| davygee said: I was thinking about this when I saw Ted Price on the stage of the MS conference.....what has happened to Insomniac? They were the headline E3 act 3-4 years ago, when they showcased the Chicago setpiece from R2....and it seems it's went downhill from there. Although I haven't played Fuse, it just seems that they had decided to go multiplatform to try and recoup costs...but don't know what happened with Fuse, but doubt they will recoup their outlay....and now they are in bed with MS....are they so desperate for cash that they had to get a big payday to make an exclusive for the XBox One? I agree with the OP, they were probably my favourite developer in the PS3's early years, but they have seriously went downhill....initially down to shorter development cycles etc....but maybe they just don't feel the love from Sony anymore? And it's sad to say, but I don't think they will be missed from the Sony scene anyway. Virtually every 1st/2nd party developer has overtaken them technically....sad day really. |
Were they really ever a big company? At its peak, Ratchet sold a few million and Resistance only sold well because of bundling, look at 2 and 3 to see the real sales of that game. You have to ask yourselves, would they rather be in this position, or Sucker Punch's? Who have basically taken their place (and now been bought by Sony) and SecondSon is one of the headline PS4 exclusives.
Sunset Overdrive was at the M$ press conference, but I don't think it wowed anyone. It is probably good to have and it could well actually be exclusive (not timed) but they have definitely lost their way in recent years. I think they had some sort of contract with Sony over Ratchet which they filled by putting out very average games, maybe because they were working on FUSE.... Admittedly, their really good Ratchet games didn't even sell, but I would rather they at least tried
I never played any of their games in the PS2 era, but I loved the early Ratchets this gen and so it does seem like a loss, but apart from Resistance 3, the second half of this gen has been a bit rubbish. I would not be surprised to see them fold in the next few years
