No I haven't, and no it isn't.
The entire point of Naughty Dog's "reorganization" according to Druckmann himself was to increase the efficiency of the studio.
www.naughtydog.com
That means more output per man hour worked. Last gen, they put out Uncharted 4, Lost Legacy, and TLOU2. They will barely have Intergalactic out by the end of this gen. 1 new game.
They have utterly failed in studio reform.
They failed at studio reform? When did they start? Uncharted 4, Lost Legacy, and TLOU2 all share the same engine. That is where you get your efficiency from and you still had people complaining about that saying it was 2.5 games. Ignoring that two of those games were generational.
You have no idea what other games they have in development or when they'll come out.
No, I'm coming at 2027 because Jason Schreier has already confirmed that Intergalactic is not coming out next year. 2027 is now the best case scenario for that shit.
According to Schreier, fans will have to wait until at least 2027 not only for The Witcher 4 but for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, too.
wccftech.com
Oh, I feel so seen...
Well, that's not true as demonstrated above.
Jason Schreier hasn't confirmed shit. Do I expect the game in 2026? No, but am I going to make an argument assuming it comes out in 2027? No.
I would never project what's going to happen in this industry over 35 years, it's barely been that long since the NES. What I will say is that right now, I am not seeing the dividends of this absolute and comparative bump in game development time. Spider-Man 2 took around about the same amount of time as Spider-Man 1 despite the former being full of asset and design re-use and the latter being a new IP as far as insomniac was concerned. SM2 might have a higher meta score, but that is inflationary, and most people agree that SM2 is not as good as 1. I do not have faith that Intergalactic is going to hit the Naughty Dog standard. It's already fallen short just from the visual designs. All that to say that the choice you're putting forward is extremely optimistic.
That wasn't a projection, that was simple math to show you that the rate of development if a game takes 5 years or 7 years barely matters in the long scheme of things and rather than hyperfocus on on quantity, we should care about quality.
Spider-Man 2 was a direct sequel to Spider-Man 1 and it used much of the same map and tons of asset re-use and was highly criticized for not feeling more next gen. You can't have it both ways.
LOL, that Intergalactic trailer was one of the best looking things we've seen in gaming. You're not serious.
It is simply not reasonable for mainline studios to put out a maximum of two games in a generation that will last 8 or 9 years while it's basically guaranteed that one of them will be cross gen. This snails pace of significant releases and then underwhelming quality when they finally do come out is what sent the Xbox brand into a death spiral. Better to make harsh and broad (and correct) statements than coddle each other on the internet about how the corporation is doing just fine when they're clearly not.
What are you basing that on? How many games did Sucker Punch put out on PS4? Santa Monica? CDPR? Rockstar?
Xbox hasn't had a hit new game in over a decade. Try more.
Buying Firewalk to put out and then cancel Concord was rank inefficiency and incompetence. Spending money on Bungie was rank inefficiency and incompetence. Hiring Jade fucking Raymond was rank inefficiency and incompetence. Putting 5 of your 7 marquee SP studios on live service projects that get cancelled one by one is rank inefficiency and incompetence.
Hermen Hulst must be fired at the earliest convenience. The man has ruined PS for a decade, and it will now be extremely difficult to get back on course.
I don't think you know what the word inefficient means.
Your time frames are widely out, last gen Naughty Dog published 3 games over what amount of years? This gen Naughty Dog will publish a SINGLE game.
A single game in a 10 year window is beyond cooked.
So yes in a 30 year period I would rather 9x80+ games than 3x90+ games. They all take 12 hours to finish, you wait a decade for 12 hours of enjoyment.
You know Naughty Dog's whole roadmap? Where did you get it from?
A single game in a 10 year window? They released TLOUP2 in 2020, is it 2030 yet?
When you have to shift to hyperbole, you should know at your core that you have no argument.
12 hours? TLOU2 is a 25-30 hour game. You didn't beat it in 12 hours, and now I think you didn't play it at all and you're just here to troll..