Sony paid $229 million for Insomniac

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Sony bought Insomnic to work on that hot new IP, Spiderman.

Which came after the new PS4 IP, Ratchet and Clank.

I agree, PS4 made a fortune. Sony has more money than MS now.

3 gens in VGC and you still think MS will put a lot of money of other areas into Xbox? Ok.

Yes Sony have a legacy of milking same IPs right? If they so much wanted they could keep Insomniac feed with unnused IPs for like another 3 gens.

Mr Puggsly said:

Again, Sony didnt need to make this purchase to get notable content from the studio. Which is why the amount they paid seems excessive.

Certainly you agree with that because its an obvious fact. They were essentially dedicated to Sony already.

If Insomnic is worth that much it seems like they could have funded SO on their own. Maybe just get some funding from a multiplat publisher as well.

Rare has had success with MS even with new IPs. There is potential for more success using old IPs, like Killer Instinct. Either way many studios purchased by Sony and MS were shut down. Yet Rare is still relevant.

Anyhow you have the impression I am bashing Sony because you're sensitive in regard to Sony. I am simply saying they seemingly paid too much unless other companies wanted to buy them as well.

If this studio is so talented on its own, then MS is dumb for not making this purchase.

I forgot you know the details of the contract and if it will be a good deal to Sony. Sony had to invest almost all money needed to make the game and the studio would receive a cut from the sales. Sony basically paid to whatever they invest be theirs (much better to invest in yourself than on others) and all profit be theirs as well, considering RC and SM that seems a logical move, Insomniac have been quite stable on launches and quality so a very safe and sound investment.

Being worth a lot isn't the same as having a lot of money on their pockets or assuming risks for new products. They got funding from publishers and didn't turn good. You see to be talking a lot of things you don't know about.

Please show us how much MS made of the plenty of Rare IPs for you to consider the studio having a lot of IPs the important aspect. Naughty Dog and other studios from Sony dropped a lot of successful IPs and haven't developed them anymore.

My sensitivity is towards your lack of knowledge to judge it being too much, but seems like mohjang was the purchase of the century.

Not all studios are available to everyone to buy, still waiting for MS to use all that infinite money to buy EA, Acti, Ubi, Taketwon, etc.

"You still think MS will put a lot of money of other areas into Xbox." What does that even mean?

I was suggesting they evidently bought Insomniac to make Spiderman and maybe Ratchet and Clank. Maybe even a Resistance reboot. But they might have other stuff too.

The rest of your thoughts are rambling. MS could have certainly bought Insomniac for less than EA, Acti, Ubi, etc.