Years before The Last of Us put up 20m sales and spawned a successful TV adaptation, a Sony exec and several Naughty Dog devs thought "It's not going to do very well" because it was too different from Uncharted 3
Years before The Last of Us achieved 20 million sales and a successful TV adaptation, some within Sony and Naughty Dog had doubts about its potential due to its departure from the Uncharted formula. Former designer Quentin Cobb recalled a Sony executive suggesting a small marketing budget, believing the game wouldn't perform well. Despite internal and external skepticism, the game became a major success for PlayStation.
- Entities
- Company: Naughty Dog
- Company: Sony
- Game: The Last of Us
- Platform: PlayStation
- Topic: Zombie Horror
- Game: Uncharted 4
- Person: Quentin Cobb
- Topic: Game Development
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