Insomniac's new exclusive title for the Xbox One should be getting a lot more attention, due to its immense promise.
Does it still hold up in 2024?
We've still got a few months to go, but October marks the 10-year anniversary of this Insomniac Games title, with the developer having since moved on to work on the Marvel's Spider-Man games for PlayStation. It was assumed that Sunset Overdrive might make its way to other platforms eventually, but that hasn't happened as of yet.
So beloved that it sold so well that there's a sequel and Insomniac never had the opportunity to go back to Sony to develop games exclusively for Sony.
Not beloved enough for Xbox owners to buy it apparently, Xbox was the worst possible audience for that game.
Insomniac: “We went with Microsoft because we want to own the IP so it’s ours”
Microsoft: *owns publishing rights preventing the studio to re-release the original game, make a remaster, remake, any DLC, massive expansions and multiple sequels on other platforms*
The logic is just…I never got it
Owning the IP was Insomniacs main defence when they announced they were making a game exclusively for MS and yet they’ve ended up “owning” an IP they can’t do anything with.
If they went with Sony like normal you might have seen a sequel by now.
Sadly this may never get the proper fps update it deserves on XB (or even PS) but I now play it on steam and it definitely feels better at 60fps than it did at 30. Its a fast paced game... you need that 60fps in this one.
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Gamingbolt writes: "Insomniac Games has enjoyed commercial success on a level it had never seen before with its Marvel’s Spider-Man games, but not all of its titles in the last decade or so have seen eye-watering sales. In fact, specifically where Sunset Overdrive is concerned, the money the studio has made off it is quite negligible, to say the least."
Not gonna lie... looking at the IG roadmap I was fully hoping to see SSOD2 and Resistance reboot on there. The first SSOD was fun. It definitely needed the benefits of a 60fps mode and I was expecting there to be some sort of patch or FPS boost support when played on SX. Sadly... that ship sailed, but Sony gave me hope they would do the game justice. It really is a fun game that deserves to be played.
If it were on PlayStation it would’ve sold better. Being a Microsoft exclusive was a mistake.
"where Sunset Overdrive is concerned, the money the studio has made off it is quite negligible, to say the least."
I'm sure that big platform jump had nothing to do with it right? Pull a Rare, win Rare Prizes.
Re. R&C and the 8 million, I wonder if hitting PS+ Extra hurt its legs? Good get for the service, but did it eat some sales?
As far as im concerned its get exactly the amount of hype it deserves (up to this point).
We dont know much about the game, we have seen very little gameplay that is relevant to the story or game modes of the game.
Everyone seems to be very interested in the game because it looks very different, very unique, very colorful, and attractive. Most of us are intrigued by it, and as such, it has as much hype behind it now as it should.
We will see more at E3 im sure, and that is when the hype will either rise (or fall) when we find out more of what the hell this game actually is.
I feel the same way as the title states but I also feel that the game doesn't come out for another 6-8 months and there are other games that will come out before it...
With that said I'm super hyped for this game and am impatiently awaiting the fall line up it looks like it's going to be a good one...so many games so little time
Edit: after reading the article it is a very good read and he makes great point and I do agree with him but I still understand why the hype has not built up yet because the game doesn't release for another 6-8 months
so tired of hype...show us more and hype will generate itself. there is still too much we dont know.
tf ..(as over hyped as it was) showed most of what it was. a twitch shooter with mechs. sunset overdrive we seen the footage, some weapons and stuff but what about the character? more on the story and protagonists. the mp features and playable characters..and so on.
a fps can be played by anyone...but like infamous this game will appeal to a smaller crowd and will generate less hype.
after e3 1 of 2 things will happen:
1. they show tons of stuff for the game and (depending on what we see) will generate hype ..or
2. get out shined by other games at e3 and lose the little hype it has now.
its sad because it looks cool..but this e3 may well be HUGE for all consoles.
Time for some grinding mutant shooting fun. This game looks to be coming along nicely. Don't need articles to hype me because i'm hyped about this game enough as it is. Looks awesome!!!
The game should speak for itself.
It doesn't need hype. This is how people hype a game and then get disappointed.
Most people buy their games based on reviews. If the reviews don't correlate with your expectations, we'd be the first to call the game a flop.
The game looks like fun. Let's just wait and see.