Is Sucker Punch Next To Embrace Xbox 360?

GT: Things are happening quickly in this industry and competition is becoming stiff. Games are becoming more expensive to develop and independent studios, big and small are looking for partners to help fund their “big” projects while retaining the Intellectual Property and at the same time reach a wider audience.

[NYC_Gamer]

well no1 owns them so it could happen

[Brewski007]

If they do go multi-plat they'll most likely create the games on the ps3 base and much like ffxiii the port to the 360 will not look as good.
I dont really mind as long as I get to still play the games on my ps3.

[ShakeShakeShake]

Why is there so many articles about Ps3 games/game developers making games for Xbox 360?

If Xbox fans want ps3 games so bad go out and buy one!!!

[HolyOrangeCows]

Ahh, it's a gamesthrist article that's praying for PS3 developers on the 360. Shocker.

[BannedForNineYears]

Anything's possible, especially now adays since there's no reason to be developing exclusively.

[Dude420]

"Why is there so many articles about Ps3 games/game developers making games for Xbox 360?"

Maybe it's a counter for articles like "Hints that Mass Effect is coming to the PS3" or "Will X game be ported to PS3 due to lack of sales?"

[callahan09]

From the article: "Will inFamous come to the Xbox 360? Most likely not, the game’s a Sony owned IP."

How can they honestly write something like that? "Most likely not"? They even acknowledge that the property is owned by Sony. That means it's not unlikely to happen. It won't happen. Simple as that.

[alaa]

Callahan, that's why it says SUCKER PUNCH and not inFamous will embrace the Xbox 360.

[SOAD]

Poor journalism, my friend.

[SaberEdge]

@ callahan09

Well, I agree that it is highly unlikely for Infamous to go to any other console, but it's not impossible. If Sucker Punch was purchased by a big publisher and they asked Sony if they could buy the rights to the Infamous IP and Sony agreed then yes, it could happen. Highly unlikely, as I said, but not impossible.

As far as Sucker Punch going multi-platform, I'd say that it is most likely a matter of time, unless Sony buys them.

[CernaML]

Because I'm sure there are already too many PS3 exclusives you people are begging for. :P

[SPARTANVI]

Article is poorly written.

"Just like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid amongst others did, they two will find their way on other consoles."

They "too" not "two," and "find their way on other consoles?" Like on top of other consoles? Meant "on to," probably. Then there are numerous run-on sentences, misuse of the comma, trite phrases/cliches, and simply weak journalism.

[sikbeta]

Guys, AGAIN:

"Will [inFamous] come to the »Xbox 360«?"

and then

"[Most likely not], the game’s a »Sony owned IP«."

Don't you get it? it's like saying:

"will [Halo] come to the »PS3«?, [Most likely not], the game is a »MS owned IP«"

This is not Journalism, this is a JOKE!

[Megaton]

It's GameThirst. When they're not trying to steal GameTrailers' acronyms (GameThirst even claims they have something called GTTV), their site is either infected with malware or just crappy articles. Sometimes both.

[jjohan35]

Obviously you did not read the actual article. How typical. Callahan09 quoted directly from it, not from the title.

[edgeofblade]

Wait. Who said that Infamous is a Sony owned property? Was Crash Bandicoot? They were published by Sony at first too, but now it's available on other platforms...

[LordMarius]

Not atm, they are too small to branch out, they rely on Sony for their funding, nice try but no...

Edit: Since they are small it wouldnt make sense to split their workforce into working on both consoles.

[SOAD]

Microsoft funds a lot of small studios, but usually on the condition that they make their games exclusive to the 360.

[DelbertGrady]

Insomniac and Bioware got funded by EA. I don't see why Sucker Punch couldn't also get funded by some big publisher like that.

[sikbeta]

Well, Sucker Punch known IPs are OWNED by Sony, so if they go multiplat they'll start from scratch, MS can't fund Sucker Punch cos Sony is Already doing that, Sony make Contracts with Devs for Publishing the Franchises not just one Game, so atm, sure there is a deal in which Sucker Punch have to continue with the Production of the Infamous IP...

Edit:

There was a Rumor of Sony that broke the Deal they Have with Ninja Theory for 3 Games of HS cos of "Wrong Management", seems like [N-T] went over-budget with the First game and spent the money for the Whole Development funds...

