Insomniac reaffirms Sunset Overdrive Xbox One exclusivity
Studio says community petition won't result in the game releasing on PS4
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Tamoor Hussain on Friday 4th Oct 2013 at 12:39 AM EST
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Insomniac Games has shot down a petition calling for a PlayStation release of its Xbox One exclusive
Sunset Overdrive.
A link to the petition was posted on the official
Insomniac Games forum along with a message: "In case you haven't noticed, many of Insomniac's fans are unhappy about Sunset Overdrive being an Xbox One exclusive.
"Insomniac pride themselves on listening to their fans so I found a petition to sign to show that we want it to be multi-platform (ie on the PS4, where their fans will be)."
The link was quickly removed and the thread locked by an administrator going by the name Vitti.
"Sunset Overdrive is and will be exclusive to the Xbox One, petitions will not change that,", reads a message from the admin.
"We have a partner in Microsoft, that we are happy with for this title. That doesn't mean we can't and won't work with other publishers (see Into the Nexus). We realize not everyone is happy it's exclusive. We hope the game speaks for itself though and the console becomes a nonissue. Thanks."
Revealed during E3 2013, Sunset Overdrive has been
described by Insomniac founder Ted Price as an open-world stylised shooter that utilises the power of the cloud.
Price has said of the game's Xbox One exclusivity: "The Xbox One and Xbox Live will support our ambitions to create an ongoing two-way dialogue with our community.
"It will also allow us to have quicker production cycles, enabling timely content updates for new weapons, characters, storylines and even pop culture-relevant content like memes based on social commentary.
"While we are excited about partnering with Microsoft on Sunset Overdrive, that doesn't mean we can't or wouldn't make games with our longtime friends at Sony. That's the magic of being an independent developer."
Insomniac is best known for creating a number of PlayStation exclusive franchises including Ratchet & Clank, Spyro the Dragon and Resistance. The studio announced in
May 2010 that it had signed a deal with EA Partners to create games for multiplatform release, ending a 16-year period of PlayStation exclusivity.