In a recent interview with GamesRadar, co-founder of Naughty Dog Andy Gavin revealed that the studio had worked ‘so hard’ with Sony before the acquisition in 2001 that it could have ‘just as well been a first party studio . ‘
So was the relationship that former chief technical artist Eric Iwasaki said there was an “unusual degree of trust” between the two parties. Reflect on the Jak and Daxter Gavin also said that Naughty Dog, despite having no contractual obligations at the time, had a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with Sony that he would not make another game for Microsoft, because Sony had some of the development accounts.
“We worked so closely with Sony and got along so well with them that we could just as well have been a first-party studio,” Gavin told GamesRadar. ‘We did not have a contractual agreement Jak and Daxter, but they paid some of the bills, so we had a master agreement that we were not going to make another game for Microsoft. ”
According to Iwasaki, Sony has invested in it Jak and Daxter despite not knowing much about the game at first. ‘Seriously, how many developers have been sending successful games on schedule for four years in a row? With this kind of legacy we were able to develop an original IP without even sharing much about it [co-founder] Jason [Rubin] felt our game was ready to be offered, ”he added.
Jak and Daxter first released in 2001. Naughty Dog’s current co-president, Neil Druckmann, joined the studio in 2004 as an intern to work on Jak 3.
[Source: GamesRadar]