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Takao said:
You're right, sony owns them.
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IGN: Rumor: Insomniac Games Going Multiplatform
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You're right, sony owns them.
TheCardPlayer
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Never really played their games, so I can't really care. Hopefully, the game that comes out of this will look interesting because I can't say that Resistance or Ratchet look all that great to me.
Pucc said:
Thing is, IG have always been exclusive to Playstation whereas Bungie were Multiplat before being bought by MS so it wouldn't be as odd.
I just don't feel IG have lived up to their promise at all and haven't really provided us PS3 owners anything really groundbreaking. I understand there are passionate fans of their games, but their games simply aren't good enough to be considered tentpole titles and really demand an unfair-share of attention from Sony at the expense of other 1st party titles. (Killzone 2)
I'd prefer Sony nurture another studio to fill the exclusive void left vacant by the possible IG defection to multi-plat-dom. Preferably a studio that can produce innovative, polished titles. (Media Molecule and Quantic Dream come to mind)
So, Surfer Girl was off by a year?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10217931
Edit: I guess it was Skaterboi
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10217931
Edit: I guess it was Skaterboi
The Awkward Wizard
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All I care is that Insomniac is making a new IP. The Ratchet and Resistance games are awesome, but I always love it when creative studios make new stuff. If this is true, I just hope Activision isn't their publisher!
Actually the reason why they opened up the new studio was because several employees were complaining about the cost of living in California, and Insomniac didn't want to lose them. So they moved them to North Carolina.
racerx said:
Actually the reason why they opened up the new studio was because several employees were complaining about the cost of living in California, and Insomniac didn't want to lose them. So they moved them to North Carolina.
radioheadrule83
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I'm glad to see theres not too much "they sucked anyway" type behaviour from the resident Sony nuts... it'd probably be quite disheartening for any of the devs lurking / posting here to read the people they've gifted amazing games to turning on them.
I'd like them to make both 360 and Wii games. They'd do good business on Nintendo platforms I feel... but they like to push their tech so *shrug*
I'd like them to make both 360 and Wii games. They'd do good business on Nintendo platforms I feel... but they like to push their tech so *shrug*
Stumpokapow said:
PS3 owners shouldn't care that they'll spend even less time polishing and refining their games before flinging them out on the market?
If they can't make their games properly as an exclusive dev, what makes you think that they can as a multi-plat dev?
Sorry to be so negative. I just don't get the IG love at all. It baffles me.
Feel the Swift
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Glad they announced a new IP and they're "expanding".
00011000 said:
I guess some people are always eyeing the "MW2 money", thinking going multiplatform is going to be more lucrative for them, but the problem is not every developer is capable of coming up with a HALO or a MW2, or a GTA for that matter, marketing plays a part but it's not everything, a lot of things have to come together to create a gaming phenomenon.
I'm not sure how much security they have working with Sony, but I can't imagine it's all that safe working for EA or Activision either, or any third-party publisher for that matter, Bottlerocket went from working with Sony to working with Namco-Bandai and see where they ended up.
DidntKnowJack
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No big deal. It's not like Sony ever owned them to begin with. I just want to see a new IP from Insomniac. Regardless of system.
The Awkward Wizard
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racerx said:
I'm not really sure. I'm just repeating what Ted Price's father told my dad! :lol
MikeE21286
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wow, that's interesting.
Whatever their new IP is I hope it's better than Resistance
Whatever their new IP is I hope it's better than Resistance
Warm Machine
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Ashes1396 said:
Well, not the same scenario but the guys at Sony Liverpool who were let go and left (including the Wipeout creator) are likely going to be making multiplatform games in the future if they want to continue their careers.
That wouldn't work. You'd have to raise wages across the board (you can't raise just the wages of those who would otherwise move or else you'd have a mutiny) and California is massively more expensive than North Carolina. I would expect all of the studio to move to that state eventually. You can't raise wages discrminately like that.The Awkward Wizard said:
beelzebozo
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AniHawk said:
insomniac and microsoft are just exchanging long protein strands, and if you have a better way of doing it, i'd like to hear it
00011000 said:
While I agree with you on R2 (I feel it was the biggest dissapointment this generation), I still love the R&C games. I don't think R&C was ever really meant to fill the AAA slot. To me they are there just for simple fun games and they usually deliver that quite well. ToD had a bit more interesting upgrading and less dumbed down than CiT but I've played through both several times. I also have noticed that the more I read about a game before it comes out the less exciting it is. I've since avoiding spoiling good games after seeing too much of CiT before it came out.
scotcheggz
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If this is true, I'm excited about a new IP. Loved R+C and resistance was OK even though I'm not a big fps fan.
But then this is anonymous source + IGN so...
But then this is anonymous source + IGN so...
Razor210 said:
I'm not necessarily saying either way whether any of IG's games are stinkers or not- just that they're almost all completely devoid of any inspiration. Solid, fun, short-lived and disposable is how I would describe their games. It's hard to believe with the talent they have and the access to abundance of advanced developer knowledge at Sony they can't do better. C'est la vie.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I would guess that...slider said:
Insomniac don't want to be making Resistance and Ratchet & Clank games until the end of time.
Bungie don't want to be making Halo games until the end of time.
DidntKnowJack
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Yeah, when it was released in 2000 for the PS1.evalue said:
A Crack in Time was pretty fucking terrific. One of last year's best games, certainly, and the best in the franchise.
The way they have done R&C, it sounds like they have one more game left storywise before they either end it or ship it off to other people. Probably for the best. The series isn't doing the numbers it used to.
The way they have done R&C, it sounds like they have one more game left storywise before they either end it or ship it off to other people. Probably for the best. The series isn't doing the numbers it used to.
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