RolStoppable said:
Yes. Licenses are also the reason why many old games never made it to Virtual Console. No active license means that a publisher can't sell a game, and when it comes to old games, renewing a license is often estimated to cost more than the money the game could bring in. Of course, there are also cases where a license cannot be renewed because a certain publisher has purchased exclusive rights for selling video games based on the IP in question. I think this holds true for Spiderman, hence why the games were pulled from online stores. Physical copies that are still in stores are not affected by this, but the video game publisher who previously held the license is not allowed to print and distribute additional copies anymore. |
Stupid question, why is it that Sony can still release the ps1 Crash/Spyro games on PSN when Activision owns the IP does Marvel control their IP differently?
