Sony and MS's approach to exclusive contents: which is better?

[Lord N]

Munkeh111 said:

Lord N said:

Munkeh111 said:

Lord N said:

Munkeh111 said:
Insomniac is not 1st party, I don't get how Sony have managed to get so many exclusives from them and still haven't bought them, I don't think Insomniac have made a game on a non-Sony platform

 

Sony owns the IP's that they develop. (Ratchet & Resistance)

I am not sure about that, I definitely read an interview with Brian (I think) Hastings, who said that they are 100% independent from Sony, it was in an older OPM, though he could be lying

 

I said that they own the IP's, not the developer.

Insomniac couldn't make a Ratchet or Resistance game without Sony's permission.

 

By 100% independent I mean Sony have no control over them, and it would also imply they own their own IPs. To be honest, I am not sure

@ the god of war, the studio is for more Quest for Booty style things, and experimenting with new ideas

 

No, it doesn't imply that they own the IPs at all.

Here is a list of Sony owned franchises:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment   

If that's not enough for you, get a copy of a Ratchet game, look at the small print on the back of the case, and it will clearly state that Ratchet is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Insomniac didn't even develop the portable titles (Size Matters, Secret Agent Clank. They were developed by High Impact Games and published by Sony. That wouldn't be the case if Insomniac owned the IPs.

Seriously, I thought this was common knowledge by now. Media Molecule isn't first or second party, but that doesn't change the fact that Sony owns the Little Big Planet franchise.