I started writing this as an op, but then it sucked but I still wanted to share this somewhere so it might as well be here.
I sometimes think "Man, I wish more companies would make games like Sly and Jak". Then I realize that I don't really want companies to make games like Sly and Jak. I want companies (well, specifically Sony) to make Sly and Jak games. Why? Well, because even if someone made a game like Sly or Jak, I would never feel the same way about them. Sly, Jak and Ratchet were my childhood. I grew up playing them. You will naturally have a closer connection to the things you grew up with, and that includes the video games you grew up with. Even though I've played many great games from many great franchises since then, none have grabbed me in the way Sly, Jak and Ratchet did, and that "connection" has stuck. My mind just doesn't make that connection to specific franchises anymore. I feel sort of the same way about The Last Airbender (but I digress). Luckily, Sony still makes Ratchet & Clank at least...