spider-man-game-news","30":"tag-spider-man-ps4-xbox","31":"tag-spider-man-xbox","32":"tag-spider-man-xbox-exclusive","33":"tag-spidey-squad","34":"tag-wolverine-ps5","35":"tag-xbox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}