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S.T.A.G.E. on 15 December 2010
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.



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Wagram on 15 December 2010
badgenome said:

That's not how Microsoft rolls. They'll offset this loss by securing exclusive DLC for Mass Effect 3.


Awesome, something I wouldn't pay for anyways. Now if it were to be free DLC, then I would have to nuke MS!



Shadowblind on 15 December 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

Insomniac is something I believe is called a "second party". In any case, it quite doesn't matter if it's third party or not as long as Microsoft gets the IP rights. Tri-Ace is generally third party, but MS owns the rights to Infinite Undiscovery.

Depending on Microsoft's view of the future of Kingdoms, they may try to buy rights off Crytek for the possibility of a franchise. I'm sure they're kicking themselves for not buying the rights from Epic for Gears of War from the beginning. That said, no trademarks seem to have shown up yet.



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gergroy on 15 December 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  



heruamon on 15 December 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

What's in-house got to do with anything?  It's all about who controls the IP!



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S.T.A.G.E. on 15 December 2010
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  


The question is which game you're talking about? Thats when I'll answer. Bungie is multiplatform, Ensemble is no more. They bought the rights to Ninja Blade....and nothing came from that. All they've got left is the top new IP of the gen they started with which is gears. Insomniac might be going multiplat, but they've always been faithful to Sony. I guess being third party they just want to make more money now. They've made console defining titles for Sony for three generations. Theres no crazy logic about that.



themanwithnoname on 15 December 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  


The question is which game you're talking about? Thats when I'll answer. Bungie is multiplatform, Ensemble is no more. They bought the rights to Ninja Blade....and nothing came from that. All they've got left is the top new IP of the gen they started with which is gears. Insomniac might be going multiplat, but they've always been faithful to Sony. I guess being third party they just want to make more money now. They've made console defining titles for Sony for three generations. Theres no crazy logic about that.

Calling anything Insomniac's done as console defining is a bit of a stretch. Nobody thinks of an Insomniac game right off the bat when they think of any of the three Playstations.



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mantlepiecek on 15 December 2010
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  


The question is which game you're talking about? Thats when I'll answer. Bungie is multiplatform, Ensemble is no more. They bought the rights to Ninja Blade....and nothing came from that. All they've got left is the top new IP of the gen they started with which is gears. Insomniac might be going multiplat, but they've always been faithful to Sony. I guess being third party they just want to make more money now. They've made console defining titles for Sony for three generations. Theres no crazy logic about that.

Insomniac isn't going completely multi-plat. Its only for one game.



S.T.A.G.E. on 15 December 2010
themanwithnoname said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  


The question is which game you're talking about? Thats when I'll answer. Bungie is multiplatform, Ensemble is no more. They bought the rights to Ninja Blade....and nothing came from that. All they've got left is the top new IP of the gen they started with which is gears. Insomniac might be going multiplat, but they've always been faithful to Sony. I guess being third party they just want to make more money now. They've made console defining titles for Sony for three generations. Theres no crazy logic about that.

Calling anything Insomniac's done as console defining is a bit of a stretch. Nobody thinks of an Insomniac game right off the bat when they think of any of the three Playstations.


Ok....so when someone says Sypro, Ratchet & Clank and Resitance you don't think of Sony? LOL Good one buddy. :)



heruamon on 15 December 2010
mantlepiecek said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
gergroy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
SecondWar said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

You're going to be waiting a while for a new top notch IP from Microsoft.

Really? I thought the next one would be Codename:Kingdoms


Microsoft is only publishing the game. It isn't in-house and I havent seen gameplay. Pick another title. Its about as exclusive as the original Mass Effect.

what if they own the ip rights?  Nobody knows that yet.  In which case it would be just as exclusive as resistance or ratchet and clank.  


Ok....you're comparing a title from Crytek (who generally make games for themselves) to Insomniac who has since the PS1 era been making titles exclusively for Sony? They are third party, but are almost seen by the industry as an unofficial first party. Microsoft has never had that type of respect since entering the console industry.

thats cool, so sony's unofficial first party studio's are going multiplatform with their next game?  Thats some crazy logic man.  Insomniac going multiplatform just goes to show that historic trends don't mean anything when it comes to new ip.  


The question is which game you're talking about? Thats when I'll answer. Bungie is multiplatform, Ensemble is no more. They bought the rights to Ninja Blade....and nothing came from that. All they've got left is the top new IP of the gen they started with which is gears. Insomniac might be going multiplat, but they've always been faithful to Sony. I guess being third party they just want to make more money now. They've made console defining titles for Sony for three generations. Theres no crazy logic about that.

Insomniac isn't going completely multi-plat. Its only for one game.

LOL...until they see those sales on the 360...



"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."

- From By Schism Rent Asunder