Insomniac Games have made it clear that they have no plans to release Sunset Overdrive on any other platform.
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?
That's a shame. I loved Sunset Overdrive. It was worth the purchase and I could have bought it again on PS4. Hopefully the sequel will be multiplat.
And no! No R&C remaster for PS4. The remake is supposed to reboot the series. Start from there and make a sequel.
Sunset Overdrive was a great game. Hopefully they make a sequel and it stays on Xbox One.
Huh what was the point of wanting to own the IP then? Sounds to me like lost cash but hey whatever. Guess I'll play it on XBO eventually.
I was actually planning on picking up the trilogy for the PS3 but if they release it on the PS4 with updated textures and frame rater I would be the happiest m!$#%^F@&*~+ alive.
I hope that changes in this future insomniac, I don't have a Xbox one and I know many of your long time Playstation fans would love to play this amazing title
but it's your IP so you will decide what best business wise. but as your fan I hated the fact that Sony didn't let you keep the IP other wise this would have come to ps4 too.
I wish more publishers allow developers to own their work
that's why bungie left ms
that's why insomniac chose ms as the publisher
say what you will but one thing EA did right was their EA partners program, where they published and marketed the game but the developer got to keep the ip
Titanfall
fuse
and some others game were under this program