Insomniac bleibt PlayStation-Exklusiv

Ted Price, CEO bei Insomniac, hat in einem Interview mit 1up einer Trennung von Sony zwar gewisse Vorteile zugestanden, allerdings genieße das Studio große Freiheiten und arbeite gut mit dem japanischen Konzern zusammen.

Außerdem würde man davon profitieren, dass die von Insomniac entwickelte Software immer mit der Playstation in Verbindung gebracht werden würde. Eine Trennung bzw. Auflösung der Exklusivität gilt daher in nächster Zeit ausgeschlossen.

Hier ein Auzug aus dem Interview:

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Of course, Insomniac has historically been a Sony mainstay. “For the last ten years or so, we have been working very closely with Sony,” Price said. “I mean, people ask me all the time, ’so, do you consider going multiplatform? What are the drawbacks?’” He says that one benefit of exclusivity is that the company’s games “tend to be associated with the hardware — but that could be a drawback too.” He cites the original Resistance: Fall of Man as an example of this kind of product association. “We did get a lot of additional exposure simply because it was synonymous with the PlayStation 3,” he said. “It’s hard to break into the genre; and it’s cool that we were able to do it with a brand new entry.”

He’s careful to point out that Insomniac has its own voice and isn’t governed by Sony. “We definitely have been very vocal about maintaining our independence,” he said. He mentions that many at Insomniac would be frustrated by a heavy-handed publisher, but Sony isn’t one. “Our relationship with Sony is one where we develop autonomously. Sony certainly gives us great feedback on the games, but we’re in control of the development process, and that is a great place to be.”

Though Price’s comments would seem to indicate the developer isn’t opposed to going multiplatform, there’s no reason to think that they have immediate plans to do so.