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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Insomniac Games Loves “Microsoft & Sony Fans Equally;” Sunset Overdrive and Resistance 3 Share Directors

Kane1389 on 30 May 2014

Equally? Really? You've been with one fanbase for almost 20 years and you've yet to release a single exclusive game for the other...but yeah, equally lol



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AshKetchum1992 on 31 May 2014
Fusioncode said:
I love you too Insomniac. Now please make me a full fledged Ratchet for PS4.

This



J_Allard on 31 May 2014
S.T.A.G.E. said:
UndauntedWizdom said:
I wonder if Insomniac made the switch because they feel that they'd sell more games on XBOX than PS? Doesn't look like such a great decision now. Then again, I think XBOX exclusives will still sell more than PS4 exclusives. Yes, even with the 2 million console sales lead.


Xbox exclusives sold more last gen because Microsoft split the multiplatform following fanbase Sony had expanded off of the back of Nintendo in the 80's and early 90's. Microsoft didnt expand the audience but they kind of just took them and were amazed by the sales that Sony once enjoyed and now had themselves. 

As for the reason why Insomniac left for MS. Sunset Overdrive is basically the game Insomniac had dreamed of making in their twenty years of working with Sony, but for once they wanted the IP and Sony wanted it. They couldnt agree so MS scooped them up. MS likes Sony devs or anyone affiliated with Sony.

I'm not even going to bother trying to decipher this bizarre "multiplatform following" nonsense, but for the bolded, why do you act as if this is a one way street? Publishers love working with established developers. Insomniac is an established developer. MS is a publisher. There are instances of MS working with devs formerly affiliated with Sony, and instances of Sony working with guys formerly affiliated with MS.

In professional sports if one team signs a guy in 3 straight offseasons who used to play for Team B, they probably don't have some fascination with Team B. They are probably looking for veterans and these veterans just happened to be former players. Hell, it's not as if Insomniac is coming off a hit game or can bring their successful Playstation IP's with them. You should have ended your reply without the bold but you can't help but make Sony out to be MS's knight in shining armor LOL.



DogRemag on 31 May 2014

What Microsoft fans? They have yet to release a game on Xbox until SSOD which will flop anyway.Oh, they mean the Microsoft fans who bashed their games because they were exclusive to the PS console? SSOD does not look better than R&C,Spyro or Resistance and only has hype cause its exclusive to box.That hype will fail to translate into sales just like Ryse.



DogRemag on 31 May 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
bananaking21 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Who is this advice for? Insomniac or bitter Sony fans?

If we wanna say Insomniac did it for the money... lets not ignore Sony could have threw money at Sunset Overdrive. But Sony instead opted for Destiny marketing and Watch_Dogs marketing.

are you saying Sony had to either spend money on marketing for Destiny and watch dogs or pay insomniac? 

Yep. That's exactly what I am implying.

This is stupid as it does not make sense and you have no proof.Sony does not throw money at games they do not own.That is MS with Titanfall and other games.I am glad they did not waste money on Sunset when they spent money on better games and will continue to do so.



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jlmurph2 on 31 May 2014
DogRemag said:
Mr Puggsly said:
bananaking21 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Who is this advice for? Insomniac or bitter Sony fans?

If we wanna say Insomniac did it for the money... lets not ignore Sony could have threw money at Sunset Overdrive. But Sony instead opted for Destiny marketing and Watch_Dogs marketing.

are you saying Sony had to either spend money on marketing for Destiny and watch dogs or pay insomniac? 

Yep. That's exactly what I am implying.

This is stupid as it does not make sense and you have no proof.Sony does not throw money at games they do not own.That is MS with Titanfall and other games.I am glad they did not waste money on Sunset when they spent money on better games and will continue to do so.


You're absolutely right, Sony just gets exclusive content and early betas because they're Sony lol.



DogRemag on 31 May 2014
S.T.A.G.E. said:
UndauntedWizdom said:
I wonder if Insomniac made the switch because they feel that they'd sell more games on XBOX than PS? Doesn't look like such a great decision now. Then again, I think XBOX exclusives will still sell more than PS4 exclusives. Yes, even with the 2 million console sales lead.


Xbox exclusives sold more last gen because Microsoft split the multiplatform following fanbase Sony had expanded off of the back of Nintendo in the 80's and early 90's. Microsoft didnt expand the audience but they kind of just took them and were amazed by the sales that Sony once enjoyed and now had themselves. 

As for the reason why Insomniac left for MS. Sunset Overdrive is basically the game Insomniac had dreamed of making in their twenty years of working with Sony, but for once they wanted the IP and Sony wanted it. They couldnt agree so MS scooped them up. MS likes Sony devs or anyone affiliated with Sony.


This is false and I don't know where people get this from.Besides Halo and Gears nothing sold much. Forza and Fable were the onky other franchises to go plat.Every PS exclusive minus a few sold over 1million copies. Games like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Viva Pinata, Crack Down, Banjo, Perfect Dark, Kameo Knights and Alan Wake sold pporly compared to Sony's games. Mostly shooters old on the Xbox and Forza or Fable do not make the top 10.



DogRemag on 31 May 2014
jlmurph2 said:
DogRemag said:
Mr Puggsly said:
bananaking21 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Who is this advice for? Insomniac or bitter Sony fans?

If we wanna say Insomniac did it for the money... lets not ignore Sony could have threw money at Sunset Overdrive. But Sony instead opted for Destiny marketing and Watch_Dogs marketing.

are you saying Sony had to either spend money on marketing for Destiny and watch dogs or pay insomniac? 

Yep. That's exactly what I am implying.

This is stupid as it does not make sense and you have no proof.Sony does not throw money at games they do not own.That is MS with Titanfall and other games.I am glad they did not waste money on Sunset when they spent money on better games and will continue to do so.


You're absolutely right, Sony just gets exclusive content and early betas because they're Sony lol.

I guess they do just like MS does or maybe because third party games sell better on PS consoels globally? Yeah that has nothing to do with the return in global profits at all.



jlmurph2 on 31 May 2014
DogRemag said:
jlmurph2 said:


You're absolutely right, Sony just gets exclusive content and early betas because they're Sony lol.

I guess they do just like MS does or maybe because third party games sell better on PS consoels globally? Yeah that has nothing to do with the return in global profits at all.


Where were you 7th generation?



DogRemag on 31 May 2014
jlmurph2 said:
DogRemag said:
jlmurph2 said:


You're absolutely right, Sony just gets exclusive content and early betas because they're Sony lol.

I guess they do just like MS does or maybe because third party games sell better on PS consoels globally? Yeah that has nothing to do with the return in global profits at all.


Where were you 7th generation?

Looking at PS3 games outsell their 360 counterparts in every country outside of the U.S. COD and GTA actually sold in Japan on PS3.Incredible,oh that's right U.S. only matters to Xbox fans lol.Devs make more money from PS in Europe too.