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shikamaru317 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Being from console first-party in my past, I pinged both sides, both Xbox and PlayStation, and said, "We don't have any big console deals with anyone right now. What would you like to do?" Microsoft's strategy was to focus on their own IP. They passed.

History of Video Games Vol.2 Early History of Marvel Games (Included Discussions With Activision, Microsoft & Sony) | ResetEra

Microsoft was offered a Marvel deal back in 2014 but passed on it, confirms what we all already knew though, that Microsoft doesn't really like licenses and would rather work on IP that they own, who knows if that will change if Indiana Jones is a success but I don't expect to see any Xbox Game Studios working on licenses aside from DLC such as PotC/SoT.

What an idiotic move. Marvel approaches both, Phil turns him down, while Sony signs a Spider-Man deal which goes on to sell 20m+ copies lifetime, more than any Xbox exclusive sold this past gen. What a poor decision right out the gate by Phil when he took command of the Xbox division in 2014. Hopefully his position has changed since then, now that we've got Bethesda working on Indiana Jones and possibly a Star Wars game as well. 

Sony owns Spider-Man. That's why almost every Spider-Man game has been PS exclusive, not just that one title.