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What The Insomniac/EA Deal Means For Sony

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by Tim Turi on May 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM
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Insomniac is one of Sony’s heaviest hitters. It develops some of the publisher’s biggest blockbusters, with the Ratchet and Clank and Resistance games accounting for high sales and high review scores. With that in mind, we spoke with Sony and Insomniac to find out just what the previously PS3-exclusive developer’s multiplatform deal with EA Partners means for the franchises moving into the future.

Ted Price, president and CEO of Insomniac, spoke with Game Informer about the future of the PS3’s beloved franchises.

“Our commitment and our relationship with Sony continues, and it’s as strong as ever -- as is our commitment to Ratchet and Resistance,” said Price. “We will continue making games with Sony.... The relationship remains great.”

Sony also commented on the deal, echoing Insomniac’s contentedness with the deal and hopefulness for the future.

"Sony Computer Entertainment and Insomniac Games will continue to build upon a strong, successful 14-year partnership that has led to more than 35 million games sold and enjoyed by fans around the world. We look forward to unveiling Insomniac’s next PS3 exclusive properties in the near future."

Both Insomniac and Sony are being crystal clear about Ratchet and Resistance remaining exclusive to the PS3. Only Insomniac's new, unnamed new IP will be published by EA Partners and will go multiplatform.

If that’s still not enough, Price goes on the record saying, “For our fans of Ratchet and Resistance, I just want to reiterate that we’re still very committed to those franchises and excited about what we’re doing there. I think that PlayStation 3 fans will still get a lot of the Insomniac experience from those franchises and from what we’re doing with EAP.”

From the sounds of it, Insomniac will continue to focus on Ratchet and Resistance while developing an EAP-published title. With two studios worth of talent to draw from (their original Burbank, CA studio and a newer group located in North Carolina), Insomniac’s evolution into a three-game developer seems like a natural step.

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  • by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:12 AM
    I wonder what genre of a game that Insomniac is going to produce with EA. I Hope this works out well.
  • by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    Good for them, i hope this is a lucrative and great oppourtunity for Insomniac to develop some new ideas and grow. This EA partners concept is working amazingly well

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    Can't wait !

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    It means they'll lost some momentum, but at this point, not much.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    Mhm, mhm... everything looks to be in order.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    I wonder what type of game they're doing.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    wow no actual public fighting! is this a first?

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    As long as Resistance 3 is still in the works and is exclusive, I'm fine with it. Resistance is one of my favorite FPS series in the world. I'm sure whatever else Insomniac is cooking up will be just as fun as well.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    Everything is going multi-platform. This is just a smart business move for them. Like Bungie, who's next game will certainly be on the PS3. It is not smart anymore to keep your games Exclusive. Every once in a while you get a great exclusive game like Uncharted 2 or Gears of War, but for the most part it makes sense to just scrap the exclusive nonsense and let everybody play the game.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    I'm so HAPPAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    cool cool.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    This is good. I'm happy Sony is not holding back Insomniac from pursuing new endevors.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    God, I love EA these days. Thank you for publishing so many good games.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    As I always thought, the NC studio will be the multiplatform guys while the original studio continues to focus on Sony only.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    whew glad to see ratchet and clank staying ps3 exclusives. didnt need 360 screwing up the love i have for the game.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 01:13 PM

    @ meta77 - Spoken like a true fanboy.

    I say everything should go multiplatform and everyone choose the system they like best based on hardware, online features, functionality, favorite controller, even favorite color if that is how your mop flops.  There are enough fanboys like meta77 to line the pockets of all console manufacturers regardless of who has the most bells and whistles.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 01:31 PM

    Can't deny that I am quite excited to see how this turns out.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 02:00 PM

    yes yes am a fanboy.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 03:22 PM

    @Meta77- I kinda agree with your statement as a gamer who owns all the 3 Major console.

    @John- You have no right to say such things like that because there are so many contradictions to your statement.

    1.) Exclusives such as DMC4, RE5, Final Fantasy XIII, etc. going multiplatform not only ruined those games but those games were NOT the games promised to the fans and companies decided to go for profits rather than loyalty. i.e.) The games that went multiplatform were either short, more plain and generic, and a lot of things were cut from the games. You know it. Imagine if Halo or Gears went to the PS3? That would affect it's development time by a long shot.

    2.) I'm not a fanboy of any consoles but I am a fan of exclusives from any consoles as long as the game don't suck when they go multiplatform.

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    by Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 04:22 PM

    Seems like more and more companies are getting out of the console exclusive market and going crossplatform, that just means more money for everyone, except me.

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