Maybe just ditch the name/IP and make a ‘spiritual sequel’, so similar in concept, yet still different/original enough to not get Microsoft upset.

Sony and MS need to make nice and get a deal done SO needs a sequel

That's to bad would love a sequel...

well... to be fair, they did pay for it. MS could have another developer make the sequel.

Just change the name to Sunset Hyperdrive or to Sunset Ludicrousdrive and change the color from Orange to Blue or Yellow or make it multicolored like Splatoon and done.

If From did it with Demon's Souls to Dark Souls and if System Shock changed into Bioshock, then so can Insomniac do the same.

so lemme get this straight. Insomniac went to playstation for this game but playstation wanted to own the IP so insomniac said no cus _they_ wanted to own the IP. So they went to microsoft who said insomniac can own the IP but now we're finding out MS got publishing rights for it and 2 sequels, and now that insomniac is owned by playstation they basically cant make any sequels or remasters or anything cuz no way will playstation let them develop for the rival console and its probs not even likely MS will sell the publishing rights to sony or anything like that. But also If insomniac owns the IP that means MS cant make a sequel? Is all this correct? Cus if so it seems like insomniac fucked themselves over

is there a sony insomniac game on xbox

tbh, they're better off just moving on from that ip. everyone knows insomniac can make good games, and they don't need sunset at all.

Bully Microsoft at it again I see. Franchise is dead. Sony owns IP, insomniac is owned by Sony, Microsoft has rights to next two games. Franchise won't go anywhere.

Microsoft will only allow if they receive millions from Sony dam that's one game I gotta play

Microsoft = We don't release a lot of games.

They should use the (Spiderman Engine) and finally create Prototype 3 !!!

Just create a game with similar gameplay and different name then.

I slept on the original game hard and I completely regret it.

The marketing for it sucked the CGI trailer told us nothing and we had no idea really what to expect

I played it when it came to gwg I didn't realise it was a insomniac joint back then I had just brought a Xbox one and Halo 5 / MCC to compliment my PS4 and as a long time fan of crash, Spyro and the games that sunset takes inspiration from like thps and ratchet it was right up my alley.

The game was hands down pure fun one of those rare gems that didn't take itself seriously and was just a joy to play.

It was a perfect game I think I and people like me were the problem we didn't know what we had until it was far to late.

I'd rather Insomniac got working on a remake of the Resistance games just for PS5. would be awesome. miss those games.

OK... just curious on the logic of approving this topic as news.
On one hand we have a story about Sony pressuring studios for layoff being discarded as purely speculation despite many major outlet picking the story.

On the other hand we have this story where a Twitter user have discover via the studio’s internal documents, that Microsoft still apparently owns the exclusive publishing rights to the series. (despite Sony renewing Sunset Overdrive TM in 2021).

My question is what make this story qualify as legit news or valid and what make the layoff article discarded despite using the same leaked documents as a source?

They probably should just make a Ratchet and Clank game with the open world and movement of Sunset Overdrive if they want to make a sequel

Sell the IP to Microsoft for $5 billion.

Lackluster IP. Definitely better franchises to be worked on.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau