The Dutch website PS3Life.nl highlights an unofficial rumour that made the rounds in October of this year.
After the relatively unexpected Uncharted 2 reveal, what kind of joys might be met by the announcement of Jak IV. One website hones in on a shaky statement.
However reliable the source might be, there's no way Jak IV will be announced for the PlayStation 3, since Naughty Dog are head deep in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves development.
If anything, there might be a Jak and Daxter release on the PSP, in a similar vein to Resistance Retribution, which was not developed by the series' PlayStation 3 developer Insomniac, but by Bend Studios.
Reboot Jak and Daxter instead of making Jak 4.
There was no conclusive ending to the franchise. There was so much more that could be done. Jak still had to face being Mar. I mean, there would be at least one more trip back in time because he had to build the city.
But I do agree that rebooting would be better. Simply because this is a different naughty dog to the one who created jak and daxter. Different people with different ideas. If they're gonna take on jak and daxter again, better to start from scratch and make it their own from the get go rather than trying to be new while being laden down by the originals.
*Jak and Daxter Shouldn't Get a Sequel until we get a new Crash Bandicoot first. There, fixed your title for you.
Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, and Jak and Daxter ruled the roost back in the PS2 days. But how do they fare going up against each other?
Jak and Daxter for me. Loved that series. That franchise is in my top 5 of all time. Ratchet and clank would be next. I didn't play sly cooper back on ps2 or ps3. I got the trilogy on vita and it's good but no where near as good as the other two I thought.
I liked Jak & Daxter the best.
However it is great we got HD collections of all these great franchises last gen.
Posted by Fred Dutton // SCEE Blog Manager -
When I took over the SCEE PlayStation Blog a month or two back, I promised you a few new regular features. Today, I’m happy to unveil the first of them: Behind The Classics. Every fortnight (well, that’s the plan at least), we’ll be talking to the creative force behind a vintage PS One or PlayStation 2 title. To kick things off, Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin was kind enough to lend us his time to discuss the making of seminal 2001 PS2 platformer Jak & Daxter.
Good read.
There are simply not enough 3D platformers like this around any more. It's why I'm anticipating Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and the new Ratchet & Clank so much. I hope next gen ditches the overwhelming FPS obsession and brings about a new wave of action platformers.
Love this idea for the psblog....the internets wasn't all that big when a lot of these things came out and now that it is the info should be spread to the people.
Jak and Daxter will always have that special place in my heart. They where my childhood. