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[Bartski]

Naughty Dog factions game was in development for something like 4 years, with a team in the hundreds. Like that is an expensive proposition for something that was a miss, and by that, I mean that project like getting cancelled was not a bloodless endeavor; there were some heads rolling at Sony as a result of that one.

 

[PeteBull]

 

[Kokoloko85]

How long did it have a team of hundreds?

Because it was originally just the MP team from TLOU2. And it wasnt hundreds at that point. These are ”journalist” questions..
I was all for it, TLOU universe would be great for MP

 

[clarky]

My dog could have told you this.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Naughty Dog is a 400 person studio.

Jason Schrier wants you to believe 200+ people were working on Factions 2 despite it never entering full production. He's full of ****.

 

[The Cockatrice]

fire Hermen Hulst.

 

[Gaiff]

Sony: Let's have ND make a GAAS.

ND: Spends 4 years making GAAS.

Bungie: You guys do know you will have to support it for years to come, right?

Sony:

 

[Bartski]

Axman Hulst

 

[Punished Miku]

We got that drawing at least. Its not all a loss.

 

[Saber]

"Heads roll at Sony as a result"

I hope one of them was Cuckman though.

 

[CosmicComet]

The head I'd like to see roll most, besides Druckmann, is Hulst himself.

 

[Švejk]

Ax Neil Schmuckman, and things will level out fine for everyone else. It's that easy, Herman.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

We got that drawing at least. Its not all a loss.

I'm pretty sure we got two drawings.

 

[TintoConCasera]

They should have just packed a normal multiplayer mode like they did with TLOU, that stuff was very fun and even original.

Don't know how the fuck you spend 4 years working on an mp mode only to end up not releasing anything.

 

[Spyxos]

Last of Us Factions was killed for Concord. Whoever decided this simply has to be fired.

 

[jm89]

Whose head is rolling?

People in the studio who were pushed my some exec? Or the exec?

The answer should be the exec.

And if it's the guys at the top like herman or whoever at the else at the top level, that's the head that should roll.

Cause last i remeber factions 2 was supposed to be simple and then scope increased, just inline with sonys GAAS push.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

that's how it's done. but isnt he referencing Connie Booth?

 

[Skifi28]

My dog could have told you this.

But it didn't, so now you'll be hearing it from Schreier. Train it better next time.

 

[Salz01]

Heads should roll for the approval of Concord…..

 

[analog_future]

The Last of Us Online walked so Concord could run

 

[Sushi_Combo]

They should have just packed a normal multiplayer mode like they did with TLOU, that stuff was very fun and even original.

Don't know how the fuck you spend 4 years working on an mp mode only to end up not releasing anything.

This is all they needed to do, with some qol updates from the 1st MP game.

 

[Fake]

Finally some accountability. You waste fucking 4 years spending tons of money to cancel the damn project and still think everything will be OK?

I hope Neil Cuckman is on the list. Look at this shit:
-Was In development for ~4 years
-With a team in the hundreds"
-An expensive project


This is fucking insane. Team of hundred, expensive project and you still cancel. This guy fucking deserve to be fired.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I wonder if Hermen's office has windows.

 

[Bartski]

 

[cormack12]

It was so bad Neil moved into movies!

I dunno, there were raised eyebrows using your distinguishing studio to try something they've never done before. They should have handed the ip off if they were going to do this imo. The whole concept sounded daft tbh.

Anyway......

 

[mansoor1980]

the head hunter

seriously though , why would anyone mess with him

 

[MayauMiao]

It was so bad Neil moved into movies!

He's not getting any attention there either.

 

[tommib]

To think Bungie, which is at a miserable state, was probably coming with their expert knowledge and said, no, this ain’t working, makes my blood boil. To come to a world class dev like ND as if they needed consultancy…

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

He's not getting any attention there either.

You're not SlimySnake

 

[Fake]

He's not getting any attention there either.

Neil is a fucking clown lmao.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

the head hunter

seriously though , why would anyone mess with him

At night he joins the hunt.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Whose head is rolling?

