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Will Sony's Spider-Man Games Come to Xbox? 'Not Likely,' Insomniac Says
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 70188" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/02/16/ss-2fb76f7e76dbddf87715d18ae1bcb5cd1dda5747-1920x1080-1771242918277.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Could an Xbox version of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games eventually be released, given parent company Sony’s recent softening on multiplatform not just on PC, but with the likes of Helldivers 2 and Marathon coming to Microsoft’s console? Based on a comment from Insomniac itself, Xbox owners shouldn’t hold their breath.</p><p></p><p>A fan replied to a tweet from Insomniac celebrating Valentine’s Day to ask about the possibility of Spider-Man swinging onto Xbox, and <a href="https://x.com/insomniacgames/status/2022752405444505766" target="_blank">the developer’s response</a> was pretty clear: “Not likely.”</p><p></p><p>Now, you might say that’s obvious. But, as the replies have pointed out, once upon a time Insomniac ruled out Marvel's Spider-Man ever coming to PC, and it ended up making the jump from PlayStation exclusivity to personal computers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, nearly nine years after that tweet, Sony not only publishes games on PC, but on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Arrowhead’s record-breaking Helldivers 2, for example, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/helldivers-2-is-officially-getting-halo-odst-content-but-its-first-legendary-warbond-is-going-to-cost-you" target="_blank">launched on Xbox Series X and S complete with a Halo crossover</a>. And Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/marathon" target="_blank">Marathon</a> is coming out on Xbox as well as PC and PlayStation. The times have changed.</p><p></p><p>Spider-Man, though, does feel like it would be crossing a thicker line to get to Xbox, and Insomniac’s tweet suggests that to be the case. In the shorter term, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine is due out later this year — exclusively on PlayStation 5. Meanwhile, Insomniac fans expect another Spider-Man game eventually, a continuation of the story as set out in 2023’s Marvel's Spider-Man 2, which launched on PC in January last year. (Last year, Yuri Lowenthal suggested <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/spider-man-3-actor-says-peter-parker-wont-be-relegated-to-the-couch" target="_blank">Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 will see Peter Parker doing his Spider-Man thing</a> despite what the ending of Spider-Man 2 suggests.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sony’s approach contrasts with that of Microsoft, which has fully embraced multiplatform for pretty much all its first-party video games. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/forza-horizon-6-set-in-japan-launches-2026" target="_blank"><u>When Microsoft finally announced Playground’s Forza Horizon 6</u></a> and confirmed it would launch on PlayStation 5 <em>after </em>Xbox and PC, it came as a surprise. Nowadays, Xbox Game Studios is one of the most prolific and successful publishers on PlayStation.</p><p></p><p>In October last year, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-idea-of-locking-it-to-one-store-or-one-device-is-antiquated-for-most-people-xbox-president-says-microsoft-is-seeing-players-evolve-way-past-big-blockbuster-exclusive-games" target="_blank">Microsoft said the idea of a video game exclusive locked to a single storefront had become “antiquated for most people,”</a> but Sony still refuses to launch its big single-player games on anything other than PlayStation day-one (the latest example of this is Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei). Multiplayer games, however do tend to launch on PC at the same time. Guerrilla’s recently announced co-op action game Horizon Hunters Gathering is set for PS5 and PC. Marathon’s day-one multiplatform launch is something of an outlier.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/will-sonys-spider-man-games-come-to-xbox-not-likely-insomniac-says" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 70188, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/02/16/ss-2fb76f7e76dbddf87715d18ae1bcb5cd1dda5747-1920x1080-1771242918277.jpg[/IMG] Could an Xbox version of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games eventually be released, given parent company Sony’s recent softening on multiplatform not just on PC, but with the likes of Helldivers 2 and Marathon coming to Microsoft’s console? Based on a comment from Insomniac itself, Xbox owners shouldn’t hold their breath. A fan replied to a tweet from Insomniac celebrating Valentine’s Day to ask about the possibility of Spider-Man swinging onto Xbox, and [URL='https://x.com/insomniacgames/status/2022752405444505766']the developer’s response[/URL] was pretty clear: “Not likely.” Now, you might say that’s obvious. But, as the replies have pointed out, once upon a time Insomniac ruled out Marvel's Spider-Man ever coming to PC, and it ended up making the jump from PlayStation exclusivity to personal computers. Now, nearly nine years after that tweet, Sony not only publishes games on PC, but on Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Arrowhead’s record-breaking Helldivers 2, for example, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/helldivers-2-is-officially-getting-halo-odst-content-but-its-first-legendary-warbond-is-going-to-cost-you']launched on Xbox Series X and S complete with a Halo crossover[/URL]. And Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/marathon']Marathon[/URL] is coming out on Xbox as well as PC and PlayStation. The times have changed. Spider-Man, though, does feel like it would be crossing a thicker line to get to Xbox, and Insomniac’s tweet suggests that to be the case. In the shorter term, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine is due out later this year — exclusively on PlayStation 5. Meanwhile, Insomniac fans expect another Spider-Man game eventually, a continuation of the story as set out in 2023’s Marvel's Spider-Man 2, which launched on PC in January last year. (Last year, Yuri Lowenthal suggested [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/spider-man-3-actor-says-peter-parker-wont-be-relegated-to-the-couch']Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 will see Peter Parker doing his Spider-Man thing[/URL] despite what the ending of Spider-Man 2 suggests.) Sony’s approach contrasts with that of Microsoft, which has fully embraced multiplatform for pretty much all its first-party video games. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/forza-horizon-6-set-in-japan-launches-2026'][U]When Microsoft finally announced Playground’s Forza Horizon 6[/U][/URL] and confirmed it would launch on PlayStation 5 [I]after [/I]Xbox and PC, it came as a surprise. Nowadays, Xbox Game Studios is one of the most prolific and successful publishers on PlayStation. In October last year, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/the-idea-of-locking-it-to-one-store-or-one-device-is-antiquated-for-most-people-xbox-president-says-microsoft-is-seeing-players-evolve-way-past-big-blockbuster-exclusive-games']Microsoft said the idea of a video game exclusive locked to a single storefront had become “antiquated for most people,”[/URL] but Sony still refuses to launch its big single-player games on anything other than PlayStation day-one (the latest example of this is Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yotei). Multiplayer games, however do tend to launch on PC at the same time. Guerrilla’s recently announced co-op action game Horizon Hunters Gathering is set for PS5 and PC. Marathon’s day-one multiplatform launch is something of an outlier. [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/will-sonys-spider-man-games-come-to-xbox-not-likely-insomniac-says"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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