After announcing at E3 that they’ve tag-teamed with EA on the multiplatform launcher Overstrike, Insomniac Games has reminded Sony fans that the company still wuvs dem, and that everything’s going to be okay, shhhh now.
“We recognise we have a very loyal fanbase among Sony players, and we love them,” CEO Ted Price tells Eurogamer.
“We’re definitely dedicated to them. However, we’ve always wanted to reach out to an even broader audience. The Xbox 360 audience has been a viable, vibrant audience for a long time. This was just a chance to do that.
“We’ve loved having Sony as a partner for many years, and we’re continuing to work with Sony. However, Sony owns the [Resistence, Ratch & Clank] IP. That’s great. We’ve wanted to be able to control our destiny a little bit more in a more solid way. Owning one’s IP gives you even more latitude when it comes to how your IP is taken beyond games.”
Asked if Insomniac is done with PS3-exclusive development forever, Price adds that, “It’s important to say never say never. Everybody’s been constantly surprised at how quickly the industry changes, so I would never want to say anything that locks us into a particular path because it’ll be brought up and dusted off and used against us at some point. It pays to be open-minded.”
What has the world come to when a games developer has to make excuses for developing games?
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