Crazy figures, and not in a good way: here’s how many (and how few) Insomniac Games’ actual earnings were for Sunset Overdrive
If it is true that i earnings for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 border on the astronomical, it can only be defined as a pleasant retaliation for Insomniac Gamesgiven how much the escapade with Microsoft cost the development team for Sunset Overdrive. Following a recent leak of information, one of the documents leaked online lists the revenues for each of the titles developed by the talented neighbors at Naughty Dog. According to data released on the ResetEra forum, the exclusive shooter ad Xbox One has sold just under 1.9 million copies in 2014, before the PC port in 2018. With a budget of $42.6 million, sales made back $49.7 million, at a margin of $26 per copy. But it will be the net profit to leave you stunned.
Insomniac Games Has Made Just $567 off Sunset Overdrive https://t.co/IZeluC75bd pic.twitter.com/bSw8fa13DI
— GamingBolt (@GamingBoltTweet) December 19, 2023
“Wait, Insomniac Games’ revenue for Sunset Overdrive is how much –?!”
No, you didn’t misread the tweet above: once the due calculations were done, the only earnings that Insomniac Games made from Sunset Overdrive were $567. And no, three zeros are not missing, even if they wouldn’t hurt the development team. This is not the five hundred and sixty-seven thousand which would in any case represent a paltry income. Perhaps this is why, all things considered, it’s not a bad thing if Sony put the ring on its finger with the development team in 2019, declaring that with its acquisition the cobalt titan would also obtain the rights to all the previous titles developed by the team. This would include the shooter, to which Insomniac itself would be interested in returning. And, as you can see in the tweet below, Microsoft too…
Sunset Overdrive – Microsoft Owns the Rights to Publish Two Sequels https://t.co/Ag7ZLkxp4S pic.twitter.com/cAq43ubiw3
— GamingBolt (@GamingBoltTweet) December 20, 2023
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