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Sony Interactive Entertainment has acquired Insomniac Games
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I know they are tied to Sony for obvious reasons, but a majority of their releases the last few years were on other platforms. I mentioned this in the other thread but it'll be interesting to see if Sony continues their out put or focuses them more on 1-2 major releases like they do with some of their other marquee studios. Spiderman 2 seems obvious, as does continuing Ratchet, but they also have a lot of VR experience which should help if Sony wants to continue to push VR (or a PSVR2) with PS5.
Ok, I didn't say they wouldn't make sequels, just that hopefully Sony gives them more freedom than just working on one series 'til the end of time.
Paying homage to the boxart, it was cropped out of the image.From Ted Price's statement
YOU FORGOT FUSE
HOLY SHIT
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?!!
I THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO STAY INDEPENDENT!
How big was the check? >.>
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?!!
I THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO STAY INDEPENDENT!
How big was the check? >.>
1. They enjoyed working well with Sony on spiderman
2.they like the direction Sony is heading
3.there history with sony
4. A big amount of money.
Shocker that a thread like this is 99% positive unlike other studio acquisition ones on other platforms, huh?
They've tried that before and Ted still turned them down. That's the part that's puzzling.
The other one you're thinking of is Fuse, which was announced with a TF2-style teaser before it came and was revealed to be another generic modern military cover shooter.
The partnership probaby ended a few months ago as far as signing up to develop new games for them but they'll still release the games for Oculus as planned. I'm glad, Insomniac should have been developing for PSVR years ago.
Yep, I believe that is what will happen for sure.
They will finish what they're contracted to, and then start working with Sony.
At a certain point, it's the responsible and right thing to do for your employees to take a cash buyout from a company like Sony. I'm sure a lot of longtime Insomniac employees are very happy today, and congrats to them.
makes sense, Sony brings the best out of studio's like Insomniac. Hope they can reach new heights now that they have full access to sony's development resources and tech.
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For the love of god is it possible we can finally get Sunset Overdrive 2 now!?! Might be overkill for them personally though since Spiderman is kinda close to that same type of game.
Kudos to the OP for making the original thread title, that got a genuine laugh out of me. Shame it's been changed.
For the most part, not too shocking given Sony and Insomniac's close history, but I do recall one of the studio leads preferring Insomniac being an independent studio. Wonder what happened to that. Did they change their mind or they're since stepped down/been replaced?
For the most part, not too shocking given Sony and Insomniac's close history, but I do recall one of the studio leads preferring Insomniac being an independent studio. Wonder what happened to that. Did they change their mind or they're since stepped down/been replaced?
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They did quite a few games for Oculus. Which could be a good thing for PSVR, if Sony use them for some PSVR games.
Hell yeah, now PC versions of their games will never happen. AWESOME!!!!
Nice, I guess it makes sense for them. I hope that this will eventually give us Sunset Overdrive 2.
Unfortunately not. I mean I'm happy for Insomniac because hey financial security is great but it's just interesting to see people's reactions. Par for the course though I guess.
Well after Spider-man sold like crack I knew this was eventually gonna happen. It's Insomniac's most successful game by far, they'd be stupid not sign a contract with Sony after that success. Congrats to Sony and Insomniac.
I love exclusives on platforms. I know that people tend to hate it and want to see games across all platforms, and while I believe there is a place for that I think having exclusives not only differentiates a platform but it also applies a different kind of pressure and quality on those platforms. It's great for competition and and good for the consumer (albeit we have to buy more than one console to appreciate it).
you mean ruined? did you put fuse in their originally? lol
The joke obviously was bad as the title was changed.
Insomiac Games deserve respect for what they did for this industry and not be made into a joke.
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