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Zoombael on 22 August 2019
twintail said:
Xxain said:

Insomiac would never partner with MicroSoft in a way that harm/threaten their relationship with SONY. Sunset Overdrive was develop for XBOX because SONY turnt the offer down. SONY had first choice as they would with all Insomiac's work. So the move is pointless if looked at from that perspective.

The thing is that Insomniac has a high output number this gen, and even last gen. And they have a dedicated VR team (teams?).

Having Insomniac focused on PS5 means more traditional games (Ratchet and Spider-man at the very least) but also more VR content will be on the way.

They are pretty much a more reliable Japan Studio (who are my fav btw).

The benefits of owning Insomniac far outweigh them working on some games for Sony .

in conclusion:, lots of games, both traditional and R to look forward to on PS5. 

VR is definitely an aspect worth highlighting. It could be the prevalent factor that lead to this union. With a company as dedicated to VR as Sony, Insomniac as a first party will probably have more access and freedom to experiment, than with limited contract work. Time will tell us more.



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Rafie on 22 August 2019
Barkley said:
Rafie said:

No sir there won't be a Sunset Overdrive 2 for Microsoft. If Sony bought the studio, why would you think that a partnership with MS for future games can still happen?! That would be like Sony partnering with Ninja Theory for a future title. That ain't happening without MS. Same difference here. So unless Microsoft went to Sony and got permission to commission it, SO2 won't be dropping for MS/Xbox.

He's saying if Sony didn't buy them then Sunset Overdrive 2 exclusive to Xbox could have happened.

Oh okay I definitely misunderstood his statement.



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taus90 on 25 August 2019
think-man said:
taus90 said:
ok first off to people saying why buy a studio that was already making Playstation Exclusives? i dont think that sony didnt knew that, IMO the reason sony bought them was the turn around development time, Insomniac has the highest number of exclusives in any playstation generation Ps3 had 3 resistance games 4 R&c in span of 7 years, not to mention there was fuse.

coming to this gen multiple VR titles song of deep, SSO, Ratchet & clank, spiderman..

also i hardly think it was reactionary move to MS, more logical would be to say sony bought insomniac so that google didnt buy them out for stadia

Yeah they're quite a big studio, usually working on 2-3 different projects at any given time. Now they can work on smaller budget VR games for Playstation as well as Spiderman/Ratchet. Dedicating all there staff to Playstation, rather than working on multiple platforms. 

And most importantly they can dial their engine to max without worrying about multi-platform compatibility



S.T.A.G.E. on 28 August 2019

Insomniac will do as they please. Sony is not microsoft, which means they will have creative control over their projects and most likely have options to work on passion projects. Of course, this this depends on the return they give Sony.

The biggest problem I see with the logic of Xbox and how they view Microsoft’s value for ips, it’s horribly wrong and has either left them dependent or stagnant. Microsoft needs to be courting devs they can make NEW games with. They need to feel comfortable with microsoft letting them be in control of their projects. 

Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I doubt ms would’ve been able to buy insomniac, the way their exclusives for single player games have been selling. They sold 13 million copies with Sony. This is a match made in heaven.

I don't think the purchase is as valuable to MS given Sony owns their best work.

Insomniac is probably gonna be the Spiderman studio for now, maybe with some other projects on the side. MS wouldn't be able to make Spiderman games simply by owning Insomniac.



zealen on 28 August 2019

Honestly I don't think Remedy would be a great purchase for Sony for the price...they already have their games and I don't see it as a system seller/must have games. I'd go for something more unique and probably cheaper like Larian Studios, Dontnod, Frogwares...



CrazyGamer2017 on 28 August 2019
Azuren said:
CrazyGamer2017 said:

But I want for Sony to acquire From Software, Guerilla Games, Housemarque and Tarsier Studios because Little Nightmares is simply a master piece.

Why isn't Sony acquiring the studios I want it to acquire?

EDIT: Forgot to mention that Insomniac is nice too, I loved the Ratchet and Clank games.

It would be savage if Sony purchased From Software. Absolutely savage.

But it likely won't happen. Not unless Sony is prepared to make a hefty purchase.

What if I were to harass Sony with a ton of messages and tweets and whatnot till they get tired and purchase FromSoftware just to shut me up?



AngryLittleAlchemist on 28 August 2019

Remedy is looking really possible for the next candidate.



method114 on 05 September 2019
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Insomniac will do as they please. Sony is not microsoft, which means they will have creative control over their projects and most likely have options to work on passion projects. Of course, this this depends on the return they give Sony.

The biggest problem I see with the logic of Xbox and how they view Microsoft’s value for ips, it’s horribly wrong and has either left them dependent or stagnant. Microsoft needs to be courting devs they can make NEW games with. They need to feel comfortable with microsoft letting them be in control of their projects. 

Mr Puggsly said:

I don't think the purchase is as valuable to MS given Sony owns their best work.

Insomniac is probably gonna be the Spiderman studio for now, maybe with some other projects on the side. MS wouldn't be able to make Spiderman games simply by owning Insomniac.

Agreed one of MS's main issues IMO is if you make a good selling game for them they don't seem to want to let that studio do anything else but keep pumping out sequels till the end of time. Gears of War to me was a great series but MS just kept pumping them out with no end in sight. After 3 games I thought that was good and they should have put it to rest for a long time after that but they just keep going.



KazumaKiryu on 11 September 2019

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