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Does it?At the very least this means reshuffling and either a delayed or non-cohesive project.
Does it?At the very least this means reshuffling and either a delayed or non-cohesive project.
Lol at people stills saying "this is normal it happens all the time?!" Uncharted 4 is set for disaster.
Right to add to that:But it's Sony that has done almost all of those presumably. DriveClub had to be delayed significantly, someone was at fault for that, the director is no longer there. Stig had four years on a new IP, and it still got canceled, so he's gone.
I think the idea it's a sinking ship implies these people just left, I don't think most of them did at all.
The InFamous lead almost certainly would have, but he's just finished the game, it's leave now or in two or three years if he's unwilling to leave mid-project, which most people don't tend to do.
IIRC Gavin and Rubin both left ND after Jak 3. That seems like a much bigger deal to me, after all they were the founders of the company and since then ND has continued to grow and prosper more and more.
Again, he's responsible of destroying Uncharted 2 multiplayer and creating Uncharted 3. He is leagues away from Druckmann and Straley, as proved by Uncharted 2 and The Last of Us.
Stop the hyperbole. If anything, it was set for disaster before this happened. The guy makes godawful decisions.
TLoU team is still intact, so... consider me un-concerned. Uncharted would do well to be a bit more "adult" IMO.
600 people have left my company this year (so far), and others have been hired, what do you consider standard turnover?
No, more like hardcore sex interrupted by graphic violence and a quest for the treasure of hell.Drake/Elena domestic violence subplot?
And when it happens in the film industry it's controversial and gossip-inducing as well.
The CEO of QD was in Santa Monica a week ago just around the corner of ND. Quantic Dream to take over Uncharted confirmed!hes getting rid of the competition
Ok. Consider me part of the "something has to be going on over there" camp now.
He's been working on Uncharted for a while. Maybe he just got bored?
Cool, a Sony WWS insider!
Casualties List:
Amy Hennig (Creative Director) of Naughty Dog
Justin Richmond (Creative Director) of Naughty Dog
Col Rodgers (Creative Director) of Evolution Studios
Stig Asmussen (Creative Director) of Sony Santa Monica
Jaime Griesemer (Lead Designer) of Sucker Punch
60+ Employees of Sony Santa Monica
Jack Tretton as President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Nope, nothing to see here guys, standard turnover. Not a trend.
maybe amy hennig and the guy that was fired today was CBOAT and ntrkl. DUN DUN DUN
Sony did this? I didn't see that anywhere in the article. Reads as though the dude left to joint another company. Probably more creative freedom and more money. Do people not understand the business world?Sony better stop this shit. Now.
"I have in fact made the decision to leave Naughty Dog,"
Agreed. I'm thinking that the specific successes of TLoU caused competing visions for ND moving forward. Rifts opened, people took sides, people got hurt.
I know speculation is dumb, but so am I... so there it is.
Anyway, they'll all be fine.
Stolen from Wario on Twitter, but...
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/11/14/uncharted-on-ps4-the-last-of-us-left-behind-dlc-revealed/
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Yes, the "just the standard" sounds like some really annoying fanboy BS, it's getting irritating. Either Sony WWS is going through a monumental overhaul and replacing a lot of people, or there is a serious problem with Sony WWS that's being kept under wraps.Casualties List:
Amy Hennig (Creative Director) of Naughty Dog
Justin Richmond (Creative Director) of Naughty Dog
Col Rodgers (Creative Director) of Evolution Studios
Stig Asmussen (Creative Director) of Sony Santa Monica
Jaime Griesemer (Lead Designer) of Sucker Punch
60+ Employees of Sony Santa Monica
Jack Tretton as President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Nope, nothing to see here guys, standard turnover. Not a trend.
I find it interesting that Sony is firing people and losing talent right now given all of their layoffs and closures since the ps3 launch
That said, they having been moving away from big budget exclusive content and towards largely multiplatform indies (as with the vita)
I'd imagine it's cheaper in the long run, and the ps4 hasn't been hurt thus far by a lack of quality exclusives at retail
wow imagine if microsoft got this talent and let them make ryse 2. that game would destroy tlou.
Btw does Nate Wells still work there? That would be a bigger loss imo.
maybe amy hennig and the guy that was fired today was CBOAT and ntrkl. DUN DUN DUN
No offense to all the gameplay programmers out there. We still love you.
I agree that they obviously left for very different reasons, but it is still rather concerning...Because you wouldn't know their names. I imagine there are many programmers moving around on an annual basis.
But the whole presentation is misleading. You can't put Stig's departure, which followed his entire team being wiped out after four years with absolutely nothing to show for it, on the same level as Hennig's departure, which was unexpected and still inexplicable. The Sucker Punch designer's resume shows him jumping around every 2-3 years with regularity. Layoffs are not part of a trend.
Rolling Tretton in is just really the bee's knees.
Do you think Druckmann fires everyone individually or does he just send them texts saying dont come back to work
Do you think Druckmann fires everyone individually or does he just send them texts saying dont come back to work
Because you wouldn't know their names. I imagine there are many programmers moving around on an annual basis.
But the whole presentation is misleading. You can't put Stig's departure, which followed his entire team being wiped out after four years with absolutely nothing to show for it, on the same level as Hennig's departure, which was unexpected and still inexplicable. The Sucker Punch designer's resume shows him jumping around every 2-3 years with regularity. Layoffs are not part of a trend.
Rolling Tretton in is just really the bee's knees.
Bruce was a director on UC2, and Neil was lead designer, the idea that UC4 under them would be some TLoU style bleak experience is really unfounded.
Yes, the "just the standard" sounds like some really annoying fanboy BS, it's getting irritating. Either Sony WWS is going through a monumental overhaul and replacing a lot of people, or there is a serious problem with Sony WWS that's being kept under wraps.