Was thinking that also lol.
Good get for them. Spiderman 2 will be what eventually gets me to pick up a PS5
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Sony Interactive Entertainment has acquired Insomniac Games
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Good get for them. Spiderman 2 will be what eventually gets me to pick up a PS5
i think we can say right now Playstation brand is at its highest. 14 very successful studios with PS5 on the way, man what a comeback.
It all started with you. Bless you.
It all started with you. Bless you.
This is incredibly reductive. Your assertions are wrong, plain and simple.
Not really too surprising. Outside of Sunset Overdrive, most of their games were PS exclusives. Regardless, I hope this means more Ratchet and Clank.
Cools, Spider man one of the only games I really enjoyed last year. Hope all the good people don't bail and they turn into BioWare...
That...doesn't make sense? They'll most likely release it on the Xbox AND PC. That's two platforms. All Insomniac games are now (probably) tied to one platform.
Ha, I always assumed they were an internal studio already... I literally only know them for Ratchet & Clank and Spider-Man.
Sensible purchase but I'm not sure why they didn't do it like 20 years ago! Probably would have been cheaper back then...
Sensible purchase but I'm not sure why they didn't do it like 20 years ago! Probably would have been cheaper back then...
Great acquisition for Sony, Insomniac have some great IP's and are on a winner since Spider-Man
So have you read the contract or have you not?
My assertion that Marvel owns the IP is wrong?
Thanks. That's interesting!
It seems like there are a lot of things stacked against a sequel happening. But number one would be that Sony would have to be confident that a sequel would sell, and I don't think the first game sold that well on Xbox One (not sure about PC)
Now this is a big big purchase! One of the largest and most prestigious independent studios in the AAA space, and a team that was always close to them.
Insomniac game budgets will become even bigger now that Sony will earn 100% of money from their sales.
Insomniac game budgets will become even bigger now that Sony will earn 100% of money from their sales.
Sony Pictures has been a bit of a money pit, they only have Jumanji and Spider-Man (with Marvel Studios) to go around.
And I agree with you, "Into the Spider-verse" is God tier.
Good lord, now that's a hefty MEGATON!
Nice power move from Sony, and a perfect paring.
Can't wait until they get a few more and start doing their own take on the mcu.
Nice power move from Sony, and a perfect paring.
Can't wait until they get a few more and start doing their own take on the mcu.
Compare this thread to the Obsidian thread last year... yeah, I don't think anyone is imagining anything.
Should buy Konami next. Then give Kojima a call "my man, place and the toys are yours if you want them" ;D
This studio has mostly made Playstation games since they started. You can count a handful of console games they made for everyone else. They are known to mostly be a Sony developer. Hell, everyone called them a 2nd party developer. This move only makes sense.
Yes, the number one thing working against a SO sequel is the fact that no one has any confidence in it to sell, and Insomniac's teams will be busy with IPs that everyone knows are guaranteed winners.
Think like this, is the same way with EA and Star Wars.
This is from Marvel
Spider-Man leads Marvel's "epic" new console strategy
On Monday night, Sony closed out its E3 press conference with the announcement that Ratchet and Clank developer Insomni…
www.gamesindustry.biz
Another studio can make a game like MUA3, or theoretically The Avengers, that includes Spider-Man among other Marvel characters. But no one other than Sony can make specific Spider-Man games.
It's definitely a huge deal even if it's not that surprising. It's not like Insomniac didn't take a risk outside of Sony. Most of the deals that had Insomniac partner up with other publishers didn't turn out so great so with Microsoft grabbing up studios left and right, it makes sense for Sony and Insomniac to finally cement their long lasting relationship.
Is it though? They've been releasing games left and right on multiple platforms for years.
But it's insanely disappointing anyway coming from the PC side of things. I guess Spider-Man was a too big success so they couldn't see the benefit of being everywhere.
You mean because certain people here always look forward to Microsoft acquiring a studio, but when Sony does it, it's met with "arrogant Sony, why?" type posters? It is hilarious at this point, yeah.
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Does Microsoft have an acquisition similar to this one?
MS has made several good acquisitions but outside of Ninja Theory its a lot of wait and see to me.
Masterpiece. Really was the start of all this.i think we can say right now Playstation brand is at its highest. 14 very successful studios with PS5 on the way, man what a comeback.
It all started with you. Bless you.
That's a shame. It'd be interesting to see their take on a Marvel property.
Hypothetically speaking, can Insomniac, now with the backing of Sony's resources, expand to have two teams?
This is a pretty obvious acquisition and a good move for both sides. Congrats to Insomniac and Sony!
That already came out, is doing okay but its going to break even at best, that was made for awards, not money.
Hoping for Housemarque and then maybe we can get a Resogun sequel, love that game.
For the fuck of it I went back and checked out this thread:
Microsoft acquires Playground games, Undead Labs, Compulsion games, Ninja Theory for first party
Playground Games. Microsoft has acquired U.K.-based Playground Games, a development partner since 2010 that has helped grow the Forza franchise to new heights. In addition to its work on this year’s Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games will have a team dedicated to bringing their open-world...
www.resetera.com
And for the most part the tone of the thread isn't all that different. Through 4-5 pages I can count on one hand the number of people complaining about cheerleading corporate acquisitions, and I don't think any of those people posted any differently in this thread (if at all).
That is a shame, im still going to watch on cinema next week then.
Outside of Sunset Overdrive and a few VR games (not including their smaller games/mobile). Their big hitters (Ratchet & Clank, Resistance and now Spiderman) were always on Playstation systems.
I think there was negativity over the first couple Microsoft acquisitions but after that it's been generally positive just like this one. In both cases there are people lamenting the loss of a developer on their preferred platform.
Also there's the precedent of Insomniac already working closely with Sony. That hasn't been the case for Microsoft say for Playground which was met with unanimous positivism.
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