[RememberThe357]

I think his point is that since the team is small, they can only work on one game at a time. BioWare is owned by EA and Insomniac is a big ass developers. They can both work on multiple games at one time. Sucker Punch can't and that is what he is saying. If they want to go multi-platform they would need to cut ties with Sony all together, something that Insomniac doesn't need to do.

[Jazz4108]

Infamous was a horrible game and I do own a ps3 I'm just not a fanboy of either. That said please don't port it.

[shadow2797]

^You clearly didn't play Crackdown.

[-Alpha]

Whoa I didn't even realize Sucker Punch isn't owned by Sony??

inFamous is owned by Sony, but it'd definitely be interesting if they jumped ship too. Sony has always said Third party (and to a lesser extent second party) were not reliable/a thing of the past.

I wonder if they will buy them out. Not sure if SP has ever expressed their need for independence.

Anyways, Sucker Punch is cool. Personally I want an inFamous 2 at E3.

@Black

Yeah the demo was fun. Are you the same BlackTar from my friends list? Lol.

[BlackTar187]

is one of my favorite honestly if no twisted metal black then i need infamous. Seriously was a huge surprise and proba #2 on favorite agmes this gen behind MGS4 and right before Battlestations midway(Great great great game once you get over the learning curve)

[BlackTar187]

lol

[Double Toasted]

When I think of games on other platforms besides the 360, I compare them to whats already there. I'm sure Infamous going multi-plat(I know it won't, I'm speaking hypothetically) would be lucrative, but it has quite a roadblock by the name of Crackdown 2. The only game I think 360 owners should try and would welcome would be Folklore. Folklore is an awesome game, it needed that advertisement that only MS could make happen. But alas, its Sony's and I doubt if there will ever be a sequel.

[nycredude]

You really think Folklore would do well on 360. No fvcking chance. It's way too japanese and niche and also it's an rpg. Great game no doubt but I don't see that type of game doing well on the 360.

[palaeomerus]

Folklore didn't do that well on the PS3 either. It's a niche title. I agree that it's awesome but then so is Disgaea and Settlers of Catan.

[edhe]

Is that niche or crap?

[D4RkNIKON]

Studios seem to be going multiplat on both ends. IE Bungie and Insomniac. Good thing Sony has over 20 First Party studios ;)

[kaos_fish II]

Who says any studio that goes multi automatically is going to do something for the 360?.. hell of lot more Wii's out there and god, do they need the games.

[edhe]

2nd party studios - not own but being exclusive.

[Jamie Foxx]

could cross over to other platforms as epic owns the gears IP,business is business which is why a huge first party portfolio for any gaming company is necessity.

i will not be surprised if mass effect is announced at e3 for ps3

i do think sony should acquire sucker punch though to add to their bulging first party portfolio

[Cueil]

The first one was published on consoles by Microsoft... there is also rumors of a deal with Bioware... Bioware and Microsoft were very close before EA purchased them. It wouldn't surprise me if we see spin offs on the PS3 or games after the trilogy is finished... like a prequel.

[edhe]

Anyone can go anywhere, and it's silly to limit your product to any fraction of the market.

And at this stage in the console 'race' it's hardly about unit-sellers is it? It's about giving gamers what they want.

And what they want is everything they can get their hands on that's worth it. Platform exclusivity's not really a good thing this deep into the cycle.

When the next gen rolls around and the projected sales are likely to be thin yet the games still cost as much to be made then yeah, feel free to sell up shares in a franchise for exclusivity then.

[FACTUAL evidence]

I like how all the speculations start to pour in after ONE company went multi-plat. Not saying that it's not possible for suckerpunch to go Multi, but seriously.

[Lombax]

Everybody wants Sonys Devs. xD

[palaeomerus]

Well if Suckerpunch is with THQ partners that's a pretty good indication that they do intend some form of multiplatform development. It might be for 3dS or Wii or PC or 360 or iPhone, or all of those. Who knows?

[vhero]

Wow somebody's after hits today aren't they?? Just because insomnia made that deal now everybody gonna do it?? Shoddy, just shoddy...

[raztad]

Contrary to Insomniac I find HIGHLY UNLIKELY SP is doing anything more than just PS3 exclusives.

