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Day’s Gone director Jeff Ross will be live with David Jaffe as they discuss the recent Schreier article!
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I think the tweet says it all, he is unable to confirm nor deny anything. Sounds like he just wants to hold his head up high and move on. Even if he did say anything controversal, what are the chances people will either go on full attack mode or full on defend mode towards Sony?
Bad enough seeing entire threads here dedicated to this dude's latest shitty tweets, do we really need to publicize an interview he's doing?
Yes because hes doing an interview with the Days Gone director
Jaffe was trying to lead into a "Neil is domineering Sony game development" narrative but Jeff didn't bite
Jaffe: How much does Sony suck?
Jeff: They're great, very hands off.
Jaffe: Herman Hulst sucks though for sure right?
Jeff: Great leader.
Jaffe: Jim Ryan?
Jeff: Badass.
Jaffe: 😢 😢
I mean.
He wasn't fired, still has friends at Sony, still wants to work in the same industry and likely develop titles for PlayStation platforms in the future.
Anyone expecting him to torch Ryan, Herman and Sony is going to be disappointed.
He wasn't fired, still has friends at Sony, still wants to work in the same industry and likely develop titles for PlayStation platforms in the future.
Anyone expecting him to torch Ryan, Herman and Sony is going to be disappointed.
probably because the people Jason talked to are the people who were very unhappy with how things ended up.
ya'll are going after Jaffe but I see him as asking the exact type of concerns, questions and speculations you've seen posted here nearly daily for the past year or so. i don't really see this as digging or stirring for his own sake, but rather challenging someone who's been inside Sony recently with those perceptions that have grown wild. it's a candid interview and honestly i appreciate the demystification of it all.
Oh I suspected that back when a lot of Sony's big games started to feel very naughty dog inspired. So I think that jealousy stems from Sony treating naughty dog as thier golden child that can do no wrong...
Ok, but there are ways to say things without burning bridges. Eg instead of speaking super positively about someone or constantly defending certain business decisions, you just continually say, I don't really know what this person is like, or I don't know if that's the best strategy.
Instead it seems like he's actually positive on the direction Sony is going per Jaffe's examples, understands and respects the decisions they're making, and thinks some of the leadership (Herman Hulst) is very strong/great at their job.
Jeff sort of indirectly also told the "angry fans" that they don't necessarily know what they're talking about and should cut Sony slack on the points Jaffe was raising that some were angry about lol.
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Is that not accurate? Wasn't it buggy as hell on release? I didn't touch the game till PS5, and I thought it was actually better than Ghosts. Neither is 90 tier but they are both 80 tier for various reasons.
Except his interview doesn't reflect his tweet. He's been pretty clear and informative during the interview and he's basically saying everything is pretty normal and to stop worrying about it.
i think he said he was reviewing for a print publication and wasn't in a rush to finish the review, but people who have to have their review ready for the embargo were frustrated with the bugs and many patches the game got before release.
One thing Jeff mentioned is interesting for a lot of developers at his age. He has maybe 2 more games left in his career before he retires, so he has to be choosy on what he works on, and if he stays with a studio or not.
I bet this will resonate with a lot of veteran developers like Kojima.
I bet this will resonate with a lot of veteran developers like Kojima.
Also, a lot of questions were from people who donated. That's probably where some of the more interesting questions probably came from.
brutally honest but true, this was a game that needed a lot of updates on improvements
Damn, Jeff must have burned some bridges on the out if he doesn't think he would get a call from Sony again.
Yeah, lol. The only thing I learned is that this Jeff fella isn't a fool.
Jeff is obviously being professionally tactful, and Jaffe is an idiot who continues to be an idiot.
He's not really. He created GoW, one of Sony's flagship titles still and Twisted Metal (a previous flagship title). There's no way to talk about him without thinking of the role he had. He'll be forever associated with them but his career is nowhere near where it was.
Fundamentally, it was a game that was already in development for 7 years. Sony rightfully wanted a return on investment, the game had to come out. I think if people go back in with a fresh lens on PS5 at 60fps they would have a completely different view. I would also recommend the tips that I saw on here: Play on Hard, use gyro aiming, and avoid health/focus boosts.
He's working for an entirely different company at the moment that is not owned by Sony. Sony calling him up while he's there is kinda weird.