| Bristow9091 said: But looking at their track record, would it REALLY suck for XBOX and PC users? They wouldn't exactly be losing anything since they never actually got anything noteworthy. Not a single game they've released on anything other than a PlayStation console has found any sort of success, both Sunset Overdrive and especially FUSE were undeniable flops. |
At the same time, is it not kind of a myth that Insomniac games is a super extremely popular developer? They are definitely popular, but their franchises carry sales weight because of consistency of sales rather than individual sales. Spyro sold a lot with each individual game but even the best selling Spyro was bellow the worst selling mainline Crash game, and when the switch to the PS2 happened Ratchet did not sell as well as Spyro despite the two franchises overall selling about the same by 2007 just before the launch of the PS3 game (Ratchet required two more games than Spyro to match). When the PS3 released, their two "openers" (Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction and Resistance: Fall of Man) did very well because the system needed some good exclusives to kickstart the consoles dormant first few years, but already by 2008 cracks were starting to show. From 2008 to the end of the PS3's lifespan, Insomniac had only sold 7.91 million pieces of software physically compared to the 6.94 million they sold just with their first two entries on PS3. That's comparing the sales of just 2 games in the span of one year between releases, to seven games with a five year span between releases.
Definitely not trying to discredit Insomniac, they are a popular developer, and they've earned their success. At the same time if you look at the PS2 and PS3 era, they are somewhat niche. Ratchet and Clank PS4 did very well and became their most successful game (can't remember if that was by profit or by sales) but that's pretty normal for the PS4 by now, and Spider-Man is great but any developer would have gained more popularity from developing a Sony exclusive Spider-Man game.
I just don't think their image is as tied to Playstation as people think it is, I mean a majority of their image is tied to the platform but for the most part it's really mostly hardcore gamers who think that way. And yes, it would be cool to see what they could do with Nintendo : P
