Insomniac Sends A Message To Fans Following Sony Acquisition

@USDevilDog: My assumption has always been that they have tried, but Ted Price always refused. I know from past interviews that he likes his team having independence and working on their own things. For example, he originally refused making a Marvel game because it wouldn't be their own IP. It wasn't until he brought it up in a meeting with him team that and they said they were interested that he went back to Sony.

@mrbojangles25: lol true but that doesn't get you page hits if you tell the truth.

@deviltaz35: of course it's fake "web swinging" Spiderman is fiction you idiot.

@deviltaz35: dude your comment got butthurt written all over it gtfoh.

@deviltaz35: "...anyone into gaming has a Switch , PS4 and Xbox one and or decent PC anyway" - Seriously?

You seem to think that nobody can be really into gaming if they don't have unlimited funds. Somebody needs to rethink their worldview a little bit.

I agree that console wars are one of the most idiotic things in gaming history, similar to marvel vs. dc just a marketing tool...but come on...some people can just about afford one gaming system but love to play games just the same (not that that should any criteria to be part of the community anyway)

@deviltaz35: Wow. Hate much? It's a pretty standard PR response, and you think that is them being full of themselves? Yeesh.

@bat725: That and it was incredibly boring after about 20 mins. Spiderman was just as boring though so i never saw why anyone thought that was any big deal either.

Most open world games this side of The Witcher 3 just don't hold up and are too repetitive.

Have nothing against Insomniac other than they are up themselves 'Making experiences that will be remembered for years to come ' lol They are not CDPR no matter how hard they try and they are the only current dev worthy of that sort of description along with possibly Obsidian both of which easily make games that can last hundreds of hours with truly unique worlds.

This is completely different to having countless money thrown at you by Sony to support comic book character games.

Unfortunately Ratchet and Clank falls into the repetition category far too often too even though the characters work well in the cut scenes. Not much enemy variety and there is only so much bolts to collect before it all gets samey and boring.

@ClunkerSlim:

LOL you think?

@James_xeno: I have a spare PS4 that just gathers dust lol.

@bdrtfm: There are so many independent developers out there that this comment just makes no sense.

@bdrtfm:

Yea that worries me I really don't like the thought of 3rd-party studios being brought up and turned into 1st party studios it feels very limiting.

@bdrtfm: Agreed, I feel the exact same way. This next Gen and beyond will be the battle of exclusives. For all the real gamers like us that just love it all........ Better ask for a raise now!!!

@skyhighgam3r: I wouldn't say it's strange. Sony tends to be really picky about their studio acquisitions and while Insomniac has been making pretty good games for over two decades now, their titles were good enough to keep as console exclusives but not quite consistently "Sony" greatness. Marvel's Spider-Man was the absolute tipping point there though as they showed that they could punch with the heavy weights in the Sony studio stable in a huge way. Insomniac took that game and showed that they had a great understanding of the source material, and by extension what fans wanted out of it, how to translate that into a meaningful AAA experience, and just how far they've come with designing gameplay mechanics. That game held its own against some real titans last year. Couple that with the fact that support for Sunset Overdrive, a game that was actually very fun, was lackluster at best on the Microsoft side and finally finding a home with Sony became a no-brainer for everyone involved.

@playstationzone: Two things that are currently certain; the sun rising tomorrow morning and a Spidey sequel.

@playstationzone: Why would Spider-Man 2 or another Rachet and Clank game be out of the question? The very company that they exclusively made the games for just bought them and those games have been very lucrative for Sony. If anything they would be encouraged to make those games. The whole "explore new worlds" statement is probably referring to them having the freedom and leverage to work on new IP but they'll always be able to expand upon existing successful series, and in the case of Spider-Man, be expected to.

@Tidus1012: The bad frame pacing wasn't even fixed in the remaster for Spyro.

@Tidus1012: what have you been born yesterday. They don’t own the rights to Spyro the dragon anymore. Activevision does