SP is a small studio capable of working on one IP at a time. That IP was Sly Cooper during PS2 age and now is inFAMOUS (Sony property) turn. Speaking of which, received lot of help from other first party devels to get in shape.

[Immortal Kaim]

After more of this sh*t from Gamesthirst, can we please start reporting their articles? They are nothing but flamebait rubbish...

[Game13a13y]

its possible, but its also a bad thing. afterall, who wants gimped games?

[AAACE5]

Well if they do, it could be what Sony meant when they said console exclusivity was dying off!

[N4BmpS]

This was a random, poor piece of journalism, seriously. I notice that ever since Insomniac decided to make a Multi-platform game, people have become more misinformed (even though they were given crystal clear info). "Journalist" doing more speculating than actual thinking. Granted Sucker Punch is Independent (although I thought Sony owned them...interesting)so who knows where they might go, Sony could snag them if they want.

[Christopher]

Woo hoo! Rampant speculation! All because one second-party company is finally making a game using their own IP!

Weeee!

/sarcasm

Sorry people, by how about we try to reign it in a bit with going off the deep end on these type of 'what if?' articles.

[tinybigman]

what's with all the interest in developers who developed exclusive for sony all of a sudden? i thought they all sucked a$$ according to some people lol.

well since we know infamous ip is owned by sony, and SP decided to do a new ip for multi it would a new ip they that would own.

[Pedantic91]

The amount of 360 consoles sold and owned wont matter much soon now with Sony catching up and all....

[SuperStrokey1123]

Of course it will still matter, would you (as a company of course, so just think fiscally and no fanboy hats here guys) rather sell the same game to 40 million consoles for 80 million?

Obviously 80 million is a better market.

[Pedantic91]

Why do you all think going multi would automatically mean 80+ mill sales ? It isn't always like that.

Some devs are simply meant to be on one platform.
The age of exclusitivity is over ? pfft, hell no.

And yes, to answer your question, i would rather sell the game for 40 million consoles, you never know, it might do better on one platform than the other.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I never said it would, what i said is that if you have a chance to 40 million unit thats great for sure. But if you have a chance to sell to 80 million units, including the original 40 million, thats even better. Its not rocket science from a financial point of view.

Sure i agree that some devs want to stay single dev but its because of reasons like company relationships, more powerful system, better online, long term goals, familiarity with the system and a huge list of other things. But its fairly obvious that having the opportunity to sell to the original 40 million plus 40 million more is obviously a good thing.

I dont understand your logic as you would still be selling to the same 40 million plus 40 more. A dev should be embracing this instead of fighting unless it is for one of the reasons i listed above.

[whitesoxfalife]

@pedrami91

do u know what you are saying in here lol.......if my game was only selling let say 800k on ps3 and the install is what almost 35mil right now from the ps3 camp im not making no money at all but if i go multi plat at least one time where the 360 has only a few million gamers more than ps3 has .. and i manage to sell at least sell 2mill on the 360 not only did i just match what the ps3 owners but i also got an extra 1.2mill sold from them... not only this help my game get a sequal out of me but because i went multi plat i can pay for the multi plat game development cost or just go to being one console again but why do that when the money is good..... the gamers win all day..... just like street hustling only a different product wit a different set of rules

[thewhoopimen]

In that case why would i waste time making a title for the 360 and not just for the jugular with the Wii? Your reasoning is faulty.

[The Meerkat]

Even if they were the same.

i.e. 50 million

50 + 50 = 100 million customers (minus mutilple console owners who would normally side with the 360 anyway)
Which is much better than just 50.

[SuperStrokey1123]

100% agree, i dont see why anyone could disagree with this. Sure you may hate the opposing system but how can you deny that a market that is 2x the size would be a worse market.

[BlackTar187]

minus mutilple console owners who would normally side with the 360 anyway

that is all opinion some games sell better on ps some don't. that's not fact so therefore is all opinion. I own all consoles and i buy on ps3 for the most part because i love trophies and a screen tear while im playing doesn't ruin the exp. and a little drop in graphic here and there while playing a game in full speed does not deter my game play exp. i will never pretend to understand people who pick a version based on something you can barely notice while playing a game unless you specifically looking for it. Im not saying that line of thought is wrong just confusing to me and if your pixel counting for your enjoyment to me that's kinda sad. anyways i respect your opinioni just dont agree with such a broad statement

[nveenio]

The problem is that you don't know how many people have both consoles. I'd bet it's waaaaay up there. Bottom line is that they have to know that they're going to sell X number of more copies since it's going to cost them Y amount more to do a port.

