In a post on LinkedIn, Naughty Dog co-founder Andrew Gavin spoke candidly – and publicly – for the first time about why he and fellow co-founder Jason Rubin sold the company to Sony.
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Andy Gavin, one of the co-founders of Naughty Dog, has explained why the company sold itself to Sony back in 2001. Posting on LinkedIn, Gavin said ...
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Rising game development costs drove Naughty Dog to sell to Sony. Games' budgets climbed from $50,000 in 1980s to $220 million in 2020. Selling was necessary for Naughty Dog to create high-budget ...
Selling to Sony wasn’t just about securing a financial future for Naughty Dog. It was about giving the studio the resources to keep making the best games possible, without being crushed by the ...
Naughty Dog co-founder Andrew Gavin in a post on LinkedIn (via VideoGamesChronicle) doesn't regret selling the studio to Sony as it meant resources to make the best possible games. "In the early ...
Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin has said that the decision to sell the studio to Sony stemmed from “skyrocketing” costs of development. In a candid LinkedIn post, Gavin revealed that the ...
While studio acquisitions have become more and more common in recent years, Naughty Dog has been under the Sony banner for well over two decades now, delivering a lot of great titles to PlayStation ...
Sony also unveiled the first consumer robot to the mass market in 1999: the beloved Aibo dog. There’s been a tendency to overhype the role and value of robots in Asian societies, especially in ...