Summary
- Insomniac Games did indeed pitch a fourth Resistance title. However, that pitch was turned down.
- According to outgoing president and founder Ted Price, extensive work was done on the backstory and future of the franchise.
- To this point, fans have been clamoring for a fourth Resistance title, or, at the very least, a collection of the core Resistance trilogy.
As it turns out, Resistance 4 is more than just a pipedream by PlayStation fans, it was actually an idea that Insomniac Games pitched to Sony. Unfortunately, that pitch was turned down.
In an interview with Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller, Ted Price, the founder of Insomniac Games, who recently announced his intentions to retire from the video game industry at the end of March, revealed that the first-party developer had pitched another entry in its first-person shooter franchise.
“We did pitch that one (Resistance 4), and it was a wonderful concept, and, it just, in terms of timing and market opportunity, didn’t work out,” he said. “But it was the result of a lot of Insomniac team members being passionate about extending the story further because I do believe that Resistance has set up a really cool alternate history base where anything can happen with the Chimera and where they go and what their origins are.”
According to Price, extensive work was put into the game’s potential backstory, as well as the overall direction of the franchise moving forward. Furthermore, in response to how Resistance 3 ended, Price offered some clarity on some of the story decisions that were made.
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“Resistance 3 was intended to end that chapter of the Resistance franchise,” he explained. “With the way we ended with (Joseph) Cappelli, and closed a lot of loops on various smaller story items. We wanted to do that so we would have more options in the future, whether we were to go ahead with more Resistance games or take another turn.”
When asked if, as a fan and gamer and not an executive, whether he would want to see Resistance return, Price had this to say:
“Honestly, I hope so. I would love to see the story taken further.”
Fans Have Been Hoping For A Return Or Remaster
To this point, the entire core Resistance trilogy, beginning with 2006s Resistance: Fall of Man and ending with Resistance 3, has been stuck on the PlayStation 3. While other PS3-era games like God of War 3 and The Last of Us have made the jump to modern hardware via remasters, Resistance has been essentially locked out.
While PlayStation Plus subscribers did gain the ability to stream the first two Resistance games in November, there is still no native way to experience the trilogy, leaving fans wanting a collection of sorts. That said, nearly one year ago, Resistance: Retribution, Sony Bend’s PSP spin-off, did join the PlayStation Plus Classics lineup as a native title. Price’s comments are likely not what fans wanted to hear, but it’s comforting to know that the franchise did have plans to continue on.
