Insomniac Games will no longer bother making single player only games in the future

9/14/12 5:00pm

Insomniac Games, who has made plenty of single player games in the past, announces they don't think they will ever make another single player only game in the future, with the upcoming Fuse being the start of their new philosophy.

In an interview with GameSpot, the CEO of the company, Ted Price, states the change in direction is due to social technology and the state of the industry which no longer is favorable to single player-only games.

“I can’t imagine that any game we’d do from here on out will be single-player-only,” Price told GameSpot. “The [game industry] has changed. As gamers, we have always been social, but thanks to the way technology has evolved, it’s much easier for us to play together. And it’s much easier for developers to create experiences where you can play together. So we want to encourage that with all of our games because ultimately, in my opinion, it’s often more fun to play with a friend.”

He was careful to mention this doesn't meant Insomniac Games will only be making multiplayer only games since Fuse does contain a single player campaign. Instead they will switch the priority towards online multiplayer when developing new projects.

The decision itself might have also been influenced recently by EA who is the publisher for Fuse. EA stated they no longer will allow games to be released by them (developed or published) if they do not contain some form of online multiplayer.

» Source: http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/insomniac-cant-imagine-making-any-more-single-player-only-games/
» Tagged In: #community showcase, #fuse, #Insomniac Games, #online muliplayer, #Overstike

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

300firestarters

September 15, 2012 - 8:53pm

I like how a majority of people (Some, simply unsure if they're going to take the new approach appropriately.) are reading this as "Insomniac will only make multiplayer only games" rather than "All of our games will have Multiplayer in them". Seeing as how there only remaining Single player franchise is Ratchet and Clank, This just means that R&C is Going to have a multiplayer mode again and they're going to experiment on the social gaming front. Keep in mind that Insomniac has never been big on multiplayer, so it makes sense why they'd want to change up the formula. After all, they've mastered Single player experiences, i can hardly wait to see what they can do on this front.

As a fan of Insomniac games, i am excited, but everyone in the comments seem like they don't know what they're talking about. They look at the article and see "Some Random Company only wants to make multiplayer games and EA is the Publisher for Fuse!" and think "wow that Company is SOO stupid! also, EA is fucking HITLER, I hate this now!" While a fan might look at it and say "RATCHET AND CLANK MULTIPLAYER CONFIRMED!" and maybe wet they're pants that Insomniac is clearly interested in Social Gaming. The difference between the 2 people is that one of them has faith that (what i like to call the Valve of Console games) Insomniac knows what they're doing. While the other person probably only knows that Insomniac makes "Ratchet & Clank" and the games are funny n' stuff.

Not to put those people down or anything, most of them do make good and valid points. It's just that i Believe Insomniac will make the right choices and use this to improve they're games rather than harm them. Trust me, I'm from the internet.

P.S. Just because EA is publishing fuse doesn't mean that insomniac is suddenly going to get week in the knees and suddenly be "destroyed" by them. I'm seriously starting to hate how as soon as EA is mentioned somewhere it stirs up a fucking hive and suddenly everyone is saying how EA is Fucking Hitler. This isn't /r/Gaming and for fucks sake i'd like it to stay that way. EA may represent almost everything wrong about the Video Game medium, but you're the other part of it when you blindingly spew hatred at the sight of them. TL;DR EA doesn't have any pull on insomniac, they're and independent developer.

Mr_Awesome

September 15, 2012 - 11:26am

Please no "Ratchet and Clank All 4 One 2" - it's just too many numbers.

AsaiNeroTran

September 15, 2012 - 8:41am

Why is the industry moving this way? You shouldn't add multiplayer to help the bottom line. You should add multiplayer because you want multiplayer, and only if it doesn't hurt the story. Why can't they grasp this concept?

300firestarters

September 15, 2012 - 7:59pm

They aren't really saying "we're slapping multiplayer onto everything" it's more like "multiplayer games are cool, so we're going to make more of those". After all, it's not like it's going to harm they're only Single player Franchise at all. In fact, most Fans have been waiting for A new iteration of R&C Multiplayer ever since they got they're first taste of it.

AsaiNeroTran

September 16, 2012 - 10:07am

That's one instance. I'm talking about the industry as a whole. It's cool to have multiplayer, don't get me wrong, but when companies force devs to have multiplayer (like EA recently said they would) just to help the bottom line, then that interferes with creative liberties, which makes it all the more difficult to have an engrossing single-player because the multiplayer is being shoved down the player's throats.