Kotaku: Naughty Dog Laying Off Developers and Factions is shelved

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Druckmann is all about Shock value and shallow use of it by using death.

Again same guy who wanted to kill Elena in Uncharted 2 until Amy Hennig had to step in and disagree.
My fucking god, what the fuck was Sony thinking making this edgy cunt be the president of Naughty Dog.
 
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PS needs new management. Get rid of Hulst too.

He should have been gone after that abysmal showcase In May. He hasn't returned to Twitter since they chewed him that day after he praised the showcase.

Send him and his Guerilla goons he installed into upper playstation management over the past year back to Amsterdam.
 

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My fucking god, what the fuck was Sony thinking making this cunt be the president of Naughty Dog.
And that's why he and Amy fell out because she spoke about the fact she didn't like the fact he was using a young Elle's sexuality as feminism... a few weeks later, she was ousted from Naughty Dog.
 
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He should have been gone after that abysmal showcase In May. He hasn't returned to Twitter since they chewed him that day after he praised the showcase.

Send him and his Guerilla goons he installed into upper playstation management over the past years back to Amsterdam.
My fucking god, what the fuck was Sony thinking making this cunt be the president of Naughty Dog.

I'm sure Druckman has some positives but he needs someone to reign him in and use his ideas constructively.

But I agree with most of your points TBH, especially about Hermen and his plants. They've been really destructive and usurped PlayStation to further themselves and friends.
 

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And that's why he and Amy fell out because she spoke about the fact she didn't like the fact he was using a young Elle's sexuality as feminism... a few weeks later, she was ousted from Naughty Dog.

Damn, is that confirmed?

That is fucking criminal if that is true....
 

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I'm sure Druckman has some positives but he needs someone to reign him in and use his ideas constructively.

But I agree with most of your points TBH, especially about Hermen and his plants. They've been really destructive and usurped PlayStation to further themselves and friends.
I actually like Druckmann. He is a gamer through and through but he has an ego. But he definitely needs someone around to counter-balance his writing. He also goes out of his way to bring his personal Politics into the games like catering to Anita Sarkeesian hence why he created the Nadine character in Uncharted 4... only for her to still turn around and shit on the game 🤣.
 
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And that's why he and Amy fell out because she spoke about the fact she didn't like the fact he was using a young Elle's sexuality as feminism... a few weeks later, she was ousted from Naughty Dog.
Source?
 

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Damn, is that confirmed?

That is fucking criminal if that is true....
It happened she spoke at a feminist seminar in early 2014 shortly after 'Left Behind ' came out. And Neil even made a snarky tweet on Twitter in retaliation about the poor writing in Uncharted 3 (which was quickly deleted).

Amy (left) Naughty Dog abruptly and was NDA'd into ground along with Justin Richmond who also left.

If her departure was amicable Sony / ND wouldn't have done to such lengths to make sure her name could never be brought up in interviews.
 

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Sony needs to expand all the single player game making studios so they can be in full production on 2 AAA at a time and acquire more studios specifically for gaas. One and done.
 

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Jim Ryan created this mess. Can we finally say he has been fired for good, not just retired? He is the ultimate boss of the company, I don‘t care if the stupid PC ports and GAAS have been lit before him, the fact that he embraced and pushed and these policies even further is telling enough. Here hoping the next CEO can disregard all the bullshits under Jim Ryan. The repercussion will not reveal itself until later this gen if the first party output remains atrocious while GAAS games keep coming out and get poor review. Similar to how Xbox 360 still sold even when the focus shifted to Kinect (albeit with less momentum). If the next CEO is not Japanese, we fans may be doomed and need to embrace Playstation’s dark age.
He wasn’t fired. If he was he would of left immediately. You don’t get to stay at a company for another 6 months if you were “fired”. He’s staying for 6 months to ease the transition to the next CEO.
 

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Sony needs to expand all the single player game making studios so they can be in full production on 2 AAA at a time and acquire more studios specifically for gaas. One and done.
I mean, isn’t that what they’ve been doing? Lol
 

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He should have been gone after that abysmal showcase In May. He hasn't returned to Twitter since they chewed him that day after he praised the showcase.

Send him and his Guerilla goons he installed into upper playstation management over the past year back to Amsterdam.
Maybe he hasn’t been on Twitter because he’s focusing on his job. You want him to be like Phil Spencer and Aaron Greenberg that focuses on Twitter instead of shipping games? Also, What did you want Hulst to do if the studios aren’t ready to showcase their games? I do think that he should have managed expectations better. Hulst built Guerilla into the studio it’s today.
 

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What did you want Hulst to do if the studios aren’t ready to showcase their games? I do think that he should have managed expectations better. Also Hulst built Guerilla into the studio it’s today.
That's why he should go back to Guerilla as he definitely ain't doing a good job running Worldwide Studios or securing great partnerships.
 

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Put Amy Henning back into where she truly belongs with LEGACY OF KAIN. Too much talent to be wasted on a cover shooter.
 

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Maybe he hasn’t been on Twitter because he’s focusing on his job. You want him to be like Phil Spencer and Aaron Greenberg that focuses on Twitter instead of shipping games? Also, What did you want Hulst to do if the studios aren’t ready to showcase their games? I do think that he should have managed expectations better. Hulst built Guerilla into the studio it’s today.
And why do these studios have nothing to show?
 

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because it takes time to make a game
Great, I guess we fans just have to wait for an entire generation to experience some games from Sony then? You are supposed to make your platform engaging, people couldn’t care less about “it takes time“ excuse.