The official PlayStation trailer for the upcoming title Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales was weirdly taken down by YouTube following a copyright claim a few days ago.
It’s not clear when exactly the video was removed but the screenshot showing the removal began trending during the weekend, leaving fans confused - it’s not every day you see an official game get binned for such a reason.
The claim apparently came from Gameloft, the French video game studio, but the trailer is back up and there’s been no explanation as to the exact reason behind the removal.
Fans speculating over the occurrence have suggested that the above-mentioned studio likely found some similarity between its mobile Spider-Man game and Spider-Man: Morales.
Others don’t believe Gameloft was actually involved in the copyright strike as YouTube’s notorious algorithm could have been the cause of the removal. It’s hard to imagine Sony and Gameloft being involved in any legal battle - although you just never know - and the platform taking videos down without a legitimate reason has been a long-running complaint in the YouTube community, more so among small YouTubers.
Of course, Sony has the pull to simply make a phone call and have issues rectified but smaller channels have very little clout in that regard.
The company did not comment on the removal, nor did Gameloft. But, as mentioned above, the trailer is back up.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is poised to drop for the PlayStation 5 at an unknown date, with Sony making the announcement - as well as announcements as it pertains to a number of other titles - during its recent reveal.
It’s since been confirmed that the Insomniac game will be standalone and not DLC but, so far, there’s been nothing on whether or not it will also be available for the PS4.
Source: ResetEra
