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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 15 August 2009

Good, they should stay PS3 exclusive.



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Kantor on 15 August 2009
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OMG....I can't believe it....OMG....WTF...OMG...they aren' going multi-plat....OMG....

Oh, sorry, this isn't Valve, and I'm not a nut about my platform of choice...great for them....glad to see the $$$ works to make it a smart decision.

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insomniac17 on 16 August 2009

I'm not surprised that they're staying with Sony. I'm just curious as to what they're up to over in NC...

And I can't wait for the next R&C game.



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Skittles on 16 August 2009

I'd like to see an RPG and/or hack and slash from them. :D



Prediction:

TGS this year for PS3 will be amazing.

Grandia comes to PSN(PSone classic).

First Versus gameplay this year.

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geddesmond2 on 16 August 2009
JEDE3 said:
geddesmond2 said:
Serious_frusting said:
geddesmond2 said:
JEDE3 said:
geddesmond2 said:
JEDE3 said:
... I wonder.... geddesmond do you know what a publisher is?

Yes publishers are responsible for getting the games out to the public. What are you getting at here

LOL... yes. They do a lot more.

I'd like to remind you that not all the time publishers fund a project. Just because Sony published the games and own the rights doesn't mean they funded them. Now what I'm saying here is usually when someones independant, it means they've done something without any help so to speak and why would a company thats sold over 30 million games worldwide need funding on games that probably had a 20m budget. As a company Insomniac would make more money if they funded the game themselfs and I really doubt they needed the funding .

Its been said on record that sony helps insomniac out like it was a first party. They work alongside sony first party devs and use sony resources, They even shared the building with Sony devs before. Probably still do. They get dev kits the same time as Sony's first parties?

 

End off. Even the ceo of insomniac said we are like a firsty party dev but with the freedom of being independent

I don't even know where that came from. I'm talking about the funding of the game not the relationship between the two. I even said sony and Insomniac have a great relationship but none of that mentions funding. All I'm saying is an independant bussiness usually falls into a proprietorship and they fund there projects and suffer the loses or take the profits of that bussiness.

 

So if Sony funds Insomniac then it takes the whole independant status away from them right?Like the word independent does mean not relying on others for aid and support. Someone needs to put me straight because its the publishers job to manufacter, market and advertise the games. Publishers don't always fund a game and yous all know what independent means

 

 

 

you have a skewed idea of what independent means in this situation.

Well can you please explain then.



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geddesmond2 on 16 August 2009

Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. While large companies can create independent games, they are typically designed by an individual or a small team of as many as ten people, depending on the complexity of the project. These games may take years to be constructed from the ground up or can be completed in a matter of days or even hours depending on complexity, participants, and design goal.

Theres the link to wiki on Independant video gamers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_video_game_development

and here is the link to the list of independant video gamer deveopers


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indie_game_developers

Insomniac is on that list of indie developers. Please explain what you mean JEDE3



JEDE3 on 16 August 2009

Notice how that link is talking about small projects and not full blown PS3 games. That link is basicallly talking about things like popcap games... some facebook application type games. Flash games. Even PSN games... which ironically Sony still financially supports PSN games.



geddesmond2 on 16 August 2009

Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. Fullstop. Thats what being an independant developer is. End of



JEDE3 on 16 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:
geddesmond2 said:
Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. Fullstop. Thats what being an independant developer is. End of

Have a read at this link, it clearly states that Sony helps Insomniac finacially with their projects.

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/26/business/fi-insomniac26

Although the article is from Nov 2007, it still mentions Sony's help. Nothing left to argue really.....


Just find the article where sony offers to put half the costs to PSN titles for small indie studios making PSN games. That was not too long ago.



geddesmond2 on 16 August 2009

This is a partial list of independent game developers, video game developers that are not supported by a publisher. They are usually self-funded small teams that operate over the Internet. They can retain creative control over the games that they make because they need not answer to an outside funder. Their games are then self-published over the Internet or, at times, sold to a publisher once it is completed.

This list is not complete. Only notable developers or developers with notable games are listed here, and only some of their games are listed. There are hundreds of other indie developers.


Thats the bit taken from the list of indie game developers where Insomniac is listed. The link is in the previous post I posted. Now look at where it says "They are usually self-funded small teams that operate over the Internet" Usually does not mean always and look at where it say's "Their games are then self-published over the Internet or, at times, sold to a publisher once it is completed." And in Insomniacs case, there games are sold to a publisher as in Sony.