Sony paid $229 million for Insomniac

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sales2099 said:

DonFerrari said:

I think I already talked to you in recent past that yes they are improving.

So you do agree that not having plenty of owned IPs is irrelevant if the studio can make plenty of new games and create IPs?

Good, so long as you see that. 

I do agree actually. They don’t have any Ips but are certainly a talented studio that pumps out games at a decent pace. And can do anything Sony tells them to do with a reasonable assumption of quality. I still think the amount was a bit high given they all ready have such a close partnership 

History also plays a part, Sony have tried to buy Insomniac in the past but were knocked back , the price was obviously worked out on the perceived value of future Spiderman games and to garner a change of heart from Ted Price , there most likely was a clause keeping management tied to Insomniac for a period of time we should remember that the top selling games often pay royalties to the developer that can be run into  the hundreds of millions.