According to recent tweets from developer Insomniac Games, Xbox One exclusive 'Sunset Overdrive' might not receive anymore expansions.
Insomniac has confirmed that a PS5 port for 2014's Sunset Overdrive is not currently planned due to a focus on Marvel's Wolverine.
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(well, they're likely also working with Nixxes for the inevitable Spider-Man 2 PC port as well)
This is new…it pretty much confirms it can happen eventually.
I thought Microsoft had publishing rights or something
“It is important to note that Xbox owns the publishing rights to Sunset Overdrive.
Therefore, a PS5 port would need to be approved by Microsoft.”
I said this eight days ago and got disagrees.
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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"Do you think Sunset Overdrive would have done better as multiplatform?" Nah an additional 20 or so million users wouldn't have helped it do better at all /s. Seriously though, this game was a lot of fun but I guess it might've appeared a bit childish to a lot of gamers but I thoroughly enjoyed SO and the add-ons even if they were a bit short imo
Didn't the developer already state a while ago that the last expansion was the last one?
Its a shame such a great game wasn't a big commerxial hit
Sunset Overdrive was a fantastic game anyone with negative thoughts on it hasn't played it. I highly recommend all the newcomers to Xbox one to play it.