MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN PS4 Developer Insomniac Games Acquired By Sony; Essentially Guaranteeing A Sequel

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN PS4 Developer Insomniac Games Acquired By Sony; Essentially Guaranteeing A Sequel MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN PS4 Developer Insomniac Games Acquired By Sony; Essentially Guaranteeing A Sequel

Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games has joined PlayStation's Worldwide Studios family. Sony's acquisition of the studio almost certainly guarantees a sequel to the critically acclaimed PS4 game.

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By MattIsForReal - Aug 19, 2019 03:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man PS4
Source: GameFragger
A sequel to Insomniac Games' critically acclaimed PlayStation 4 title Marvel's Spider-Man has long been expected, but not yet announced. Now with confirmation that Sony has acquired the developer, a sequel to the best-selling superhero game in the United States is almost certainly on the way.

Earlier today, Sony announced that Insomniac Games is the newest addition to PlayStation's Worldwide Studios.


Insomniac has been a longtime collaborator with Sony, dating all the way back to the late 90s with the release of Disruptor and multiple Spyro games for the original PlayStation. The developer is also well-known for their PlayStation-exclusive franchises Ratchet & Clank and Resistance.

But what truly made Insomniac a must-have studio for Sony was their work on Marvel's Spider-Man, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful PlayStation 4-exclusive title. Marvel's Spider-Man sold 3.3 million units in its first three days available in the United States, making it the fastest-selling first-party game release in Sony's history. In July of this year, it swung past another milestone, topping Batman: Arkham City as the best-selling superhero game of all time in the United States.

Suffice to say, a sequel to the game was almost already guaranteed before today's announcement, but his acquisition pretty much seals the deal.

A message from Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price regarding the acquisition can be found on the developer's website.
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NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 8/19/2019, 3:48 PM
I’m surprised this hasn’t happened sooner given Insomniac’s history with Sony for decades lol, well I’m glad! Pretty sure we’ll see the sequel on the PS5
LimeD
LimeD - 8/19/2019, 4:05 PM
@ItsMilesMorales -
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/19/2019, 5:06 PM
@ItsMilesMorales - I would like Insomniac to tackle a reboot of Jak & Daxter or a sequel.
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 8/19/2019, 5:34 PM
@SonOfAGif - as ideal as that sounds, that’s NaughtyDog’s property and their track record in recent years speaks for itself, and I think they actually planned a reboot a while back so maybe they’ll go foreword for it since the demand is high

I also hope Insomniac makes more Ratchet and Clank titles soon
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/19/2019, 7:10 PM
@ItsMilesMorales - NaughtyDog is owned by Sony. So in retrospect. Jak and Daxter belongs to Sony.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 8/19/2019, 3:49 PM
I hope they let them work their own ideas instead of force them to put the usual corporate BS in their games.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/19/2019, 4:02 PM
@Spidey91 - Just look at all of Sony's other exclusives. They are not known for forcing their studios to be anti-consumer.

That's EA and Activision...
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 8/19/2019, 4:36 PM
@CorndogBurglar - that is true. then lets hope it continues to be that way.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/19/2019, 5:07 PM
@Spidey91 - Granted Death Stranding is looking like a very very weird game, Kojima specifically mentioned in his press tour for the game that Sony was the only company willing to let him have full free reign on Death Stranding and he was very grateful for their trust and respect.
Kurne
Kurne - 8/19/2019, 3:51 PM
The last 2 years for Spidey have been the best in a long time.

Besides Venom.
LimeD
LimeD - 8/19/2019, 4:09 PM
@Kurne -

SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/19/2019, 5:09 PM
@Kurne - Thank Marvel Studios for that. If it wasn't for that joint deal in the first place, Sony would have went with an Amazing Spiderman 3 and continued to tank the Spiderman name. Because of the MCU, Spiderman is now back on top!
Origame
Origame - 8/19/2019, 5:24 PM
@SonOfAGif - 2 of the 3 versions of the character being praised in those 2 years have absolutely nothing to do with marvel studios, and both would've been released regardless.
JohnnyStorm
JohnnyStorm - 8/19/2019, 6:31 PM
@GIFguy - lol is that Arthur?
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/19/2019, 7:09 PM
@Origame - Riiiiiiight. Because Spiderman PS4 didn't copy elements from the MCU Spiderman along with 4 of the MCU costumes. The point is the MCU helped surge Spiderman back on top. Prior to that Spiderman was getting awful publicity due to The Amazing Spiderman 2.
LimeD
LimeD - 8/19/2019, 11:58 PM
@JohnnyStorm -
Origame
Origame - 8/20/2019, 2:30 AM
@SonOfAGif - dude the only element it really borrowed was the high tech suit, which was used in game to facilitate the video game stuff like the hud and weapon wheel. And really? The mcu suits? At launch there were only 3 of those in the game. And you've got to be kidding me if you think that was an influence for the success, like no one would wanna buy it just because of the mcu suits. After the release of sunset overdrive, people asked if insomniac could use that traversal in a spiderman game. That's how the game came out. People wanted a spiderman game from these guys before civil war. You are just wrong about this.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/20/2019, 2:58 AM
@Origame - I never said that nobody would have bought the game. What I'm saying is that this Spiderman resurgence is credited with the MCU breathing new life into the character. Even Sony wanted to capitalize on the success of the "new" Spiderman by creating into the Spiderverse and kickstarting a new series with Venom.

And now that Far from home grossed more than $1 Billion you can expect more Spiderman in various forms.
Origame
Origame - 8/20/2019, 3:03 AM
@SonOfAGif - sony was working on into the spiderverse prior to their deal with marvel. In fact an email in the sony hack specifically mentions an animated spiderman movie made by lord and miller. Im not saying the mcu spiderman doesn't have its place, but acting like everything about the modern take of spiderman owes its popularity to mcu spiderman is shortsighted.
Origame
Origame - 8/20/2019, 3:06 AM
@SonOfAGif - and venom was also something they wanted to do for a while, and had more to do with maintaining the spiderman rights than trying to capitalize on mcu spiderman (since homecoming and far from home are a shared effort with marvel they don't count for the movie they need released every so often to maintain the rights)
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/19/2019, 4:00 PM
With the success of the first one this was always guaranteed to get a sequel.

All this acquisition guarantees is that it will be a Playstation Exclusive
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/19/2019, 4:06 PM
Sequel gonna be FAST-TRACKED for sure

LimeD
LimeD - 8/19/2019, 4:11 PM
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