Sony grants total freedom to developpers - David Cage

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Andrespetmonkey said:

kitler53 said:

sypro was pretty big, the first one sold 5M apperantly.  didn't stop them from abandoning that franchise. jak and daxter was abandoned too (or so it seems so far).   infamous only came about because sly was abandoned.  oh sure, 4 is coming out next year but it's developed by sanzaru not sucker punch. 

Spyro declined in sales (5m to 3.7m according to chartz), and Sony never owned the IP.

Jak, again, declined in sales with each game. (jak and d: 3.7m, jak 2, 2.7m, jak 3, 1.8m, then that jak racing game only managed half a million)

Same story for Sly. (1.8m to 1.2m to 0.8m)

So I don't think these games compare well to GT or Uncharted for example.

i'll bet that if ND wants to move the uncharted team to something else sony will let them.

 

They don't compare very well at all.  As much as I loved them, Jak & Sly were both franchises very much on the decline throughout the PS2 era. Compare that to Uncharted, which has only grown with popularity and seems to be growning even further with U3.  I can't see it being dropped by ND Team 1 at Sony's insistance, but I hope it is.