[Caffo01]

you guys forgot that porting a game from a platform to another has its costs and for this reason it's risky to do it unless you are sure your game will sell well..

[vhero]

Yeah but lowering the quality of your game for multiplatform could seriously impact the games sales and it could sell a lot less on 2 consoles than it would on just 1. It's all about good business.. Uncharted 2 for instance probably wouldn't have sold as many copies if it was a multiplatform game as it wouldn't have the quality thanks to being on both consoles. Games like FF have the name to back it up but Uncharted is still a relatively new IP.

[maniacmayhem]

Why would a multi plat game be lower in quality? Uncharted 2 would have been great regardless if it was multiplat or not. And using FF as an example is poor, very poor. Or do you actually believe FF is bad due to it being on the 360?

Or did I just get tricked into responding to a stealth ninja troll...

Damn...

[stonecold1]

and wing them over to the sony stable

[8thnightvolley]

will not if sony buys them.. these days anything can happen

[Tony-A]

Insomniac's already predicted reach out to multiple parties actually happens, and people start randomly picking out developers to make the same move based on nothing but what Insomniac has done.

[SaberEdge]

It's not just what Insomniac has done. It is a growing trend within the industry.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Totally agree. Bungie and Insomniac are just the two largest of late, but its been a trend all along. Look back to Rockstar...look at Square Enix... Konami/Kojima Studios....

[palaeomerus]

Rockstar had all three GTA games on the Xbox. THAT WAS LAST GEN. Calling them Sony exlcusive is silly.Rockstar mostly does timed exclusives (apart from whatever Agent turns out to be) and THAt was deal cut because La Noir went multiplatform and Sony had put some serious money into that game early on before there was hype for it. Rockstar realized that there was a multiplayer market for LA Noir AFTER it was billed as Sony exclsuive and when it went multiplatform Sony and expected something for their money so Rockstar pitched Sony a zombie game that fell apart. Rockstar then came up with Agent and Sony accepted it.

Square Enix was also making Xbox games lat gen and so was Konami. MGS 2 had an Xbox version. None of these publishers were ever really Sony exclusive though certain titles were.

[Excalibur]

I think we will be seeing less and less exclusives from independent studios. It's not cost effective enough to exclude the other user base.

[karan8624]

This article has no proof or comments or points. It basically just saying because Insomniac did it Sucker Punch might as well...

[BeaArthur]

Which is why I reported it as Lame. But honestly, did you expect move from N4G?

[GeoramA]

It's possible, sure.

But they'll still be making PS3 exclusives just like Insomniac.

[Unicron]

They gotta do what is best for them.

Just bring on inFamous 2, with multiplayer or coop, and various different powered beings (I'm an Ice Powers fan myself). Keep the great comic style cutscenes... god such a great game, leaping from building to building...

[DeltaZ3R05]

Sony!! buy sucker Punch ASAP!!!!!!!!

[Demons Souls]

That was an easy question.

[Reigen]

the guy is owerreacting
each of the curent gen consoles hawe a huge instal base
expecting sucsesful dewelopers like those to go multiplat is stupidity

[MajestieBeast]

I seriously think sony will buy them soon. Btw whats next from this site David jaffe's new game is actually multiplat? What a joke this article was.

[Domer25]

make up my own story day. My god its going to be a long couple of weeks till E3.

[dizzleK]

the hyperbole in the gaming media is disgusting.

[TheAwesomessMan]

Sure! Microsoft believes in multiplats I see and many companies are going multi so the fact of Sucker Punch embracing the 360 doesn't matter to me. The more the merrier (the people that is) but if sucker punch goes multi what happans with Infamous 2 does is stay exclusive to PS3 or does that too go multi? Just a question I ought to ask.

Edit: Question has been answered thanks to @callahan09

Edit2: Actually for what I'm hearing, No! Sucker Punch is a small studio also the fact that MGS and Insomniac going multi does not merit sucker punch going multi a sure thing

[Gitaroo]

sucker punch is a much smaller company with like 60+ ppl compare to Insomnaic which has like 2 studios now and over 200+ ppl. Probably wont be easy if they go multiplatform.

