Sony announced yesterday Marvel’s Spider-Man (both the base game and its GOTY edition) will soon be ending PS Plus Extra and Premium subscriptions. The news has received mixed reactions from players, with many fans upset that the first-party game was taken down.
Marvel’s Spider-Man will be leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium on May 15, 2023
Sony never committed to keeping first-party games on PS Plus indefinitely. Nevertheless, fans are finding the timing of Spider-Man’s removal unique.
Spider-Man will be out of service on May 15th. According to a reliable leaker, Sony is planning his major PlayStation showcase in June ahead of Summer Game Fest. With Spider-Man 2 set to release later this year (reportedly in September), Sony has made a major marketing push for the sequel, one of his biggest console-exclusives to date. I plan to start.
As a result, removing Spider-Man from PS Plus before the marketing push for Spider-Man 2 didn’t sit well with fans. Fans concluded that Sony probably hopes to get the bank on the first game’s surge in sales, with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse set to hit theaters in June. This is especially noteworthy because
