DaGwaphics
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Interesting. I guess hiring a smaller team to do the support work was off the table.
the big n irrelevant??????????????????????????????????????????/////Future not looking hot for Naughty Dog.
Kids these days play mostly GAAS titles.
Both Nintendo and Naughty Dog in this race of who becomes irrelevant faster.
Naughty Dog is sure gonna win this one though, thanks to ballooning dev budgets and collapsing sales.
No. No, you wouldn’t. There have been many, many enjoyable and successful multiplayer experiences that were “one and done” without being a live service.
I suspect what they actually mean is “our executives/directors/investors would demand that we implement paid post launch content for years to come”.
Yes. But they said they are working on TWO brand new single player games. The only thing that makes any sense is a new IP AND TLOU 3. Which is what I’ve been saying for 3 years and has also been hinted at by all the “insiders”
nd is as megalomaniac as rockstar, it is impossible for them to think simplistically.Never understood why they didn't reuse the same base concept from the original MP and updated it with new maps and QoL improvements. That's all they should've honestly. The original vanilla MP was surprisingly great and it baffles me how it didn't get more praise from the critics. A lot of strategy was involved in it.
Absolutely crazy that so many people believe this considering what games PS5 players are playing (go look at their monthly most played), how few PS4 / PS5 players even bought their big SP games, and how drastically the market has changed over the last 10 years.PlayStation should focus on developing and expanding their single player story driven narrative games, as that’s what brought them success during the PS4 era. Their reputation is now for making some of the best narrative campaign games on the market.
But don't ya think NOW would be the perfect time to let their fans know WHAT they're working on?Fair enough. I hope so. New IP from Naughty Dog would be a welcome thing.
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Now go back to focusing on what made you great in the first place
But don't ya think NOW would be the perfect time to let their fans know WHAT they're working on?
They just delivered bad news. This is the best time to drop some good news. A "distraction", so to speak.
"We've made the incredibly difficult decision to stop development on TLOU Online Multiplayer. But two ambitious, upcoming single player games we're working on are ('The last of Us 3' and a sci-fi romp called, 'From Tethys' will be out in mid 2024 and 2025"
And, as I said, I wouldn't actually do that. Thanks for explaining, though, I guess?The point of multiplayer games is that you keep touching them over and over again for a while…
Never cared for those, sorry.Well that would be mascot platformers like Crash and Jak, which is never happening.
This is Jim Ryan ramming Naughty Dog with live service propositions.
Exactly. I said it earlier that the excuse they said above being overwhelmed needing to support post launch content is a BS answer because it's obvious they'd know about manpower and resources colliding isnt rocket science.So they are building an online GAAS game......and then suddenly realise they are going to have to support it into the future with new content......so cancel it.Uhhhh......ok then.What the actual fuck,lol.
Absolutely crazy that so many people believe this considering what games PS5 players are playing (go look at their monthly most played), how few PS4 / PS5 players even bought their big SP games, and how drastically the market has changed over the last 10 years.
A strict focus on SP games would be a death sentence for PlayStation now.
I hate that they are pretending they had this super amazing awesome thing that was sure to be a smash hit, they just simply can't commit the manpower needed. Oh, it took you four years to realize this? Is there a lack of potential employees in the industry or something? If you had something worth releasing that you thought would be successful you wouldn't throw a half decade of work down the toilet with absolutely nothing to show for it.
It's a massive failure and huge waste of resources. Any other spin is a PR campaign.
Lol at everyone that said that wouldnt be the caseTo release and support The Last of Us Online we'd have to put all our studio resources behind supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single-player games
You do realize that MOST of the games they released in the past 15 years have included a MP mode, right? Don't come at people with your console war bullshit, Naughty Dog should be criticized.Anyone that thinks this anything other than GREAT news is an Xbox fanboy. Naughty Dog is a single player studio that makes single player games.
Stick to what they're good at.
In the mean time just port factions from TLoU. Easy PEasy
You do realize that MOST of the games they released in the past 15 years have included a MP mode, right? Don't come at people with your console war bullshit, Naughty Dog should be criticized.
He isn't saying gamers are bad, he's making fun of the haters.
Right. The issue isn't Sony not having MP games on their console. The problem is that those games aren't published by Sony and bringing in huge revenue. Sony wants that money, but at least a focus on SP games could keep the console going strong so they can make money off the % cut from people using PlayStation consoles to play those 3rd party MP games. I think Sony just realizes they went too hard on GaaS development. They should really focus on 1 or 2 GaaS games and grow their library of them over time. There is a still a lot of time before the console market dries up, but I think Sony sees the writing on that wall and just overreacted.What?
Literally every major multiplayer title is on the system. It's one area that really doesn't need to be bolstered by 1st party, especially considering ever man and their dog are trying to make GAAS games at the moment.
It's their single player titles that have been the differentiator for them, and that's been the case consistently since the PS3.
They had 7 years to make LOU 2 vs LOU 1. If LOU 1 had Factions mode I'm sure they could had made a similar (but beefed up) Factions 2 in LOU 2.They should just downsize it and release a MP for TLOU2 remaster. They tried to go too big and it bit them.
A big issue is nobody seems to truly know how to consistently release them. (Accept the Genshin devs).It means they are all on the chopping block.
Which is music to my ears. Stop wasting time and resources on crap that is nothing but a huge gamble. I've said it before and I'll say it again, GAAS is orders of magnitude more risky than any single player project will ever be. The amount of resources needed to keep these projects going is tremendous and they quickly become an endless money pit unless the game isn't successful right off the bat.
We have seen how much Rockstar's single player offerings (and intervals) have suffered since the focus turned to their online offerings. But they have been one of the few who have been successful in this area. For every GAAS project that succeeds there are hundreds of casualties, most of which have catastrophic results for the studio/publisher.
They all need to stop chasing the white rabbit.
Chill out dude.You do realize that MOST of the games they released in the past 15 years have included a MP mode, right? Don't come at people with your console war bullshit, Naughty Dog should be criticized.
It was a well made troll until he went overboard and wrote "Nintendo" instead of "xbox"the big n irrelevant??????????????????????????????????????????/////
you cannot be serious with this analogyThink of how many military projects get cancelled at DARPA. When you're on the forefront of the medium, creating new experiences, you have to expect a certain amount of failure. It comes with being on the frontier.
Uncharted 2, 3 and TLOU had great multiplayer modes.Anyone that thinks this anything other than GREAT news is an Xbox fanboy. Naughty Dog is a single player studio that makes single player games.
Stick to what they're good at.
In the mean time just port factions from TLoU. Easy PEasy
you cannot be serious with this analogy