Naughty Dog co-founder Andrew Gavin has opened up about why the studio was acquired by Sony back in 2001. In a lengthy post on LinkedIn, Gavin cited the spiralling costs of game development as one ...

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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 ...

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.

Among Thieves was released on the PlayStation 3 in 2009, two years after the first game, and the developers over at Naughty ...

Acquired by Sony in 2001 for an undisclosed sum, Naughty Dog is today considered the crown jewel among PlayStation's first-party studio family (although Insomniac has certainly been putting in ...

The company confirmed two games were canceled at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, responding to a report by Bloomberg that the PlayStation 5 maker had canned two projects that were part of the company ...

It’s all about the money. It’s hard not to imagine Naughty Dog as a studio that wasn’t tied under Sony. PlayStation consoles all saw some incredible title releases from the talented folks at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two weeks ago, Sony announced that they had cancelled two live service games in production by Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. While fans associate Bluepoint with remakes and remasters of Sony’s games ...

As expected, Sony will attend the 2025 iteration of CES, which is right around the corner. One of the co-founders of the legendary game developer Naughty Dog breaks down the reasons why the studio ...