Sony Confirms There’s No Free PS5 Upgrade For PS4 Spider-Man Players

14 responses to “Sony Confirms There’s No Free PS5 Upgrade For PS4 Spider-Man Players”

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   pablo77

   September 24, 2020 at 7:29 am

   That’s gotta be some of the most confusing messaging there..

   So, you have Spiderman on PS4, it’ll run on PS5 (but not upgrade to ultimate which is just.. what? the graphics are nicer?)
   You buy Miles Morales on PS4, it’ll upgrade (just that portion) to PS5 pretty?
   You want to play on PS5 with the original spiderman game looking all next gen, you need to buy it again…

   I think this is a clear case of, if you’re in first place you don’t need to be as nice (this isn’t a straight dig at Sony, any company in #1 is going to be like this) as the folks who are trying to still make good with gamers (MS).

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      Spinout

      September 24, 2020 at 9:00 am

      Both Sony and Microsoft’s marketing teams have dropped the ball on aspects of their console releases… whether it be from Spider Man’s “we want to give you something free but not really because we also want to make you pay”, through to Microsoft’s “I’m sure you’ll be able to to work out which XBox to buy based on the names ;)”. And these things should be so simple to get right…

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         jimmydanger

         September 24, 2020 at 2:41 pm

         Hmm. One company charging for next gen upgrades of titles you’ve bought, but with a naming system that may be confusing if you’re not paying attention when you slap your $750 down, and one offering free upgrades, but you’ll possibly have to make sure you’re not buying the differently priced/different looking, similarly named system when slapping your monies down.

         If I was in either marketing department I know which problem I’d prefer to be facing

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            jimmydanger

            September 24, 2020 at 2:42 pm

            *may NOT be confusing

            I guess I wont be working for either marketing department anytime soon!

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         2. 

            blightor

            September 25, 2020 at 2:08 am

            Its a remaster of an old game they are bundling with the new game.

            I don’t think having to pay for a remaster of an old game is a big issue (i mean, otherwise hardly anyone would do that), the issue is that they have locked it to miles ultimate.

            Why do that, surely they understand that there is no need to make miles more attractive to people who want to buy it – its a launch title that looks fantastic.

            They deserve getting the flack, I particularly like the meme response by xbox of the old sony one. (though I will not that XBOX doesn’t force publishers to use Smart Delivery – so its a bit cheeky, note that its a disclaimer at the end of the meme)

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      jbar

      September 27, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      And not just Miles, the ultimate edition

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   novasensei

   September 24, 2020 at 7:36 am

   One of my favourite PS4 games. In fact the only game i haven’t platinumed. But I just won’t bother with all this silliness.

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      bass400

      September 24, 2020 at 9:46 am

      The only game you haven’t Platinumed?! Holy shit, completionist respect.

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         novasensei

         September 25, 2020 at 8:32 am

         😀 you do want to know how often my brain does that.

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3. 

   namiwakiru

   September 24, 2020 at 8:34 am

   Well that’s a shame, though I was really only interested in getting the sequel anyway.

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4. 

   dazzler3622

   September 24, 2020 at 11:02 am

   Seems like it’s called a “remaster” just to charge people to get it, when the level of improvement would probably be comparable to the next gen upgrade that The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk will be getting for free.

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   ranjoy.biswas@outlook.com

   September 24, 2020 at 1:58 pm

   This is kind of sad, they’re just milking their fanbase because they can – I’ll just stick to Spiderman/Miles Morales & Horizon on PS4 for now. So many Microsoft and third party games are getting free upgrades with enhancements on next-gen for no extra cost.

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6. 

   doctorwhom

   September 24, 2020 at 3:32 pm

   So either which way Sony is screwing you if you want anything to do with Spider-Man on the PS5. Yay!

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7. 

   drsleepless

   September 24, 2020 at 11:54 pm

   Plain and simple, $$.

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