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Majin-Tenshinhan on 25 April 2009
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infamous8 said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
jammy2211 said:
No franchise that eclipses a million units sold is a failure.

I think all that happend is Naughty Dog decided to do Uncharted, and then Jak and Dexter (What with the whole "Lost Frontier" name being thrown around) but then Uncharted was a huge success, so Sony asked them to do the sequel to that first.

We have got a new Jak and Dexter announced for PS2 (And PSP?), and I'd imagine that's where Naughty Dog will go next after Uncharted 2.

Shenmue would like a word with you.

 

Exactly.

People seem to forget that a lot of MONEY and TIME are put into these games.

Therefore, if Sega's top developer was spending years of time and effort on one game (Shenmue) and it comes out to moderate sales that are much lower than they expected...then yes, it is a failure in terms of sales.

Same thing here with Naughty Dog. In terms of sales, They went from being SCEA's best, to just another studio. The turning point in their timeline? Starting the Jak series. Therefore, it was/always will be regarded as a failure.

 

 

 

 

I wouldn't necessarily label it a failure, as much as a "fall from grace". Not saying the Jak-games are bad, I haven't played them, but despite the sales not being incredible, it was a different franchise than Crash Bandicoot. A lot of people don't know developers, just franchises. As I said in an earlier post, I don't think they were failures, but I think they didn't live up to Sony's expectations either. They were neither failure or success... They did fine, and brought in money, but not as much money as Sony had hoped. Of course, this is all pure speculation on my part.