Insomniac likes Sony but impressed with multiplatform sales

With recent fanchise success I would say that the company has more than enough size to go cross-platform.

The question is do Sony own the IPs Ratchet and Clank or RFOM, because if Insomniac own them I wouldn't be surprised if RFOM 3 was also on 360, and the next Ratchet as well, but RFOM2 will stay PS3.

I doubt very much we'll be seeing an Insomniac game anytime soon. Sony's probably throwing tons of cash at them to keep making game exclusively for the PS3 and I don't blame Sony for it because they make fantastic games.

holy crap..
ive played every ratchet and clank game and i almost bought a ps3 for the sole purpose of playing Ratchet and Clank..

this would be amazing

Am I the only one who thinks R:FOM was crap? It was like they got half way through developing some generic WWII shooter, and someone from Sony came running in the door and said "Nix the Nazis, lets do Aliens!"

not going to happen they are owned by sony and they get paid to make their games exclusive to ps3 by sony but it would be great i played the new ratchet and clank game and it is awesome i might get a ps3 for it

I can't speak much of Resistance, but Ratchet is a good series. Even though Insomniac is independent, I figured if they made Wii/360 games that the Rachet license would stay in Sony's hands?

Either way, I'd welcome them on other platforms. As a PS3 developer, they could clearly modify their work to also run on the 360... I'd imagine it'd be much harder to filter that down to the Wii (AND take advantage of the controls well). I know them more for platformers than anything and the 360 is just completely lacking there.

But if they don't have enough people to do this sort of thing, then I guess it's a pipe dream really.

Sony own RFORM and R&C

One of the main reasons I bought a PS3 aside from Blu-Ray was Insomniac. I don't really care if they go multi-platform now. If this was November of 2006, I would have cared.

Join us, join the dark side. Embrace capitalism. Embrace us. Come on, testing the water a little bit never hurt anyone. Make a 360 exclusive game, and test the results compared to a ps3 exclusive.

Damn I cant sleep thinking about the posibility




Get it...... Insomniac

See, now, this is what I like to see. A wholly independent, good developer that sticks to one system because they know how to best utilize it.

I speak, of course, of Ratchet and Clank; I got the demo of Resistance on my PS3 and stopped after about two minutes.

I imagine their stuff on the 360 would be just as good, but alas.

The reason a ton of Sony fanboys think Resistance is like man from heaven its because it was Sony's first ever solid FPS game with a solid multiplayer, even though the xbox brand has had these type of titles since HALO CE.

So yes Resistance might seem a little generic to us but to Sony only users it's their HALO so don't be so hard on them.

O M G.

when i saw this i almost soiled myself

please insomniac i loooooove ratchet & clank

(and resistance too)

Here comes the typical sony fanboy BS about how their online has 0 lag ever no matter what game you're playing.

I could be from fucking Australia, on 56k dial up in a game full of Americans, playing on American based servers and they'd still go LOLZ NO LAG RITE CUZ WE GETS IT FREES

I bloody hate seeing that, there is no such thing as 0 lag, you're going to lag on any service from time to time.

/rant

As a ps3 owner you guys ain't missing much. INsomniac is one of the most overhyped devs on the planet. They make good games, but not one was ever an A game. The latest ratchet was actually a regression for the series. RFOM is decent, but nowhere near Halo or gears.

Sounds like someone might make a trip over to the light side soon to make games.

I don't think Insomniac is going to be multiplat anytime soon. With the Ratchet and Clank being pretty successful, and ROFM being the second (?) best selling game on the PS3 (3 million copies sold?) I think it's safe to assume that they know where the fan base is.

especially with Resistance 2. Even you guys should be able to see that it's shaping up very nicely, and if it looks and sounds as great as it does now, could very well be contending for some great award at the end of the year.

Besides they have a really close relationship with Naughty Dog (another great dev.), and I don't see them doing something that ND won't/can't do. (Sony is ND's parent company).

If Insomniac ever does decide to go multi-plat, it will have to be with an entirely new IP. Sony owns the rights to both Ratchet and Clank and Resistance (hence the spin-off Ratchet games on PSP/PS2 not developed by Insomniac).

Frankly, I don't care what they do as long as they keep developing for PS3.

That was such a small comment that I can't even phathom that they would make a game for the 360. Not to mention the fact that they are waaaaay up Sony's rear..

As a PS360 owner, RFOM was rather lame. It reminded me of Medal of Honor with Aliens (minus the parachutes). Ratchet is better, lots of jaggies but the gameplay is great. I don't want to sound totally down on Insomniac because they are very talented and have one of the best places to work at. I would welcome Insomniac to develope a 360 game and would probably buy it, but it ain't gonna happen.

Naughty Dog is the same way. Funny thing that Uncharted was actually pitched to MS first and they turned it down. I would love to see them develope on the 360, but again they are too close with Sony. MS had their chance and like a lot of their decisions has burned them in the end.

Well OBVIOUSLY the PS3 sales were not NEARLY enough, so they want to get some 360 sales and Wii sales in there...could you imagine what Rachet and Clank would have sold if they were ported to the 360 and Wii?

My opinion on this: It would make sense if Insomniac stayed with developing for Sony consoles, as it's what they've always done and they seem pretty happy with that, but with both of their current franchises likely to end by the end of this generation (Resistance 3 in 2010, R&C Future 3 in 2011, new consoles in 2011 and 2012 maybe), they'll have a big opportunity to start a new company era for themselves, to go multi-platform with their next projects. What if Insomniac is sensing that people just don't like PlayStation as much as they did before and they want to get their games out onto another system while still keeping a relationship with Sony and their dedicated PS3-owning fans?

Insomniac's full of surprises. I say it's possible. I mean, I wouldn't bet on it just yet, but with their talent and general speediness I could totally see them adapting to Microsoft technology to do some Xbox 720 games in the future if they really wanted to. And honestly I would support such a move, as my PS3 is really dusty and I don't want to have to buy a PS4 in a few years to keep up with what Insomniac is doing.

@ mattclarkie: Well, only recently have they been able to handle working on two projects at once. I think it will be a while before they can handle working on two consoles too.

@ Van Faulk: Insomniac's not overrated, although I have a feeling it's what they're becoming. As I said before they do have talent, but to be honest their last few titles have been a bit on the disappointing side, or at least for me.

@ The Sound: Eh, if you ask me I think Insomniac's done following Naughty Dog. They made a multiplayer game first, they made a PS3 launch title first, they're juggling two projects first, etc. If anything it's going to be Naughty Dog that imitates Insomniac.