People didn’t associate good games with the studios behind them. Twelve-year-old Timmy didn’t want Jak and Daxter because it had “Naughty Dog” on the cover (yeah, the Crash Bandicoot guys). He just heard from classmates that it was a fun game and wanted to see what the fuss was about. Today’s obsession with studio loyalty feels kind of strange by comparison.

I read PlayStation Magazine and they said Jak was the new game from the Crash guys, a series I loved and bought every entry from. So no, you're wrong. I probably would have bought it either way but "this is from the people who made Crash" is what got me hyped.

I got Godhand at the time solely because it was from the Viewtiful Joe guys

>From the creators of Spyro the Dragon...
>I will now buy your game
>And I did, on launch day in 2002
OP was born in 2006, I can feel it. Stop trying to make up shit about our generation you weird fag.

>>11851050 (OP)
>Today’s obsession with studio loyalty feels kind of strange by comparison.
I had a similar thought a few says ago.

No one ever gave a fuck of their favorite movie was Paramount, Touchstone, or Amblin Entertainment, etc, but a24 is the only studio that is creating fans who ignore the director and are excited for what the studio is pumping out.

It's not "studio loyalty".

It's looking at a development house that used to do no wrong and over the years became corrupted by egomaniac jews and coolaid drinking libtards that make preachy games for the esg bucks.
So you look back at their golden days and can't help but be bummed about it.

>>11851050 (OP)
>middle schoolers raving about Jak and Daxter
maybe in an ultra-religious private school

>From the creators of Resident Evil

OP projecting his retardation as usual

>The latest epic quest from the creators of Resident Evil and Dino Crisis
>Oh shit I should buy this
>Millions sold

>GTA 3 and Vice City are a huge critical and commercial success
>Rockstar name carries weight
>Prominently slap it on the marketing and covers of Rockstar published games like Bully, Max Payne, State of Emergency, Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, The Warriors, Midnight Club etc

Sorry OP I think you may be retarded

>Ultimate were one of the first developers to have their own fanbase focused on the company and brand as much as the games themselves. They received so much fan mail at their peak that a full-time employee had to be taken on to deal with up to 60 letters per day. They were known for their positive attitude to fans, always replying to letters and responding to requests for merchandise by sending posters, sweatshirts and caps free of charge.

>>11851114
I was going to say something similar to what anon >>11851114
said, but he summed it up perfectly.

Naughty Dog used to make games that were pure, unadulterated fun—Jak and Daxter, at least the first one, is a great example. Now, everything they make feels like a movie in video game form, preaching about how revenge is bad or how father daughter stories supposedly give people the ick.

When I was younger, I never really cared who made the games I played. If a game was decent, I’d save up money to buy a copy. No one really knew who Santa Monica Studio was until they made God of War.

Yes, they made that crappy racing one before, but no one cared because it was shit.

>>11851050 (OP)
I did try buying on studio loyalty and got burned really bad.

After the letdown that was Fallout 4, people waited years for the studio to make a strong comeback, only to get something as bland and uninspired as Starfield. Since its release I’ve lost hope that they’ll ever return to the greatness of Morrowind or Skyrim.

>>11851224
I’d add that Bethesda is guilty of this too.**

>>11851050 (OP)
You’re a pretty dumb nigger. Studios had reputations for putting out “X type” of games. When Naughty Dog put out a game, it was highly likely it was going to be extremely polished and well made.

>>11851185
STI lost

>>11851050 (OP)
The only company I was aware of as a kid/teen was Rockstar because of GTA. I never really payed attention to all those splash screens were when I booted up a game

>>11851050 (OP)
I was ten when this came out. It was an unexpected gift but the Naughty Dog log was instantly recognizable to me.

>>11851050 (OP)
Fucking what?

>>11851050 (OP)
>Today’s obsession with studio loyalty feels kind of strange by comparison.
studio loyalty is nothing compared to the manchildren on this board who still console war in 2025

>>11851224
>>11851226
starfield convinced me that all the people begging bethesda for another game like morrowind or even new vegas are just a small but very vocal minority that only got louder this time around because it's an xbox exclusive on consoles.

like the greatest irony is that it had all the 3deep5u pretentious meta-nonsense that morrowind had (the same style of writing these same people wanted bethesda to return to) and everyone hated it.

I feel like you can tell Jak and Daxter is made by the Crash guys, even if the developer splash screen didn't register with you.

>>11851050 (OP)

>>11851050 (OP)
Another day of zoomers posting slop threads full of made up bullshit about things they weren't around for.

>>11851050 (OP)
I was hooked on Rare stuff from the DKC gamed.

>>11851050 (OP)
As someone who at one point 20 years ago was a 12 year old Timmy, I can attest as far as 8, and 9 years old I had clear concept of who developers were and could name several at the time, namely capcom, naughty dog, insomniac, rare, id software just to name a few.

>>11851050 (OP)
Orange rat