[snp]

Yep, i think people underestimate how much Sony underwrite the costs of making these exclusive third party games. There's something to be said for security - and for the freedom (in terms of development time and shared resoures provided) - which a multiple platform publisher ain't necessarily going to provide you.

If you go it alone, and the game's a flop (through being rushed, or having resources split to widely across different versions, or it just not quite coming off).. then what?

Getting every user out there is the ideal, but it's not exactly a guarantee of heaven. Hell, you only need to look at the most successful (sales) game developer of recent years - Infinity Ward - to realise the 'ideal' version of independence itself isn't even always even ideal.

[theunleashed64]

HEY let me make s*%* up TOO! um? lets see uh bungie went mutliplatform so that means lionhead studios will do the same! RIGHT? RIGHT? WRONG! my god how did this
get approved?

[tiamat5]

Typical exaggerated journalism. Just because Insom iac is making a game that is miltiplat, doesn't mean everyone else will jump ship. Naughty Dog just made a mint with UC2 and Sony gave Sucker Punch a chance with Infamous. There is still something known as loyalty you know

[Trroy]

Insomniac owns two physical studios, Sucker Punch owns one.

Publishers HATE it when a studio shares the same physical space between multiple publishers, because they don't want to pay for work on some other publisher's project, via employee shuffles during crunch times.

The reason Insomniac is having a publisher other than Sony, is because they own a second physical studio. They wouldn't be doing it if they had to give up their Sony deals. The same logic applies to Sucker Punch, except they don't have a 2nd studio.

The idea that Sucker Punch is abandoning Sony for some other publisher is pretty ludicrous, unless they've had a falling out, which we haven't heard anything about, or they've bought another studio.

[Lombax]

+bub (intelligent)

[shoddy]

exclusive is rare this gen, everyone say so except for 21 exclusive studio.

[livewires]

i throught xbox fanboys didnt want infamous i throught prototype was better

[divideby0]

^ there are so many that are wearing egg on their face...dissing these developers and their games, because the games were not on their only console... now the 360 has a chance to get some great games from AAA developers....that is sweet

just cant make this stuff up...

[pixelsword]

first Insomniac sucks, but now they're "great"; and now, what you said.

[jcgamer]

"There will be a lot of surprises in the future, and many third party titles gamers thought would have remained exclusive will eventually end up going multiplatform. Think Mass Effect, Splinter Cell: Conviction and even Gears of War. Just like Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid amongst others did, they two will find their way on other consoles."

This article could be titled so many ways...lol :)

[-MD-]

No reason not to.

[Lombax]

No reason to.

[SephireX]

Infamous is safe anyway and we will see Infamous 2 exclusive on PS3 which is good because the 360 would only drag it down. I'm no fanboy and I understand that studios must go multiplatform to improve earnings and shareholder value but as a gamer, I want to see the PS3's potential maxed with every game. The 360 does not allow that to happen when games are multiplatform. I'm not a graphics whore either. Though I hate the limitations of the 360. No mandatory install and poor disc capacity compared with the PS3, drags most games down. Especially games such as GTA and Final Fantasy. The 360 is holding games back and even though that is the nature of competition and companies must do what's best for business, I want as many games to be PS3 exclusive as possible. I simply just want better games and the hardware limitations of the 360 are an obstacle to progress.

[Figboy]

the real issue is the SIZE of Sucker Punch.

they're a team of, like, 50 core people.

splitting resources to develop on two platforms would more than likely kill the quality of the game, no matter HOW talented Sucker Punch is.

it's interesting that their studio is situated right across the way from Microsoft, and they have said on numerous occasions that they chat and hang out with the MS developers on a regular basis.

maybe if they grow to a larger company they'll decide to branch out, but since they are very focused on producing top quality games, i can't see them wanting to take the potential hit in that area by spreading to multiple consoles at this time.

it's always possible that, after inFAMOUS 2 drops and becomes a success, Sony may finally opt to purchase them like Media Molecule.

they'd be a great addition to the Sony stable of talented, seasoned developers.

Sony owns the IPs to inFAMOUS and Sly Cooper however, so it's not like those franchises would be coming to the Xbox 360.

Sucker Punch would have to create an all new IP, much like Insomniac is doing.

