Uncharted 4 Is Nathan Drake's Final Chapter, Developer Says

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kitler53 said:
every franchise should be retired after 3-5 entries,.. and especially the story driven ones.

Rule of thumb, sure. But what I wojuld prefer is for writers of story driven franchchises to start at the very beginning with a vision for a complete and coherent story and break it down into game-sized chunks. If that takes 7 games to tell then so be it. But aside from some notable esxceptions, and not always in a good way, most complete stories can be told in a trilogy. Take Mass Effect. That's a complete story told in a trilogy which was pretty well planned out from the start, though obviously underwent major revision part way through. Now we have Mass Effect 4 which really is a whole new story with only the most tenuous of connections to the trilogy. Aside from wanting to cash in on title recognition and perhaps Liara being a matriarch by the time Andromeda happens, so being at least a peripheral part of the story, Mass Effect 4 could easily have been a whole new sci-fi RPG called "The Andromenda Files" or something more creative.

I don't know if ND writers have ever really planned ahead with their new IP. Uncharted:DF semed like a one off story which did not really beg a sequel aside from the fact it ended up selling well. TLOU similarly doesn't really say "Yes, there will be a sequel". But it does leave things a bit open with the fact that Ellie doesn't quite buy what Joel is saying and maybe Ellie will go searching for the truth one day. Jak and Daxter told a complete story and there was no pressing need for a sequel again aside from the sales success.