With Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 voice actor confirming that the long-anticipated Insomniac sequel is coming out in September, coinciding with the release of Bethesda’s Starfield, Microsoft and Sony are bound to directly go toe-to-toe again with their respective exclusives. The gaming community is taking this as their cue to pit the two games against each other, even though from a thematic perspective, they have absolutely nothing in common.

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While PlayStation owners bask in the glory of Kratos in God of War Ragnarok, Xbox customers have been left to fend for themselves with a string of mediocre third-party titles. This will soon change as Bethesda gears up to release the numerously delayed Starfield.

Todd Howard and co. have announced that their ambitious sci-fi venture will come out on Sep. 6, if not subject to further impediments. Now, Tony Todd, who voices Venom in Spider-Man 2, has claimed that the game will be out in the same month as Starfield.

For some reason that eludes us other than the two games being published by rival companies, fans are comparing the two and trying to decide which will win the war, never mind the fact that the two have nothing in common as an interactive experience.

Leak: Spider-man is launching in September.

If this is true then it's Starfield vs Spider-man.

How do you think this will go?

— PeterOvo (808) (@PeterOvo5) March 21, 2023

One is a sci-fi game that allows you to explore deep space with Bethesda’s trademark role-playing module. The other is a superhero game set in New York and featuring our beloved web-slinger. Some people are trying to be the voice of reason here.

Starfield = Space RPG

SpiderMan = 3rd person action adventure

Literally not comparable moron

— MJ Hernández (@MJ__Hernandez) March 22, 2023

That doesn’t mean gamers won’t pit them against each other, though, and the only catch is the biased result of that thought experiment, which relies entirely too much on your personal preferences.

"Sure, we'll work on the alternative for Call of Duty. For now, let us show you our alternative to Starfield"

— Nicola (@Nick_Marseil) March 21, 2023

Apparently Starfield (Xbox) and Spider-Man 2 (Playstation) will release at the same time.

How will this go? Well…

➡Spider-Man 2 will be a massive hit and will be played for TWO WEEKS and forgotten.

➡Starfield will be a massive hit and will be played for GENERATIONS.

— Falco X (@Falco_X) March 21, 2023

Honestly, we should just be happy that September is going to host not one, but two of the most anticipated games in recent memory. Why pick sides when it’s such a great time to be a gamer?