Stone Ocean
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Yep. TLOU makes me think they are damn satisfied with their creative liberties.
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Should Naughty Dog buy themselves back from Sony?
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JehutyRunner
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This. They are more than content at Sony.
Chuck Norris
Banned
Yeah cause everything has been so rosy since Bioware joined EAs ranks
How exactly did Bungie do it? If someone can fill me in that would be awesome. I really did not see that coming nor did I ever think it would be possible.
I'd love for them to go third party and I imagine if it was in their best business interests and was possible they would. It would instantly open up entirely new markets on PC and Xbox for them. First party as a rule is kind of lame.
I'd imagine right now though they are happy where they are. And their situation really isn't that close to Bungie. Bungie created one of the most sucessful franchises in all of gaming. ND has not achieved what they did sales wise. An IP that is so big it will sell with or without them. An IP that literally saved a console.
It would be cool tho.
I'd imagine right now though they are happy where they are. And their situation really isn't that close to Bungie. Bungie created one of the most sucessful franchises in all of gaming. ND has not achieved what they did sales wise. An IP that is so big it will sell with or without them. An IP that literally saved a console.
It would be cool tho.
Exentryk
Member
This. I want a Crash Team Racing HD remaster with online.
If they were independent, they would have tanked (or at least had a rocky road) after the first Uncharted. If it was multiplatform, no one would have bothered to continue pushing the game like Sony did after those horrible initial sales, and there would have been no sequels as a result.
As it is, Naughty Dog is the premiere first party developer at Sony, and has the resources to do pretty much whatever they want. I think they are happy where they are.
EDIT: Multiplatform not multiplayer
Crash 4 for PS4 plz. It could be the platformer that Knack is so obviously not.
Devilgunman
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We don't know yet. Who knows when Activision will start milking Destiny series.
toddhunter
Member
It already is and they already do. For online multiplayer, where it belongs.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Yeah, I'm sure they're just dying to be funded by Activision, Ubisoft, or EA. That certainly wouldn't affect quality at all.
SolidSnakex
Member
And you know this because? The reality is that Sony just funded a big budget IP that took 3 and a half years develop in the 6th year of a console cycle. On the other hand you constantly had third parties talking about how they needed the new consoles to launch a new IP.
SneakyStephan
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toddhunter
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For the first game? Yep. When it doesn't sell the projected 12 million copies? Things change and fast.
Andronicus
Banned
ND envy is real
Zombie James
Banned
Fuck no. I don't think an EA, Ubisoft, or Activision would have taken a chance on a game like TLOU.
maplelord93
Banned
Money from which would go primarily to their new publisher...
I don't see what they would gain from becoming independent. Unlike Bungie who were forced into making Halo game after Halo game, Naughty Dog have creative freedom at Sony.
With the next gen systems being similar to PC I don't think they have to worry about messing around too much on the tech side and just work on the game that will take minor tweeks to get it running on all systems.
xValentine
Member
.Stealth port-begging thread?
JK
ProfessorMoran
Member
Just buy a Sony system to play ND games, everybody wins.
Unknown One
Member
Take a look at Insomniac.
EA has destroyed development studios who have had equal or greater financial and critical success to Naughty Dog several times in the past. Why would this magically be different?
Activision isn't much better.
Playsation_
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Sure. With EA, expect a yearly release.
What a great idea. -_-
What a great idea. -_-
funkystudent
Member
I dont think it was ever revealed and I think there are contracts stopping people from telling the story but I think during the end of Halo 3 development enough people at Bungie joined together and went to MS and said ether let us go indie or we all walk right now, Bungie is dead and halo is fucked.
MS did the nice thing and let them walk if they made halo for another few years while they set up 343.
Its kind of crazy. I dont know what went down because the normal big publisher thing would be let the staff walk and deal with the fallout.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Bungie's new game is not that much of a departure or "risk" creatively.
I think part of this success stems from the fact that they're only having to focus on one console.
dragonflys545
Member
They have a lot of freedom working with Sony. If they went anywhere else I doubt that would be the case.
Fortunately for Naughty Dog, Sony won't be like Microsoft and forcing them to make an uncharted game every other year. Bungie had to leave or else they will forever continue making halo games.
Plus I want to see Naughty Dog use the full power of the ps4 instead of having to make waterdown ports to each console, like ubisoft games.
The_Hitcher89
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I'll put it this way, and its conjecture obviously
If Naughty Dog went with EA or Activision, they were given creative freedom, and their first game flopped, they'd be gutted and liquidated within 2 years
If Naughty Dog's next game with Sony flops, they'll see what went wrong and move on, with a few changes to the way they're overseen, changes which would be reversed once they proved the flop was an abberation
If Naughty Dog went with EA or Activision, they were given creative freedom, and their first game flopped, they'd be gutted and liquidated within 2 years
If Naughty Dog's next game with Sony flops, they'll see what went wrong and move on, with a few changes to the way they're overseen, changes which would be reversed once they proved the flop was an abberation
I am Michael Bolton
Banned
Except Rare's best game is worse than ND's worst game. Rare is exactly where they deserve to be.
I'm sorry but that's absurd.
lastflowers
Banned
only if they want to
toastyToast
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Didn't Sony throw money at them to do whatever they wanted which is how TLoU came about in the first place?
I dont think OP realizes how much ND and Sony are intertwined. They are one and the same. They share DNA in everything they do. They are the perfect match.
They get the funding they need, creative freedom and support and Sony gets talented individuals willing to push the medium and make exciting new IPs/games.
Not only this but ND gets first dibs into their Sony's new tech and they share ideas and input with them as they are one of the few who push the system to its limits and manages to bring out every once of potential out of their hardware.
Im sure ND rather sell 3 mil + copies with Sony freedom and funding than have multiplatform releases with limited funding and their ideas being squandered for other people's ideas (ex: not their own, limit their scope, change the feel of the project, remove 'risk')
They get the funding they need, creative freedom and support and Sony gets talented individuals willing to push the medium and make exciting new IPs/games.
Not only this but ND gets first dibs into their Sony's new tech and they share ideas and input with them as they are one of the few who push the system to its limits and manages to bring out every once of potential out of their hardware.
Im sure ND rather sell 3 mil + copies with Sony freedom and funding than have multiplatform releases with limited funding and their ideas being squandered for other people's ideas (ex: not their own, limit their scope, change the feel of the project, remove 'risk')
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