Liquidsnake
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ND was the developer of this generation, and that comes from someone who would agree to be rufeed by MS.
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Naughty Dog receives 120 PS4 dev kits
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panda-zebra
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Start drooling
I'm drooling, but only because the closest boxes animate when I scroll with mouse wheel.
I wonder if a photo of ps3 devkits would work the same?
Truespeed
Member
So, just some background here, when Sony bought ND they purchased it from the founders Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin - who are no longer with Sony/ND. The ND of today is just as much a part of Sony as Sony is as part of ND. So, no there's no need to remember when MS bought Bungie because ND will always be part of Sony.
Also, the 2 founders & former Co-CEOs of ND (who Sony bought ND from) are no longer with ND. ND is 100% owned & managed by SCE. ND would never try to buy themselves out from SCE regardless.
Beermeister
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120 more...
This mouse wheel optical illusion is blowing my mind. It's like they're nodding.
HellsimusPrime
Banned
We all know the true purpose of those boxes.
qa_engineer
Member
Because the dev kits are large?
And the Dev kits are large because it has beefier components that are designed to stay powered on and running at higher temps.
I actually asked a ND dev about this at E3 and got the response that what they have are largely two creative teams. There isn't a 1:1 recreated staff per team. If you recall pretty much all of ND threw attention towards TLoU. Presumably ND will throw its full weight behind this title the closer it gets to release.
This!!!!! Jason Jones (the co-founder of Bungie) always remained with Bungie. So he was in position to buy out Bungie from MS.
spatenfloot
Member
The PS3 dev kits were just cardboard boxes? Man, those ND programmers are incredible!
Arkam
Member
Depends on your studio size and relationship with first party.
At my old studio this was pretty normal. (Well at least after launch)
Regardless I like the idea of ND spreading their wings on some new hardware.
Good things will happen
Septimus Prime
Member
Hey, those boxes look just like the ones I pack a bunch of files and papers and stuff into. I don't know why thought of that.
That makes sense. Would be more efficient to move assets between two projects than to have an entire team be on standby while waiting for pre-production to finish.
that is true. keep people at ND are core for a while. And many go in and out. ready at dawn who is making exclusive THeOrder 1886 are bunch of X-naughty dog guys.
you hardly hear any bickering from Sony 1st party developers. even during the worst time. especially since the ice team , creation of WWS working and helping each other
A lot.
2 AAA game teams. So pretty big now.
AstroNut325
Member
Why is this even a question? There simply isn't ANY other developer deserving the full attention of Sony Computer Entertainment right now.
LifEndz
Member
Start drooling, GAF
Looks like Sony can produce quite a few dev kits.
All the reason I need to cop a PS quadruple
Its also Intresting how Mark Cerny was also involved with bringing ND .
its amazing how things evolve and back to same
i just hope that means Knack is going to surprise us all. Seems most underwhelming launch game and I'm trying to keep excited for it since it's the only launch game like it and I love the idea of a send-up to oldschool PS1-era action platformers >_<
Druckman described TLOU1 as "origin story of a hero".... and the story that they started telling with TLOU1 is not even close to be done.
Cave Johnson
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Considering b-team is rounding up their DLC for TLOU, I'm pretty sure it's about time they started working on the PS4 development. Right. On. Schedule.
Damn, I thought I was the only one tripping out.
LinkedIn lists "201-500"
legacyzero
Banned
Oh myyy. Gimme TLOU2!
Also this fact makes this thread look ridiculous: Should Naughty Dog buy themselves back from Sony?
That thread was nothing but clickbait & should've been closed by a mod.
No, but they struggled a lot with cramming TLOU into PS3 memory pool. I'm sure they will be very happy with PS4.
No, but they struggled a lot with cramming TLOU into PS3 memory pool. I'm sure they will be very happy with PS4.
TLOU HD+ for PS4 will be one of the few PS4 remasters I'd take - that game needed it bad.
TheContact
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Sony really takes care of Naughty Dog ..and for good reason
Codeblew
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Possibly 126. There may be one hiding in the far-top-right behind the two boxes that are diagonal to each other.
Sony owns Naughty Dog.
SolidSnakex
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I just don't get this. I've never seen a developer where people are basically constantly asking them to only make new IP's. ND made two new IP's this gen and their last new IP came out 3 months ago.
The same can be said for any company.
Yeah, I don't get it either. I think we'll see at least one new IP from ND this gen, but I think we'll at see a sequel first.
Bluekaveli
Member
Holy hell, that is awesome.
Krusenstern
Banned
Sony is Naughty Dog. Naughty Dog is Sony. The ICE-Team, which is one of the main technology groups withing SCE, is part of ND. They develop the tools for all first party studios. They're so deeply intertwined they can't be sold like that.