We're happy with independence, says Insomniac

Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has told GamesIndustry.biz that his company has no interest in being acquired, and that the team is "happy where we are now."

In an exclusive interview at last week's D.I.C.E. event he admitted that he is approached by people "all the time who are wondering if we want to sell, if we want private equity money" but insists that the answer is "always no".

The company, which is currently working on the follow-up to PlayStation 3 shooter Resistance: Fall of Man, also wouldn't rule out working across multiple platforms in the future.

Price pointed out that while the company "currently doesn't have the bandwidth to be able to do that," he thought it "impressive to see some of the sales numbers for people who are going cross-platform."

He added his hope that the PS3 would move beyond being simply a high-end games machine to embrace a wider audience in the future, and that producing a title for the PlayStation Network was something that Insomniac had looked at.

"I think that we are optimistic that PlayStation 3 will continue to expand its base beyond the hardcore gamer as more and more games come out for it - especially as PSN continues to offer more free demos and more content that can be accessed by anybody very easily," said Price.

"We've actually thought seriously about doing a PSN title. It just hasn't made its way into our current production cycle yet."

He also confirmed that the Resistance sequel was slated for a release before the end of 2008, and that it would feature up to 60 players in the online competitive mode and eight in online co-op mode.

The full interview with Ted Price is available on GamesIndustry.biz now.