Insomniac games saw themselves on the receiving end of hate when they appeared at the Microsofts' E3 conference showcasing the exclusive "Sunset Overdrive" for the Xbox One. The long time indie, but exclusive Playstation game developer began to see itself the but of jokes, and questions. From how they have not made really good games, to them not even being a top tier developer on console. The range of hate ran the gamut. That is till last weeks announced new PS3 Ratchet & Clank game "Into The Nexus". Somehow someway so-called gamers love them again. Go figure...
Marvel's Spider-Man villain DLC potentially spotted via the debug menu that surfaced from the New Game+ title update released recently.
Ahmed from eXputer writes "Video game leaks have become a major cause of concern for Triple-A studios, as they're becoming increasingly malicious and dangerous."
In a leaked Sony Interactive Entertainment presentation, the company declares that including first-party games on PS Plus has had a “big” effect on “traditional sales.” As an example, the company mentioned that Horizon Forbidden West‘s sales “flat-lined” immediately after being added to PS Plus.
Also really interesting to see through to one of the sites they link to (Resetera) that the 2 cross gen titles in Miles Morales and Ghosts of Tsushima sold over 40% each of their first year in year 2, almost double what even the best performing games like GOW 2018 and Spider-Man did. Kinda seeing the cold hard numbers makes it really clear why they did cross gen games and remastered some of the later PS4 games to PS5 Directors Cuts.
"“In year 1, Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West were very comparable,” the presentation reads. “HFW was included into PS Plus at the start of Year 2. HFW saw an enormous influx of PS Plus players, but at the cost of flat-lining the game activations from retail sales.”"
So, the data shows there were fewer traditional sales, but it doesn't show us anything about how many people joined PS+? It does say there was an influx of HFW players, but it doesn't state how many of these players owned PS+ to begin with.
To conclude that it negatively sales is correct, but it doesn't mean less money is made. We cannot draw that conclusion until we know how many more people joined PS+ because of HFW.
MS's bet is that although it lowers traditional sales, it makes the services more appealing and millions of new people will subscribe if they see that good games are added to the service. And in the end, the subscription profit (not revenue) will outpace that of the traditional sales.
However even after 6 years they still haven't reached that point lmao
Sunset Overdrive gameplay is a cross between Resistance and Ratchet & Clank series.
A rumor has it that InSomniac has an exclusive title for the ps4.
No...they love more Ratchet and Clank
Just because they make a game to appeal to one fanbase doesn't mean they are going to forget about how much they've fallen over the years. People will just put it on the back burner untill they've played and completed Nexus and then they'll be back on the same page they were before the reveal.
Debated this with some folks. What's Insomniac's best game title? or they haven't made one yet?
I don't hate them, I just wish they'd return to former glory, Resistance 3 was the last Amazing game they made... Since then, The All for One and Q-Force ratchet games have been blah... And Fuze while I enjoyed it certainly wasn't of the quality I expected from Insomniac.
I'm glad to see them branching out and forming publishing relationships... I was surprised to see them Make an Xbox One exclusive but it is part of them staying competitive and making new fans.
I'll always be a fan, I've enjoyed them from PS1 all the way to PS3, and I don't intend to turn my back because they made an exclusive to a platform I don't personally support. I'll play sunset overdrive eventually, somehow, as I'm sure MS owns the IP, but They'll always be PS Developers and Im patiently waiting for that PS4 exclusive I know they've been working on.