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[insomniac17]

Million said:

insomniac17 said:

Nope, they've always developed exclusively for the Playstation platform. Just because they have strong links with first party devs doesn't make them first party though. That's all I'm pointing out is that Sony technically does not own them, and it is quite possible for them to walk up to MS and say they'd like to make a game for the 360. Just not likely.

 

It's quite possible for nuclear missiles to destroy the entire world in the next 5 minutes , but that's a situation so unlikely it isn't worth mentioning. Insomniacs history , it's business practices have Sony at the core , I doubt they could easily ignore that even for an MS cash incentive , Insomniacs involvment with Sony is much more than financial.

IIRC correclty Sony's development studios even exchange technical knowledge with each other (including Insomniac.

I'm pointing out that even though Insomniac isn't technicaly 1st party that isn't really relevant. To put Insomniac in the same category as Media Molecule (Little Big Plannet devleopers) or Kojima Studios (responsible for MGS4 ) would be inncaurace IMO , 1st , 2nd ,3rd party are just general terms which don't fully take into account how complex these business releationships can become.

I did say that it wasn't likely. I completely agree that there is little to no chance of Insomniac going multiplat for a long time, if ever.

Yes they do. Insomniac also has their Nocturnal Initiative where they share a lot of what they've learned with anyone and everyone who cares to look at it.

They do have a very close relationship with Sony, but I'm going off of what seems to be the commonly accepted definition of a first party dev.

"In the video game industry, a first-party developer is a developer that is part of a company that actually manufactures a video game consoles. First-party developers may either use the name of the company itself, like Nintendo; have a specific division name like Sony's Polyphony Digital or have formerly been an independent studio before being acquired by the console manufacturer, such as Rare or Naughty Dog."

EDIT: And I should add that I do see where you're coming from, and I agree to an extent... Just not enough to consider them first party.