[darkdoom3000]

I totally forgot they were second party. anything could happen.
-40 mil Xboxs in the wild, but exclusives always gather more attention.

[Anorexorcist]

it is very possible.

Now Infamous doesn't look too shabby and Prototype doesn't entirely look like the superior superhero sandbox title, now does it MS sycophants?

[Denial]

Yep

[bjornbear]

i'd love to know!

[theunleashed64]

even though it's possible here is what i think will happen they probally are developing on infamous 2 if that succeeds sony will see potential and offer to buy them just like media molecul,gurrilla games, sony even exspressed in aquireing more small developers anyway just my opinion.

[unworthyBOZO]

In my opinion one of the factors for insomniac decision to go multi was that sony wasn't paying anymore special attention to them, they were the go to studio for sony, similar to bungie and microsoft. But insomniac position quickly shifted primarily because of the success that Naughty Dog,Sucker Punch,and Guerrilla Games have had.I know people hate to admit it but R2 was a letdown for a lot people compared to the competition, yes I'm talking about Gears of War 2. Insomniac was suppose deliver the FPS experience to PS3 gamers and to a certain aspect they dropped the ball on R2 (which is a great game) but again it let some people down. Guerrilla manged to deliver on there promises and took the FPS crown from insomniac and have received more attention from sony. So what does insomniac do, they have to go multi. Keep in mind Ratchet and Clank isn't exactly doing gangbusters either. In Sucker Punch case it comes down to if they can deliver those AAA titles that sony wants and with infamous they did. If they keep making awesome games then sony will continue to place a lot of there resources on Sucker Punch and promote them. If not then there is a strong possibility that sucker punch could go multi. It comes down to the amount of attention and resources sony is willing to spend on the second party studios.

[bjornbear]

but infamous is a sony IP

still, they are not 1st party so its possible =)

good to see all these devs make up for 360's lack of exclusives with multiplats

[SG-17]

I have a feeling that Sony is going to acquire them if inFAMOUS 2 is as big of a success as the first.

[Darkspade]

I think this is a good thing that these companies and Making games Multi-Platform.

Next will be Cross Platform online Gaming, so no matter what console you own you can still play with your friends.

[zeddy]

according to vgchartz infamous only sold 1.51m copies and probably not even at full price. now thats just wrong for an amazing game so who can blame them, more money for them means more infamous for us.

[OrganicMachine]

you do know that Sucker punch studio is roughly less than 100 employees? I bet that includes the people from the top...

selling 1.5 million copies pretty much covers everything and more for a company of that size.

[OrganicMachine]

is was a small Indie Developer, now that they've grown, they have enough resources to create multiplatform games, their move, becoming a multiplatform developer, makes sense. What Ted Price said about owning their own IP was their main goal in the beginning so it totally makes sense for them to go multi-platform

Sucker Punch is in the same boat as Insomniac, but in a much younger state (I think).. I wouldn't be surprise once Sucker Punch grows big enough to develop multiplatform games.

[VersusEM]

as long as get infamous 2. i couldnt care less

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

Sony has people staying loyal to their console... just cause. MS's paychecks will sway loyalty and also the bigger income from both paying up for the game would just help provide better resources for us all to get a better well rounded product! Im game for it!

[olLANDSHARKlo]

Infamous was very repetitive and got boring in like 10 minutes, sony can have this one.

[Dead_Cell]

Just bring Infamous 2 out, number one was one amazing game.

[0LDSCH00L]

Yeah a 360 port would definatly bring it down because we all know that Infamous is such a graphical power house eh.

*Facepalm*

[tripewire]

It's my understanding that the tech in infamous, how it processes all the foot holds and stuff, is quite a resource hog. Graphics ain't everything - As the 360 fanboys like to remind us.

[bunfighterii]

I was under the impression Sony already did own Sucker Punch....

[tripewire]

Ditto...

[TwistedMetal]

Lt_Skittles 3h ago Two totally different games.

yep and one big butt kicking by infamous lol ownage.

I honestly dont see why all 360 owners dont have a ps3 as well. If they stop spending there money on overpriced peripherals, replacement x360's, and stuip halo cat helmets, gears of war gun models, and fake night vision goggle crap limited edditions then they would have all 3 consoles and every game they wanted to play as well. Stop makeing dumb buying decisions.

