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HikenNoAce said:
Poor insomniac. It'll be a shame to see them shut down.


With a comment like that, I'd wish you'd shut down your PC.



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To think sony is giving away customized PS3s and golden PS1 tickets to developers. This is one messy gift if you compare to others.



kurasakiichimaru said:
To think sony is giving away customized PS3s and golden PS1 tickets to developers. This is one messy gift if you compare to others.


A delicious one at best!



Wright said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
LOL They were with Sony, of course MS is buying them free sandwiches.


Don't try to downplay this, STAGE! Those are actually burguers! You know, more expensive. Less healthier, but tastier.


Fine! Burgers! Extra tasty! Lettuce, pickles and onions! Its an orgasm in your mouth! Sex your mouth Food truck! Fine you're right!



Personally, I would have rather seem something a bit more innovative out of Insomniac. Then again, I also would have rather not seen it be Xbox One exclusive.



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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Fine! Burgers! Extra tasty! Lettuce, pickles and onions! Its an orgasm in your mouth! Sex your mouth Food truck! Fine you're right!

Now you're talking!

@Kantor, they're making exclusive DLC for Sony's PS4, I'd say that's close enough. Not the same but close enough. I didn't hear anything from the MS camp against that.



HikenNoAce said:
Poor insomniac. It'll be a shame to see them shut down.


If Sunset Drive ends up being awesome I'm going to have to disagree there.

Fuse on the otherhand, ugh.



It's just that simple.

007BondAgent said:
I don't see how this is any different to sony and bungie teaming up

lighten up guys :)

Is Bungie doing a PS4 exclusive game? I thought Destiny was multiplatform.



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crissindahouse said:
Kantor said:
007BondAgent said:
I don't see how this is any different to sony and bungie teaming up

lighten up guys :)

Bungie aren't making a PS4 exclusive leaving a beloved Xbox franchise to die.

I suppose some of the animosity would go away if Sony just assigned someone else (competent, so not Ready at Dawn) to make Ratchet & Clank.

well, bungie left microsoft and without microsoft halo would die. it's pretty much the same except that sony also doesn't seem to care about some games insomniac made for playstation. sony could also open a new studio for those games if they are so important to playstation fans.

sure, destiny isn't exclusive but bungie still doesn't work on halo anymore which was a huge shock for millions of halo fans. not to forget that pretty much all of their fans are fans because of halo and xbox 360 but the full destiny experience will be on playstation 3 and 4. very nice for their fans on 360 to give them the worst version.

seems almost similar.

Dom't you mean without Halo Microsoft [Xbox] would die?

MS knows Halo is a key franchise for them. It's not the only reason people buy Xbox, but without Halo Xbox's exclusive library looks a little less robust. Unfortunately Ratchet and Clank isn't a key franchise for Playstation any more. The last real R&C game was the first main series game not to make 2 million in sales. And I don't think anyone other than Insomniac can make a decent R&C game. IMO it's much harder to make a game with all the elements of Ratchet and Clank than it is to make a Sci-fi shooter. Which is one reason why I think we get a lot more sci-fi shooters than we do quirky, funny, action platformers. Even Insomiac lost its mojo with the last few games, though all-4-one was fun for 3-4 person co-op. It's a shame for R&C to go out on a fairly low note, but I don't think Insomniac would have it's heart and soul in any further R&C games.

While it's true that 34 has done a creditable game with Halo, by the look of the reviews and the sales. It also seems like they are half a step behond Bungie when it comes to the overall quality of the game. It looks great but everything else isn't quite the same. Why? Because Halo isn't 343's baby, so no matter how much they care, or how much they want to make the best Halo they can make they can't possibly have the same passion and drive as Bungie.

I think it's mostly a bad idea for another studio to pick up a strong franchise, even if the games they produce are very good. Franchises must come to an end. Both Halo and R&C should have been left behind, for perhaps one day Bungie and Insomniac to pick them back up because they feel passion for returning to that franchise. Now Bungie will never go back to Halo. If Sony leaves R&C in the Insomniac files Insomniac may come back to it after several years and make a game every bit as good as the originals.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

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