Insomniac Games, our beloved PlayStation developer, has been providing Sony with key franchises for years. Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance; all have been corner stone products from a studio that puts out AAA titles year-on-year, every year. Industry analyst Michael Pachter, who we don’t often listen to, thinks the studio is making a mistake with this exclusive approach.
We’ve actually already reported on rumours that Insomniac Games is going multiplatform with a new IP. The company has now opened a sister studio in North Carolina, which is working on its own game. It’s a big possibility that this studio’s first game will be multiplatform. In fact, it’s very much the elephant in the room.
Insomniac’s one-year schedule most likely ruled out working on other platforms previously, but now the option is certainly there. And the pressure to do so has come from Pachter. He told Eurogamer:
“I’ve told the Insomniac guys repeatedly. They don’t own the Ratchet & Clank IP or the Resistance IP but they’re such good developers. I’m like, ‘Why aren’t you guys doing multi-platform? Your games would sell.’ As if those guys couldn’t create something – of course they could. It’s not like Sony came up with the art and graphics on Ratchet & Clank.
“The Insomniac guys are nuts not to do multi-platform. But they like their deal with Sony, so they’ll keep doing exclusives. LittleBigPlanet guys, Media Molecule, I feel the same way. What were they thinking selling to Sony? They must be Liberal Democrats!”
We personally think that Media Molecule loves its little big deal with Sony, but that’s not for us to say. Would you be upset if Insomniac went multiplatform? Remember Ratchet and Resistance will stay put, Sony owns those IPs.
LOL thanks Ben!
I think Sony should buy Insomniac, so it stays an exclusive developer, and the other key development teams that made big hit games
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Is Pachter anti Sony? he seems love to give positive words on MS but on Sony. IDK.
going multiplatform isn’t always the best option insomniac have a good relationship
with sony why ruin it i mean sure they could make more money but something will be sacrficed the quality of their games 360 has the dvd limetations that henders the game’s quality perfect examples are lost planet, 2,ff13, i lcare about quality not the money that the games sell off which i wouldn’t be getting a dime as some keep mentioning about they could make more money true but why do you care? you”re not getting a dime of it so why mention it? what do i think? i think why it’s a excuse to cover up your fanboy agenda and justify this whole insomniac multiplatform rumors of them developing for the 360 . anyway about the media molecule thing he’s saying are kidding me? little big planet is a great game why would the shooter nation on 360 would want the amazing talents of these fine developers? these shooter induced addicts like blood & multiplayer nothing more it was a good decision for sony to buy out media molecule because they fit perfectly not to mention they have a good relationship.
In this case, EVERY company who keeps their games exclusive to a certain console is “nuts.” It’s not just Insomniac and MediaMolecule. What Patcher needs to understand is this; business is business. Insomniac likes what’s going on with Sony. They’ve created titles for them for years and years! Personally, I would be disappointed to see an Insomniac Games logo on a Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360 case.
If going multiplatform would give Insomniac to make an even better gaming experience, why not?
Although I only own a ps3, I wouldn’t mind Insomniac going Multi Plat, more cash for the studio and a much wider audience = good …The only thing I DO NOT want to happen is some type of deal with EA or ACTIVISION….
I love Insomniac. The original Spyro trilogy and Ratchet & Clank are among my favourite games of all time.
Since I now have an Xbox and not a PS3, I think they should consider going multiplatform with their next IP – more money for them, more happy gamers on both platforms.
how are they nuts?
there getting first party support from sony, there getting funded by sony, there getting tech from the industries best developers.
you really thing they would be getting engine code from sony santa monica or naughty dog if they were 3rd party?
honestly, this guys a idiot!
all he thinks about is sales, he never looks past that and thinks maybe there getting something behind the scenes?
yes, there loosing out on sales, obviously a game on 2 platforms will sell better than a game on 1.
but if insomniac went 3rd party, they can kiss the funding and game code good bye!!!!!!!!!!
wish i could get paid to talk crap all day every day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Name: Hope your last sentence is referring to Pachter and not myself =D
Patcher is a f**king moron. Media Molecule is now owned by Sony, if he can’t even get that little bit right, then what does that say about everything else he blabs on about. The guy is hired to speculate and be wrong.
Oh bugger off Pachter..he’ll be bothering Naughty Dog next !! Why don’t you go bother one of Microsoft’s 3rd party companies!?
lol, yea patcher not you.
hes always talking crap always looking at the sales side of things, and never thinking maybe theres a reason why they did that.
i mean come on insomniac have been in the industry for 30+ years, there obviously know what their doing!!!
just because someones throwing away sales, does not mean there loosing money they may be getting paid to through away those sales.
why does he not say the same about ubisoft with splinter cell conviction?
ubisoft got paid by M$ to keep conviction exclusive, so there not loosing anything in sales.
its probably a times exclusive though like what they did with the GTAIV DLC.
insomniac would be crazy to give up on ratchet and clank and resistance these games are already amazing and i dont want to see these games go down like my beloved spyro and crash.
ps3 sells are going up and more people are owning them.
sony needs to buy them i mean there games were great and still are.
but saying insomniac is going muti is like saying bungie is going to ps3.
impossible.
i wouldnt mind if they went multi platform as long as it didnt affect the qulity of the game so maybe wait for the new xbox as it would have the power and capabilty of the ps3
“but saying insomniac is going muti is like saying bungie is going to ps3.”
Actually, Bungie is working on a multiplat game, so….
Yup, Bungie is developing a multiplatform game, and could even lead development on the PS3… http://bit.ly/dpdjjb
@ImLastBoss lets go down the line of dev’s that have shown “loyalty” to sony:
1. rockstar = fuck i can has timed exclusive with xbox
2 capcom = fuck you i can has mgs on xbox now
3.square enix = Final fantasy.
good fight i rest my case
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