[amscanne]

I believe that by this point Sony had Spider-Man and Fox had X-men, both of which had proven to have legs. There was likely little doubt that a collection of other tried-and-true titles were worth a significant amount, even if Marvel Studios themselves failed to make a hit.

[mulmen]

Makes sense. It's just way outside my wheelhouse so I can't imagine taking a 500+ million dollar gamble on, well, anything.