After the PlayStation 4’s surprisingly successful re-imagining of the first Ratchet & Clank game, many had hoped that the franchise would have been revisited by now. Fortunately, following Sony’s acquisition of Insomniac Games, there is hope, as Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden has told The Hollywood Reporter that the iconic platforming duo factor into its future plans.
“We like what they’ve been doing in the Spider-Man franchise and things like Ratchet & Clank are certainly vital series in the present and future,” he said. “That’s what we’re concentrating on.”
Of course, there’s always the possibility that the Burbank-based company could make something new in the future – and that’s something that the format holder would be open to, too. “If they have ideas around new game concepts, which every team does, we will look forward with great anticipation to what the future brings,” he concluded.
[source hollywoodreporter.com]
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We all know that Microsoft has been on a spending spree to counter the disaster that was this generation’s Xbox One first party exclusive (or just exclusive in general) failure. We saw another studio closely tied to Sony, Ninja Theory, get swallowed up in the process. This makes me wonder if MS made advances at acquiring Insomniac. After all these years, to join Sony now. Great acquisition, but I’m curious as to the full story.
Supermassive and Ready at Dawn would be some great options as well. With Quantic Dreams recent acquisition, I think they’re off the table.
I hope insomniacs remade all the main games like ratchet and clank ps4, that game is fun
@lacerz I think it’s oculus/facebook that made the advancement, they have really good partnership in vr. Insomniacs and microsoft only made one game and it’s not that good and didn’t sell, I don’t think they want each others.
@lacerz
I think it's more a matter of Spider-Man's success. When a game sells 13 mil on one platform, which is a number many games fail to reach even across multiple systems, it has to be a bit eye-opening. Add in that Sony and Insomniac have collaborated on many great games together over the past couple decades and that Insomniac's fanbase is on PlayStation anyway, it's a move that makes perfect sense and benefits both parties greatly now and in the future.
If They Ever Do Make Come back to this I Want Them to Both Continue The Reboot Timeline and The Original one with a game After Into The Nexus
This is exactly what I want to hear! It was a bummer getting only 1 Ratchet & Clank title this gen, but a new entry releasing on the PS5 is excellent news.
R&C is one of my favorite series in general, not just on PlayStation. Considering how well done the 2016 game was, I'm eagerly awaiting anything on a new installment, taking full advantage of new technology.
I love Ratchet and Clank, but I'm kind of hoping they make a new IP some time after the next Spider-Man. A new T rated platformer mascot for Sony.
@lacerz
I have the same feeling. You know those PR are all going 'We r all friends, theres no console war' but the reality is acquisition and exclusive deals are in order for everyone including in cloud gaming.
Sunset Overdrive was certainly a good warning not to take everything for granted.
@RBMango
I'm actually hoping for more mature themes
Always happy to get more ratchet but I really want a sly 5 too!
@Gamer83
Of course Spider-man success makes it easier because showing it's a great investment. However youd be blind not to see what's going on and consider the timing. It's obviously looking into the future and of course the new gen enterprise to put it mildly.
I don't care if its a fido & kitten duo as long as they keep platforming games alive.
A 'new' R&C Trilogy would be COOL Can't believe I am not bored of those games yet and want more. I dread to think how many bolts I have collected over the years to
I used to love the Ratchet and Clank games. If they do it right, bringing back the series would be wonderful.
The PS4 game based on the movie based on the original game wasn't that good in my opinion. Compared to the original, it had a lot less planets and areas to explore. It was also missing a lot of the goofy funny dialogue and plenty of the unique memorable characters. The changes to the story didn't help either, I find the original game's story to be better written and more amusing.
... Am I the only one who thought while the gamplay the was good, Ratchet & Clank 2016 was actually a step down in a lot of ways from the original?
Everyone always likes to wail on Ratchet in the original for being a bit of a butt... but I found his reluctance to heroism much more interesting then his characterisation of eternal goody goody two shoes and the galactic rangers were such a snore.
Not to mention
Supreme ExecutiveChairman Drek was so much better voice acted in the original and a pretty good villain too!I know there was the film going on at the same time with the 2016 version but it was a bit too childish with the dialogue.
Plus we lost a WHOLE bunch of interesting levels like the poisonous Blarg homeworld or the city that's in constant rainfall (Been way too long for me to remember the names)
Not to mention the loss of the suck cannon! Plus I liked that lightning claw weapon too...
... Quark was good though as he usually is
-EDIT- Ha looks like I'm not the only one @crimsontadpoles ! Didn't see your comment til after I'd posted mine!
I would love a new r&c as long as they dont release a half game. The last one was based on the film so they were lots of elements missing from previous instalments like racing mini games. Fighting tournaments. Large super robot clank. Favourite was a crack in time
hopefully next gen sony will also focus on platformers imagine a full 3d lbp from mm or new mascot from mm,
or a new jak and daxter that is darker like in the concept arts w hairy jak, sony can also task japan studio to do jrpg like dragoon campaign or dark cloud reboot or a new jrpg
ratchet and clank is one of my favorite franchises ever.so more is great.word up son
More ratchet is always a good thing. It would be wonderful if they could sneak another one out before the end of the generation ala into the nexus with PS3.
As for studio acquisitions, it makes complete sense for insomniac to join wws, and its good for Sony to get another developer on the books. Particularly given all the closures in recent years. I still feel they plan to bring a couple more into the fold. Housemarque being the obvious one, and possibly Remedy. Id love to see Sony invest in Japan and buy Level 5 as well.
Content sells and the more Sony can pump out the better they will do. I still feel they need to be careful not to leave a huge gap in the market by only focussing on the AAA space, because the smaller stuff was really important in filling the gaps this gen. Particularly in the year after launch
In the future they really should make a few cutbacks with graphical fidelity in order to achieve 60fps. Compared with the original 2 trilogies the reboot’s gameplay was much worse, I could never pull off the same moves as I could before due to the lag.
Why has no one mentioned Resistance?
That's crying out for a reboot or R4
I really hope for a new ip!
I think it's the perfect studio for a next gen open world performer that we miss in this gen(until we see beyond good and evil 2).
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