Connie Booth probably

 

[Punished Miku]

Connie Booth probably

Jaffe redeemed again.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

To think Bungie, which is at a miserable state, was probably coming with their expert knowledge and said, no, this ain’t working, makes my blood boil. To come to a world class dev like ND as if they needed consultancy…

ND was never a word class GaaS studio and Bungie never said no to anything

 

[diffusionx]

I've been saying for years that this was a much bigger deal than ND claimed it was and they were lying when they said they put barely any time and resources into it. It was obviously their next major project after TLOU2 and they spent years and tens of millions of dollars (at least) on it. They even said it was a much bigger project than they initially anticipated, and it failed.

It likely cost them an actual game release on PS5, a Sony console without a ND game is like Saturn without Sonic but here we are.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Jaffe redeemed again.

Well he said it was terrible she left and I’m not sure that’s really true

 

[Saber]

Bungie be like:
"Lmao nobody gonna play your GaaS just to watch some poop drama with fetid sex. Also, your instalations smells like fart everywhere."

 

[Draugoth]

Imagine spending 50 million on a project and cancellingit, i dont have the balls to cancel a $100 project at my work.

 

[Tomi]

What the hell you doing
STOP WASTING RESOURCES ON STUPID GAAS GAMES!!!
WE DONT WANT THEM, THEY WILL FLOP. ( check Concord if you dont understand what i wanna say... )
START INVEST ONLY IN QUALITY SINGLE PLAYER GAMES - Elden Ring is one good example ( and no i dont mean on Ubisoft garbage btw )

Act now!

 

[mansoor1980]

At night he joins the hunt.

 

[Punished Miku]

Well he said it was terrible she left and I’m not sure that’s really true

Its definitely an open question. I think she's the scapegoat and the GAAS directives go all the way to the top. Jaffe seemed to think she was pretty good.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Heads were made to roll with a 9 iron, amirite?

 

[diffusionx]

What the hell you doing
STOP WASTING RESOURCES ON STUPID GAAS GAMES!!!
WE DONT WANT THEM, THEY WILL FLOP. ( check Concord if you dont understand what i wanna say... )
START INVEST ONLY IN QUALITY SINGLE PLAYER GAMES - Elden Ring is one good example ( and no i dont mean on Ubisoft garbage btw )

Act now!

The original Factions mode was a tacked on thing that was well designed and much better than it should have been. If ND had just done that and maybe beefed it up a little and threw it in with TLOU2, they could have had a genuine thing like SP did with Ghost of Tsushima. But ND got really arrogant and stupid and Sony leadership (Jim Ryan etc.) was so in love with the accolades they were getting that they gave them too much rope. Sad!

 

[Synless]

"Heads roll at Sony as a result"

I hope one of them was Cuckman though.

No way he gets held responsible. He seems like a dude who can talk his way out of anything using other successes or shifting the way information is presented.

 

[Vlodril]

Damn Neil hurt some people really bad. The constant whining about him. Let it go. Funnily enough he seems to go from success to success too.

Personally i would like some more Uncharted. Love TLOU but the summer adventure feeling that Uncharted had is a nice change from all the doom and gloom of TLOU.

 

[Draugoth]

Damn Neil hurt some people really bad. The constant whining about him. Let it go. Funnily enough he seems to go from success to success too.

Personally i would like some more Uncharted. Love TLOU but the summer adventure feeling that Uncharted had is a nice change from all the doom and gloom of TLOU.

Neil Cuckman is one of the worst things to happen at Naughty Dog, dude think's he's Kojima

 

[Xtib81]

As it should. I still cannot understand how it took them 4 damn years to realize that they could not make it.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Neil Cuckman is one of the worst things ro happen at Naughty Dog, dude think's he's Kojima

Give me my elden ring money back you cunt

 

[daffyduck]

"Heads roll at Sony as a result"

…
I hope one of them was Cuckman though.

Add Crazy Cat lady as well.