One of the biggest surprises of the PlayStation 5 game reveal event was the unveiling of Spider-Man: Miles Morales from Insomniac Games. A followup of sorts to the critically-acclaimed Spider-Man PS4 exclusive, Spider-Man: Miles Morales is easily one of the most hotly-anticipated PS5 exclusives that will be available for the next-generation console by the end of the year. However, fans should note that Spider-Man: Miles Morales is going to be a much shorter game when compared to its PS4 predecessor.
This was confirmed in a recent blog post on the PlayStation website, written by creative director Brian Horton. Horton touched on Spider-Man: Miles Morales' length, comparing it to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy in terms of scope. For the uninitiated, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a game that is beaten in seven hours on average, according to playtime aggregate site How Long to Beat, and so it seems like fans shouldn't expect Spider-Man: Miles Morales to last much longer than that.
Since Spider-Man: Miles Morales is going to be a shorter game, one has to wonder if it will come with a budget price. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy didn't release as a full-priced, $60 release, but it also wasn't one of the PS4's first games either. Sony could really go either way when it comes to Spider-Man: Miles Morales' pricing, but fans will need to wait until we're closer to launch to learn more information.
It should be stressed that even if Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a much shorter game than Spider-Man on PS4, that doesn't mean it won't be high-quality. Spider-Man: Miles Morales should be a great showcase of the PlayStation 5's capabilities, with the game already confirmed to be taking advantage of things like the PS5's ray-tracing, near-instant loading, and unique DualSense controller capabilities.
Furthermore, Horton has said that Spider-Man: Miles Morales will feature a "full story arc with Miles" and that the game will be an "essential experience" when it comes to the Spider-Man video game universe. This seems to indicate that the game's events will somehow lead into or tease what's to come in the inevitable Spider-Man 2, so fans of the franchise should still come away pleased.
As for when Spider-Man 2 will launch, that remains to be seen. Insomniac is not just busy with Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but the company is also hard at work on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which was easily one of the most impressive games shown during the PS5 game reveal event. So even though Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be on the shorter side, it should at least whet fans' appetites while they wait for the full-fledged sequel.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales will launch holiday 2020, exclusively for PlayStation 5.
Source: PlayStation Blog, How Long to Beat
