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[Alex Scott]

Update:

Update: It was this.

Wishing her the best of luck.

 

[Dr_Salt]

Sounds like more closed studios and layoffs.

 

[Puscifer]

Tldr layoffs, shock and surprise.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Microsoft buying Sony.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Knack 3.

 

[justiceiro]

His sources are pretty shaky, right?

 

[Quantum253]

Might be the end of Naughty Dog's leadership and studio direction as you know it.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

is this the same dude that said Starfield is one of the best game ever made? yeah...How can I take him seriously.

Now.

1. More layoffs.
2. High-profile individual getting fired
3. ND getting closed.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Might be the end of Naughty Dog's leadership and studio direction as you know it.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Might be the end of Naughty Dog's leadership and studio direction as you know it.

Didn’t they already do that with Last of Us?

Knack 3.

Day 1 Fr Fr

 

[Represent.]

Sony will develop only GaaS trash moving forward, SP games are dead.

 

[Quantum253]

Didn’t they already do that with Last of Us?

Day 1 Fr Fr

October they laid off loU multiplayer developers/contractors. But this could be bigger

 

[VolticArchangel]

Yeah, sounds like more layoffs.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Probably layoffs. Maybe something Twisted Metal related? Aren’t they making a new one right now? Not sure what “super disrespectful” could mean.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Sony will develop only GaaS trash moving forward, SP games are dead.

i just saw a couple of documentaries (the fable legends one and one about Halo Infinite)


Yep..Chasing GaaS destroys studios in a nasty way

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Guessing layoffs or a studio closure. He probably knows some people laid off and they said some bad things about the situation or something like that?

 

[March Climber]

Sony Bend is closing and their project(s) cancelled.

That's the only news that would suck to read because it's essentially kicking a team while they're already down.

 

[Faust]

is this the same dude that said Starfield is one of the best game ever made? yeah...How can I take him seriously.

Now.

1. More layoffs.
2. High-profile individual getting fired
3. ND getting closed.

Please don't get me excited.

I have not been happy with the Sony of the last 8-9 years with most of their games landing in the "disappointing" pile for me, with really baffling business decisions (censorship, poor treatment of japanese devs, focusing on heavy handed/patronizing narratives, etc) - so I wonder if this "awful news" will actually be good news.

We shall see in a few hours.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[bitbydeath]

“Super disrespectful” gives me hope they’re sacking all the woke staff.

GTFO!

 

[Bwesh]

I'm guessing leadership will be changed by some diversity hire.

 

[Jemm]

No more free coffee to employyes?

 

[Faust]

I'm guessing leadership will be changed by some diversity hire.

Given the leadership went back to Japan, I have doubts that will be the case.

 

[Pelao]

They are gonna do it, aren't they?
They're going to confirm Agent is cancelled.

 

[wolffy66]

Sounds like someone was mistreated and is getting replaced. And it's probably way overblown

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

my favorite shill

:

 

[Thabass]

 

[Frwrd]

“Super disrespectful” gives me hope they’re sacking all the woke staff.

GTFO!

A man can dream!

 

[Alex Scott]

Small update:

F**k you to who?

 

[DForce]

Damn, Naughty Dog really hurt a lot of people.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Playstation is dying and Sony needs to drop Woke like a bad habit.

They can virtue signal or they can make money, pretty soon they're going to have to choose.

 

[Rac3r]

Media Molecule shutting down is my guess.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

no one actually believes on the death of PlayStation. but the community clearly is not happy. (despite sales being pretty good).

 

[bitbydeath]

Small update:

F**k you to who?

 

[Three]

Sounds like someone was mistreated and is getting replaced. And it's probably way overblown

My guess is Shu or somebody is leaving since they didn't give him the CEO position. Something like that.

 

[tmlDan]

I was hoping this day wouldn't come, but its likely layoffs - they hired too much too fast during the pandemic too. Those studios grew too fast.

Guess we'll see the real impact tomorrow

 

[Sleepwalker]

It's probably nothing actually important lol.

 

[Salz01]

Because he wrote this, the Sony we all came up with is mostly dead., Im thinking Shuhei is leaving or something.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Let's see what happens

 

[kikii]

they will start to release 1st party games day1 on pc and xbox

 

[user friendly]

ND closing?
Insomniac closing?
Some PSStudio games coming to GP?
Jim Ryan, forced to step down?

 

[Syphon Filter]

sounds like a studio shutdown.

 

[Alex Scott]

 

[bitbydeath]

Does sound like it, but maybe that’s just my wishful thinking.

 

[lh032]

Either more lay off or Bobby kotick will be PlayStation new CEO in 2024

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

xbox warriors are going to have a feast aren't they? Nice.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Media Molecule shut down is my guess, I saw a reply tweet (since deleted) from a verified account saying: "it's true, I spoke to John". Well, John Beech was made the Creative Director of MM earlier this year but who knows, lots of Johns out there lol.

 

[lh032]

H

Media Molecule shut down is my guess, I saw a reply tweet (since deleted) from a verified account saying: "it's true, I spoke to John". Well, John Beech was made the Creative Director of MM earlier this year but who knows, lots of John's out there lol.

Huh....This IS a very high possibility tbh

 

[Faust]

Media Molecule shut down is my guess, I saw a reply tweet (since deleted) from a verified account saying: "it's true, I spoke to John". Well, John Beech was made the Creative Director of MM earlier this year but who knows, lots of John's out there lol.

I wouldn't really say this is awful or the "death of the Playstation we know".

 

[Svejk]

What, Sony will donate $2 million to help Palestine too?