Why did Crash and Spyro lose Playstation exclusivity after such huge success?

[daniel777]

They ought to be gotten back to Insidious Canine and Sleep deprived person, it very well may be a gigantic moment...it merits being something on a phase. I figure the being a fan would truly cherish that and it would merit the cash to make it right they could do a legitimate kart racer and crush brothers style game effectively with those characters as well. I really do contemplate whether Activision would sell may be extremely challenging now after everything that has passed.

 

[Box]

They ought to be gotten back to Insidious Canine and Sleep deprived person, it very well may be a gigantic moment...it merits being something on a phase. I figure the being a fan would truly cherish that and it would merit the cash to make it right they could do a legitimate kart racer and crush brothers style game effectively with those characters as well. I really do contemplate whether Activision would sell may be extremely challenging now after everything that has passed.

I have no idea what you just said

 

[Neversummer]

That’s just how it go

 

[AfnanAcchan]

Crash and Spyro created and produced by Universal Interactive (subsidiary of Universal Pictures). Universal Interactive contracted Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games (Sony didn't bought Naughty Dog until 2001 and Insomniac 2019) to develop those games in 1990s. Sony back then need platformers to compete with Mario and Sonic so they make a deal with Universal Interactive to publish those games exclusively on Playstation. Universal then merge with Vivendi in 2000 named Vivendi Games. Vivendi also owned Blizzard in 1998. Finally Vivendi Games merge with Acitivision in 2008 to form Activision Blizzard.

 

[Kokoloko]

Sony loves building partnerships and Ips and then letting then fizzle out or be used/bought by someone else.

Nintendo let the same happen to Rare but Sony keeps doing it

 

[Yurinka]

Edit: already answered

 

[Box]

Crash and Spyro created and produced by Universal Interactive (subsidiary of Universal Pictures). Universal Interactive contracted Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games (Sony didn't bought Naughty Dog until 2001 and Insomniac 2019) to develop those games in 1990s. Sony back then need platformers to compete with Mario and Sonic so they make a deal with Universal Interactive to publish those games exclusively on Playstation. Universal then merge with Vivendi in 2000 named Vivendi Games. Vivendi also owned Blizzard in 1998. Finally Vivendi Games merge with Acitivision in 2008 to form Activision Blizzard.

I still don't get why they didn't go directly to Sony to make these games, cut the middle man

 

[Satoru]

@Box has probably won this year's golden shovel award.

Congratulations!