Naughty Dog (pre-2020)

Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly JAM Software, Inc.) is an American game development company based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in McLean, Virginia. They were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001, becoming the subsidiary of SCE Worldwide Studios (currently PlayStation Studios). They are known for creating franchises such as Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Uncharted, and The Last of Us.

Why They Used to Be Nice

 * 1) Almost every single game they've developed has received critical acclaim, several of them are considered among the best games of their respective PlayStation generations.
 * 2) They're known for coming up with clever methods to do things that would seem impossible with the hardware limitations at the time, most notably rendering Crash Bandicoot's graphics as early as 1996 (something that even Sony's own engineers who created the PlayStation were impressed by) and making loading screens during gameplay completely non-existent in the Jak and Daxter trilogy.
 * 3) Excellent visuals.
 * 4) They were able to take the Jak and Daxter series from cartoony and light-hearted to dark and serious without coming off as trying too hard to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy and without forgetting that the franchise is a platforming series.
 * 5) Their characters often become unofficial mascots for Playstation Consoles, with Crash Bandicoot is still seen by many as a Playstation Icon, even after becoming multiplatform.
 * 6) They helped Insomniac Games with the development of the original Ratchet & Clank trilogy.
 * 7) Starting from Jak II, they've been focusing on making games with good storyline as well, not just one or the other.
 * 8) Unlike mh:crappygames:Activision, they don't milk their franchises to death.
 * 9) Great multiplayer in their games.
 * 10) They take their time, and don't rush their games.
 * 11) They're always willing to take risks for their games and the result usually pays off.
 * 12) Always make excellent endings to their game series, like Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Jak 3 and especially Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
 * 13) Starting with Uncharted 4, they will no longer release multiplayer DLC for their games, and all multiplayer DLCs will be free, in order to not split the community.
 * 14) They tend to add small but cool easter eggs for their fans in the game, such as the Jak and Daxter board game in The Last Of Us.

Bad Qualities
They have went downhill since 2020. To see the article on the sister wiki about them, click here.

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