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ktay95 on 06 November 2014
celador said:
It has been a tremendous success, both the game critically and the commercial boost from the combination of pairing a great game with that delicious white X1. Even MS underestimated how good it would be and how much people would want it.

No way Insomniac wants to work with Sony again after this. A trilogy of Overdrives on X1 this generation is a given, and it will be interesting to see where they take the franchise going forward

Except they are working with them right now -_-



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Scientificreason on 06 November 2014

 

celador said:
It has been a tremendous success, both the game critically and the commercial boost from the combination of pairing a great game with that delicious white X1. Even MS underestimated how good it would be and how much people would want it.

No way Insomniac wants to work with Sony again after this. A trilogy of Overdrives on X1 this generation is a given, and it will be interesting to see where they take the franchise going forward


There is no need for the Sony comment.... They are already still working with Sony.  Sunset won't come close to the sales some of there ps franchises had  just silly. No need for the console war bs . They would work with Sony on a heartbeat.  Also where are the figures?  Let's not act like it sold 1 million first week. 

This is good I more games that are a success is good for the industry.  



d21lewis on 06 November 2014

This game went from being a "meh' when I first saw it to having my attention when I found I could create a character to another "meh" after the first hour of play to my reason for living. I LOVE IT!!

Hope it gets a good following. Best new IP of the gen, imo. It's like Saints Row mixed with inFamous mixed with bacon.



TiagoCosta on 06 November 2014
cutzman25 said:
game is amazing!!!!, we prob wont have true figures to go by since the majority of the game sole will be digitally.

VGC now counts digital copies, if included in bundle. (Just look at knack for example)

normal digital purchases are impossible to track, but that's true for every game.



celador on 06 November 2014
Scientificreason said:

 

celador said:
It has been a tremendous success, both the game critically and the commercial boost from the combination of pairing a great game with that delicious white X1. Even MS underestimated how good it would be and how much people would want it.

No way Insomniac wants to work with Sony again after this. A trilogy of Overdrives on X1 this generation is a given, and it will be interesting to see where they take the franchise going forward


There is no need for the Sony comment.... They are already still working with Sony.  Sunset won't come close to the sales some of there ps franchises had  just silly. No need for the console war bs . They would work with Sony on a heartbeat.  Also where are the figures?  Let's not act like it sold 1 million first week. 

This is good I more games that are a success is good for the industry.  

What I mean is, it seems MS are willing to give them more freedom than Sony, which is why it ended as an exclusive in the first place from what we have heard previously.  Obviously if that changes then insomniac will have a healthy relationship with Sony, but I think they may be getting bored with making Ratchet and Clank



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Lafiel on 06 November 2014

It looks like a great and fun game, but I think those estimates are a bit high. While the bundle (which contains the game "for free") is in high demand in the US, the normal boxed version wasn't anywhere near as popular (atleast on amazon - the game released not even 2 weeks ago and it already is at #120 currently). Maybe word of mouth will make the sales for the separate game pick up over time.



deskpro2k3 on 06 November 2014

Its like a Knack deja vu



Imaginedvl on 06 November 2014
deskpro2k3 said:
Its like a Knack deja vu

Why is that? Other than hoping for it do you have anything to backup your statement?



Scientificreason on 06 November 2014
celador said:
Scientificreason said:

 

celador said:
It has been a tremendous success, both the game critically and the commercial boost from the combination of pairing a great game with that delicious white X1. Even MS underestimated how good it would be and how much people would want it.

No way Insomniac wants to work with Sony again after this. A trilogy of Overdrives on X1 this generation is a given, and it will be interesting to see where they take the franchise going forward


There is no need for the Sony comment.... They are already still working with Sony.  Sunset won't come close to the sales some of there ps franchises had  just silly. No need for the console war bs . They would work with Sony on a heartbeat.  Also where are the figures?  Let's not act like it sold 1 million first week. 

This is good I more games that are a success is good for the industry.  

What I mean is, it seems MS are willing to give them more freedom than Sony, which is why it ended as an exclusive in the first place from what we have heard previously.  Obviously if that changes then insomniac will have a healthy relationship with Sony, but I think they may be getting bored with making Ratchet and Clank

Where is any proof for this?  Tales from your ass.  How do you know what freedom they had?  Sony is known for developer freedom,  sometimes being too lenient. 



ktay95 on 06 November 2014
celador said:

What I mean is, it seems MS are willing to give them more freedom than Sony, which is why it ended as an exclusive in the first place from what we have heard previously.  Obviously if that changes then insomniac will have a healthy relationship with Sony, but I think they may be getting bored with making Ratchet and Clank

Which is why they signed on to reboot the series no??

SO is an XBO exclusive purely because of IP ownership, many publishers turned them away when they said they wanted IP ownership but MS was smart enough to sign them. Seeing as they own the IP and its successful they could probably find somebody else who will allow them to go multiplat in the future if they want to.