Back in 2007, when i got my PS3 and uncharted wasn't released. The first game I borrowed from my friend was Resistance Fall of Man, till then I didnt know who Insomniac were, I mean I had an Xbox instead of a PS2, but instantly they became one of my fav dev, they were the developers for me and to look out for on PS3. They had the same amount of respect as I now have for ND till R2 came out. Granted R2 was ambitious, but got caught in call of duty craze, it looked promising at E3 reveal with 60 player and 8 player co-op online, but when it released the ambitions of Insomniac had ruined the core of Resistance and so was the image which it had built over the years with Resistance 1.
It was clear that Insomniac wanted to be the top developer with a top a IP among PS3 devs, but instead many catapulted over them after the release of R2, and seeing how sony emphazised on Killzone as the defining FPS for PS3, I guess it hurted insomniac and so I guess they had a point to prove with R3 and they did to some extent. that game rekindled my interest in resistance universe and had one of the best atmosphere in a game!
As things stand now at SONY, everybody can see, even if Insomniac do release an exclusive for PS4, as a dev they will still be behind the likes of ND, GG, SMS, MM, QD and SP and the game will be not much of a success, judging by what a great game R3 was and how poorly it did in sales compared to its previous iterations . So Microsoft was the place they went, i guess with a little bit of help from Phil Harrison, and i think there they might have a chance to be one of the top developers as Bungie is out and Epic no where to be seen, RARE are making Kinect games and rest are unproven new studios.
So my point is, I'm not mad at insomniac for switching to MS after a decade of partnership with PS, It was not a backstab or a betrayal, they deserved better and I hope MS is the place. I just want to say THANKS to Insomniac for standing by and supporting PS3 all these years, while it was being bashed all around for being Hard to develop, expensive and with poor sales. They are the only developer on PS3 to have maximum number of games or exclusives on PS3 by any dev. R1, R&C:TD, R2, R&C:QB, R3, R&C:ACiT, R&C: A41, R&C:FFA.
