Naughty Dog explains why she stopped making Crash Bandicoot games

Now studio Naughty dog known primarily for the creation of blockbusters such as Uncharted and The last of us, however, her first hit project was the cult platformer Crash Bandicoot for the original Playstation… The team released three games in the main series and a racing spin-off in-house Crash Team Racing, after which other companies were responsible for the development of the adventures of the anthropomorphic bandicoot and his friends.

As it turned out from a recent interview, the reason for leaving Naughty dog from the Crash Bandicoot series became a complex relationship with the franchise owner represented by Universal interactive… According to the co-founder of the studio Jason Rubin, the disagreement with Universal reached the point where the team could no longer deal with the further development of the Crash universe. This happened later in the life of the original Playstation

“Although we loved Crash Bandicoot and the Sony collaboration, [дальнейшая работа] didn’t make any financial sense. Universal owned intellectual property and was extremely unfriendly [к нам]”, – said the developer.

After the Crash Bandicoot games, Naughty Dog switched to a brand new franchise, Jak and Daxter for Playstation 2, and also became a full-fledged part Sony… In times Playstation 3 she finally left the “cartoon” games and created Uncharted

Now the rights to the games of the Crash Bandicoot series belong to the publishing house Activision, under whose wing the franchise is successfully developing through the efforts of the studios. Vicarious visions and Toys for bobwho have released in recent years a collection of remakes of the original trilogy Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, arcade race Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and a completely new platformer Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

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