Did you know that Insomniac nearly went bankrupt with the first game they made for ps but look at what have achieved since then

For those who don't know the history of Insomniac Games in particular their early history here is a brief lesson
The company's first project was Disruptor, 1996 for the first PS console, whose poor sales almost led to the company's bankruptcy.
Insomniac's next project was Spyro the Dragon, a successful videogame that spawned two sequels.
So what i said is based upon a fact that cannot be disputed

I doubt Sony could buy take two, it has so many ips, and square Enix and Capcom do as well, I just don't think it'll happen like that. Don't get me wrong, I'd like them to because I love most of the games they make, however I also think it would pretty greedy of Sony to literally hog all the AAA third parties except for ubisoft and EA games lol.

EDIT * I've been saying that I would like Sony to snag up From Software though and I think they have some history together. If they announced a demons souls remastered for PS5 launch along with purchase of From Software and Blue point games to do the remaster, that would be pretty amazing along with a demons souls 2 launch date a year or two down the road.

Thats true. Sony doesnt react. I think its more like going into next gen even better prepared than this gen taking into account Insomniacs influence.

You fanboys are dumber then I thought if you think Microsoft has no pull if you think Sony is not watching Microsoft every move truly dumb

@LordJamar

Always find it cute to be called a fanboy (the most generic term) when I’m a PC gamer. Pure, unadulterated, comedy. Then to be called dumb is even funnier. Remember, a weak argument is one that has to be accompanied by an insult. ;)

When you decide to exit LaLa Land, you’ll know that not everything these companies do will elicit a direct response. Otherwise, show me five times Sony did this, particularly this gen, and I’ll open the door to the notion.

@rainslacker

It´s OBVIOUS that Sony acquired Insomniac to prevent Microsoft to acquire them first! Sony´s acquisition of Insomniac has "Spiderman" written all over it!

The support Sony gave them was the middle finger when they asked to retain the rights/ownership of Sunset Overdrive which Sony denied! Sony pratically delivered Insomniac at Microsoft´s door. Microsoft funded their project and let them retain the rights for Sunset Overdrive and that´s alot more than Sony has done for them after DECADES of partnership and dedication.

When Insomniac expressed the desire of making a SSOD sequel looking for a publisher, Sony didn´t care! Now, after 13 million copies sold for Spiderman, all of sudden Sony wants them back? What? This sudden move don´t smell fishy to you? This acquisition has "Spiderman Money" written all over it and Sony only done it to secure Spiderman.

I´ll glad take back what i said if Sony give them freedom to do a SSOD sequel after this acquisition. But if their next game turn out to be another Spiderman, it will be nothing but futher proof that Sony only acquired Insomniac to secure future Spiderman games!

Wow. Compelling argument.

Never thought it was obvious, because for years Insomniac wanted to remain independent, and to me, its more obvious that Insomniac would go with the company that has supported them and helped them become successful over the years, and not the company which seems to struggle making games successful, including the games said company made, which MS did a horrible job of promoting.

The support Sony gave them was their standing 2nd party publishing deal. Insomniac didn't want that, but if Sony gave them the money to produce it, which they would have, they would have probably given it the proper development and marketing support they typically do. You say Sony didn't care, but they did. It's just not the deal that Insomniac wanted.

There was only a rumor that MS wanted to acquire Insomniac. There was only a rumor Sony did recently. But what we do know is that Sony has tried several times to acquire Insomniac, and we also know that regardless of Spider-man, Insomniac was not in a position they absolutely had to sell. As it stands, we have no idea of what offers were on the table, so to me, nothing is OBVIOUS(all capitals), like you put it.

@rainslacker

"Never thought it was obvious, because for years Insomniac wanted to remain independent, and to me, its more obvious that Insomniac would go with the company that has supported them and helped them become successful over the years, and not the company which seems to struggle making games successful, including the games said company made, which MS did a horrible job of promoting."

False! "Horrible job promoting"???

SSOD sold around 2 million copies on Xbox One both digital and retail when Xbox One´s install base were small back in 2014! Not even a year after Xbox One´s controversial launch! I´m pretty sure that Microsoft did a better job promoting SSOD than Sony did with The Order 1886, inFAMOUS: Second Son, Gravity Rush 2, Knack 2, Tearaway Unfolded and Ni no Kuni II among other! Yeah, Sony did a pretty nice job promoting those games, right?

"The support Sony gave them was their standing 2nd party publishing deal. Insomniac didn't want that, but if Sony gave them the money to produce it, which they would have, they would have probably given it the proper development and marketing support they typically do. You say Sony didn't care, but they did. It's just not the deal that Insomniac wanted."

The deal that Insomniac wanted is the same deal that Sony readly made with Kojima! Nothing more, nothing less! Sony said NO to Insomniac! FACT!

Btw, after all the success achieved by God of War, Cory Barlog also publicly stated that he wants Sony to give him the same opportunity they give Kojima and help him funding his project/game! Will Sony do it? Or will they just say no to another long time partner/employee? Should we expect a new IP from Cory, or another God of War? Just to be clear, that was a rethorical question.

"Nothing about what you say tracks with their history, not does it make sense given how insomniac has never received the kind of support Sony gives from other publishers."

We´ll see. As you say, action speaks louder than words, let´s see if Sony will give them the freedom to work on a SSOD sequel or they´ll force them to work on another Spiderman game! In this particular case (Keyword Particular) i bet Sony will choose money over freedom to Insomniac do what they want. Time will tell.

Plus multiple of those studios can literally work on 2 or 3 games at once and a couple of them have been rumored to upgrading offices further.

Some of their studios are publishing arms that work on what sony calls teams. Much like nintendo proper. One studio that can move people around to different projects as needed. Comparing studios in the highest level of what they're named doesn't really show the big picture

@King6

Wrong. Sony has 13 studios (with the acquisition of Insomniac) accoding with SIE official website!

https://www.playstation.com...