A former Naughty Dog developer believes that Xbox's first party studios still have a long way to go to PlayStation.
Jonathan Cooper, a video game animator who has worked for Naughty Dog in works such as Uncharted and The Last of Us, has left us some statements that will bring queue in networks and forums around the world. The developer, shortly after the announcement of the new Microsoft console, Xbox Series X, expressed on Twitter his wish that the Redmond company has really changed after "shit it throughout the generation." A user replied that good proof of this were the studies that Xbox had acquired in recent months, to which Cooper, surprising his own and strangers, replied thus: "None of the studios they have purchased is at the level of the equipment first Sony party. "
None of the purchased studios are at the same level as Sony 1st party, and will only get there with support and long-term hiring and financial support. I do prefer this route to creating entirely new studios that have no shared culture though.
– Jonathan Cooper (@GameAnim) December 16, 2019
These statements have pointed to and called into question the quality of such acquisitions, which include names of the caliber of Double Fine (Psychonauts, Broken Age), inXile Entertainment (Wasteland, The Bard's Tale), Obsidian (The Outer Worlds, Fallout: New Vegas) , Ninja Theory (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Heavenly Sword), Undead Labs (State of Decay), Playground Games (Forza Horizon), Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, Contrast) and Mojang (Minecraft). And as expected, this has only unleashed a storm of comments that have been dedicated to compare and debate between the developers of Sony and those of Microsoft
They are not up to par … yet
However, Jonathan Coooper added something else that many have not seen. For him, these studies are not up to par … yet. "They will only reach their level with support, long-term contracts and financial support." In fact, the developer says that, far from what it may seem, he is delighted with Microsoft's decision to acquire new studios. "I prefer that route to create a completely new study from scratch that does not have a shared identity or culture." Of course, seeing the proximity of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and the reactions so virulent and differentiated they cause, next 2020 to be a very busy year.
The impressive resume of Jonathan Cooper.
