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Aeolus451 said:

pokoko said:

Relative to what I said and the post I quoted, which was about how Sony should have already bought Insomniac, I don't see your point.  Unless you have some information that says Insomniac is up for sale?

I was just pointing out that Sony could buy them at some point. *shrugs

What a pointless conversation, its not like this hasn't been done to death before ,either one of you could have ended this by saying if Insomniac ever decided to sell then based on their shared history Sony would be in the box seat.

Having said that this is my take, Sony gets full access to a studio that it trusts, one that has both  created and  continued forward with  IP for Sony and they know Insomniacs strengths so taking all that in it would seem a no brainer to own. So why do I feel that the present  relationship should continue it's because of benefits,for both parties in independence, flexibility being a big one, take early PS3 Sony saw the need for a Shooter rather than opening a new studio or pushing games onto studios without a track record or if they have one are working on their own IP, they turned to Insomniac who created Resistance a game that filled that void and was one of their strongest early games good  enough to become a series.

Another point in favour of the status quo is personnel turnover, history points toward a lack of both monetary and creative incentive to stay once a developer is sold, how much this matters depends on the reasons behind the purchase if it's to gain the developers IP's not so much, but if it's a developer like Insomniac without much in the way of valuable IP it becomes a real concern.