[DigitalAnalog]

But for the love of God let FFv13 be PS3 exclusive. After that, these devs can do whatever the hell they want.

-End statement

[El Nino]

because the games they produce will still come to the PS3, and then on top of that Sony has numerous 1st party studio's.

I mean resistance fom was great, infamous was good, but i'm glad UC2 and naughty dog are with ps3, just like i'm glad polyphony digital, MM and santa monica are with ps3..see that right there, is what sets the ps3 apart imo.. 2 goty winners, both with ps3, both only available on ps3.

[Shendow]

We keep hearing about some studio that works with Sony going to 360 or making games for both and so far no one but dumb web sites have said anything.

Until Sucker Punch says they are, it isn't going to happen and any games that were on Playstation systems are most likely not going to be seen on 360.

But it would be cool in someways to see them make games for 360, seeing 360 lacks alot of studios Vs Sony.

[Denethor_II]

What's with the word "embrace" being thrown around lately?

[midgard227]

if xbox gamers want ps3 devs so much and want all our exclusives and want their 360 to have built in wifi and blu-ray add on with internet browser and standard HDD's doesnt that mean they really want their 360 to be a ps3????

[studiture]

i loved infamous and would get it again on the 360 if that were to ever come out. i'm a 360 guy but some ps3 games are great as well such as infamous.

[Silverwolf]

I'm getting tired of hearing the " game development is expensive" excuse.. Just say the truth, they want more money. Can't stand hearing this crap, while developers have Ferrari park at there studios. Yet they keep feeding us the same bull as a reason to move to multi platform. I have a friend who was married to a developer. Yep! She told me about the parties, drinking, vacations all under "company expense".... Geesh gamers are so easy to suckerpunch! Yep next thing I'll here is that Bobby kotick only makes 30k a year and drives a kia to work.

[Trroy]

There are tens of thousands of people in the games development industry, and it takes dozens to hundreds of people, several years of their lifetimes, to make a single game. Think about how much it costs to pay 50-150 people with college degrees to spend 50+ hours a week for 3 straight years, and then realize that those salary expenses are increased by building space rental to house them, equipment, expensive software licenses for everything from office apps to compilers and modelling tools, additional business taxes, so on and so on.

The number of ridiculously expensive sportscars owned by game industry vets is limited to studio heads, and people you know the names of already -- just like every other industry on earth... the boss often owns a hot car.

Your anecdotal comment, if its even true, is far far from normal. The games development industry is not a rich one.

[bobdog626]

Look at AssCreed and Look at Uncharted 2 . Both are Great Games Both made sold over 3mill but AssCreed sold Double that because its Multi Plat.It Pays to Go Multi .Just look at Bungie and you can see where all 3rd party Games are Going.

[redneck_smith]

infamous is 1 of the best games of this gen, cant wait 4 infamous 2

[DA_SHREDDER]

Right, well Sony will see who stayed faithful or not through their tough times. I mean, cmon we are all human. There are things that are just left better unsaid. I think maybe the better question to ask is, Could Sucker Punch make a better single player game on the 360 than an IP thats exclusive for the Sony brand? Now? No. Maybe Xbox 720 LOLzzz Oh and good luck trying to make a better game than inFamous.

[ATi_Elite]

Bottom line the developers for the PS3 are far more creative and have been producing consistant hit exclusive title after hit exclusive title. Sure there are over 40 million xbox 360's sold but xbox owners only want one thing....Halo (or Crap like MW2)

Sony Gamers are a more diverse bunch as quality and innovative games sell while Microsoft spent way too much money on advertising, and exclusive rights and made Mass Effect 2 not a complete "Finacial" success because of the $30 million dollar commercials.

Infamous will do another round on the PS3 and cement Sucker Punch as a AAA developer thus clearing the way for more SONY and PS3 innovation.

Plus Microsoft is desperate now that they no longer have their flagship developer making their hit game HALO which is the only reason why people bought a 360 in the first place.

[earthbounding]

Sony acquired Media Molecule because of LittleBigPlanet, thus the making of LBP2.
Sony will acquire Sucker Punch because of inFamous, thus the making of inFamous 2.
Logic.

[PS360_37]

if Infamous were to ever go multiplat, I would still buy it on the PS3.