The Last of Us The Last of Us Multiplayer

[psylockolussus]

The neXt game of Naughty Dog.

The Last of Us Online Multiplayer Game Developer Confirms New Feature - PlayStation LifeStyle

 

[Iceman]

I got a bit confused. Is this Factions or additional to that?

 

[psylockolussus]

For ps4 players

The Last of Us Multiplayer Might Also Come to PS4

 

[Gee]

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, that "delayed" is doing some work.

 

[Iceman]

Was coming here to post this. They should have sent this before the show to help manage expectations. And aaghh, the last thing I want is more Naughty Dog time wasted on this.

 

[henzINNIT]

Sounds like this bonus feature got way out of hand. I heard the orignal multiplayer was pretty good, but it really didn't need massive expansion, and should have launched as a pt 2 add on or even alongside the pt 1 remake.

 

[Iceman]

If it had been a regular scale addition similar to what they’ve done before with both Uncharted and TLOU, it could have been finished a long time ago and maybe even added to the experience for a bunch of people (I don’t personally care for multiplayer in these games). As it is it’s just taken up (wasted) a ton of time and resources from one of the best studios. As I mentioned in the main PS thread, they need to course correct asap to focus on what they do best - this could eventually become the path to a Rocksteady SS situation otherwise.

 

[Gee]

Seemingly put on ice. Also, ND lays off over 25 contract workers.

Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers

The PlayStation first-party studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us Part II is laying off dozens of contractors

kotaku.com

Sources tell Kotaku that no severance is being offered for those currently laid off, and that impacted developers as well as remaining employees are being pressured to keep the news quiet. Their contracts won’t be officially terminated until the end of October and they’ll be expected to work through the rest of the month.

One source now tells Kotaku that the multiplayer game, while not completely canceled, is basically on ice at this point.

 

[Elayis]

Who was asking for this to begin with? It's almost always a mistake when single player devs branch out into GAAS. They should focus on what they're great at, games that are narrative-driven. Especially with how long development has become, Naughty Dog probably won't have a new game out until 2025/26 at the earliest.

 

[psylockolussus]

Hmm I wouldn't mind if they just abandon this and move on to their neXt single player game.

Obviously this has major issues that won't be fiXed anytime soon. I know they are gonna lose money but so as time, that could have spent developing for their neXt single player game.

 

[Iceman]

Seemingly put on ice. Also, ND lays off over 25 contract workers.

Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers

The PlayStation first-party studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us Part II is laying off dozens of contractors

kotaku.com

I’m glad for the game to be on the way to cancellation but it really sucks that the contract workers are getting laid off. Why can’t they at least give them some level of severance to make it better for them? What a waste of years of work
by one of the most talented studios around. This was a terrible idea from the beginning.

 

[Iceman]

Who was asking for this to begin with? It's almost always a mistake when single player devs branch out into GAAS. They should focus on what they're great at, games that are narrative-driven. Especially with how long development has become, Naughty Dog probably won't have a new game out until 2025/26 at the earliest.

I was asking them to NOT do this! Yeah, get GAAS specialists in for that and let the best single player devs stick to what they’re amazing at.

 

[Superhero 101]

Jim Ryan really screwed up Sony and their Studios BY having them focus on Gaas. should have stuck with what makes PlayStation, PlayStation

 

[psylockolussus]

Time to course correct!

 

[Teelie]

I thought it was a bad idea for Sony to chase GAAS instead of what makes them stand out. Hopefully their new leader is more insightful than Ryan.

 

[psylockolussus]

Hopefully! the only live service game that truly lasted on me is Fall Guys which I'm still playing from time to time.

 

[Iceman]

Feels like every PS fan I've talked to or hear speak on this subject is massively anti GAAS.

 

[Gee]

Seems the project is still being worked on.

 

[Iceman]

Seems the project is still being worked on.

Boo

So at Sony's 2024 showcase can we expect something new or is Factions gameplay all that we are likely to get from Naughty Dog? Tough times being a ND fan.

 

[psylockolussus]

At this point, PS5 is now 3 years old and I'm sure there would be plenty of eXclusives coming from Sony in the neXt 5 years until the PS6 is released in 2028 (?). However, over all, the ps5 era isn't going to be as strong as the ps4 era when all things are released and done.

The PS4 era gave us Spider-Man 2018, God of War 2018, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank 2013, Last of Us 2 to name a few.

The PS5 era gave us a sequel for half of those and a remake of Demon's Soul (which imo aren't as revolutionary as their precedessor, based from reviews) so far, and with "live service" being so prevalent in Sony's future plans, I have lowered my eXpectations. I still hope we get a Last of Us Part 3 and a new single player ND ip before Ps6. Time will tell if Wolverine is as good as Spider-Man 2018.

 

[Iceman]

Oh, meant to post this here.

An Update on The Last of Us Online || Naughty Dog

www.naughtydog.com

(repost from TLOU2 thread - they've finally killed it) Such a massive waste of time and resources at one of the best studios out there. I think this is the best possible news. Even if it had somehow ended up being decent it would have required a ton of ongoing resources to support and this way (as they say themselves at the link), they can go back to throwing everything at single player narrative games which is where they are the best.

 

[psylockolussus]

I'm glad they chose to focus on single player games, instead of spending years on their equivalent of GTA Online...

Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[Iceman]

I'm glad they chose to focus on single player games, instead of spending years on their equivalent of GTA Online...

Hindsight is 20/20.

Glad they've got there, just a shame a bunch of time's been wasted. We could have a top ND game coming out in the next couple of years otherwise to help push this gen forward. They're one of the leading devs so it's a big loss to have no contribution from them for too long.

 

[psylockolussus]

Glad they've got there, just a shame a bunch of time's been wasted. We could have a top ND game coming out in the next couple of years otherwise to help push this gen forward. They're one of the leading devs so it's a big loss to have no contribution from them for too long.

Its been long 3 years since TLOU2. A new game could be out neXt year, if they weren't working on The Last of Us Online.