Insomniac Games has a long history of developing AAA franchises for Sony’s Playstation Platforms. Spyro The Dragon, Ratchet & Clank and the Resistance series are three franchises that have together sold tens of millions of games for Insomniac; developed over the Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation Portable and Playstation 3 platforms. Now, Insomniac has signed a deal with EA Partners to bring new Intellectual Property to both the PS3 AND the Xbox 360.

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In explaining their choice of EAP, Insomniac studio heads echoed the reasons that the guys from Respawn Entertainment (aka The Guys Who Used To Be Infinity Ward) cited a month ago when they also signed with EA Partners: creative control over and total ownership of any IP they should develop under the terms of the contract.

Personally, I’m not the biggest Insomniac Fan. I didn’t like Resistance: Fall Of Man at all, R2 was big, cool and beautiful…but IMO wasn’t good enough to merit a full SP playthrough. Online multiplayer was good, but not as good as the OMP for other games like Uncharted 2, Killzone 2 or Modern Warfare 2. I’m a big fan of Resistance: Retribution for the PSP, but that’s a Third Person Shooter that was developed by Sony Bend studios.

I’ve honestly never played any of the R&C games, but my sons LOVE them and they’ve for the most part received widespread critical acclaim and sold very well upon release. At the end of the day, despite my preferences, Insomniac is truly a top notch developer that has a history of delivering AAA games that appeal to a broad demographic. I’m sure EA Partners will be more than happy with the results that this partnership will bring to their bottom line.

This is also great news for Insomniac. I’m sure that they received a bucketful of upfront cash to sign with EAP, and if they can continue to develop AAA franchises as they have to date, then they could realistically stand to double their previous profit margins, now that their games will also launch on the Xbox 360.

Of course the fanboys had a few things to say about this, and as with just about everything else they do, it only points out just how sad and pathetic these insecure knownothings are. I’ve seen comments like: “Sony’s going down,” “EPIC FAIL for PS3,” and my personal fave, “PS3 = Dreamcast. Officially.”

I mean…seriously now?? Really?? They’re actually going to go there?? First of all…not like I’d expect ignorant fanboys to notice, but we’re in what’s called a “Global Recession.” I don’t have the time to explain all of that to the fanboys, but basically that means that times is fuckin’ hard. Far be it from me to be the decency police, but cheering for a major corporation to “go down” in a Global Recession is just stupid…especially if you have nothing financially to gain from it.

Going forward however, the rampant stupidity in the fanboy community is even more illuminated by the fact that this move by Insomniac…really doesn’t affect PS3 users. Like…at all. Seriously, they’re not going 360 exclusive…we’re going to get the same games that they release for the 360. If anything, because of their familiarity with Sony’s coding, all of their future games are most likely going to be developed for the PS3 and then ported to the 360.

So congratulations, Xbox Fanboy. You will get a port of Insomniac’s next IP. I’m glad to share this personal triumph with you…even though you triumphed in absolutely no way whatsoever.  That’s okay…all that matters are the delusions that you keep selling yourself.  Good job, Sharp Stuff.

Honestly, they’re a great developer and you’re sure to have a blast playing whatever game it is that they come up with. But please feel free to check yourselves and that ridiculous “Sony’s Going Down” nonsense.

The PS3 isn’t going anywhere. If this were at all of true significance to the “console war,” (which it isn’t) then I’d say that whatever effect Insomniac’s partnership with EAP has, it will be trumped in spades by that multiplatform deal Bungie signed with Activision a little while a go. After all, neither Ratchet, Clank nor the Chimera define the PS3–but certainly Master Chief defines the 360. So please understand…if you want to go all Fanboy about this…you’ve already lost.

But the good news is that this isn’t a loss for anyone. Sure, the 360 will most likely be shut out of Resistance 3, but you 360 gamers WILL be getting a great new IP that’s lots of fun to play. Instead of wallowing in your personal insecurities, how about you try being happy for yourself? I know that asking an ignoramus to grow up is a long shot, but what the hell, right?

So to recap: Congrats to Insomniac, EA Partners, the associated stockholders and sensible 360 owners, the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and fanboys are still idiots. Don’t forget to tip your waitress.