Nathan Drake, 29? Are you serious? He's at least 37, if not older.
I thought the exact same thing, but ...
I think Drake will be about 38 if the game releases/takes place in 2014. I think that when you do the young Drake part of Uncharted 3 that it says "20 years earlier" I could be wrong... But if I'm right he's probably 15 there, + 20 = 35 and add 3 years since the third game. So if he's 38, fifteen years ago would have made him 23. That would make him a young treasure hunter, out for riches, and relatively immature. Just the kind of guy that would leave someone rotting in a hell hole so he wouldn't have to split a take.
... I just checked, you're correct about the 20 years ago thing.
First time a Wiki of any sort has betrayed me. But I guess that they never gave Drake an explicit date of birth for a reason.*
Well, I guess it checks out.
15 in the U3 flashback, 31 in Drake's Fortune, 33 in Among Theives and 35 in Drake's Deception.
*Just having a quick check, he was given a seemingly non-canon date of birth in an official social game. And in an Uncharted 3 interview, Amy Hennig said he was about 35.
Welp, common sense prevails.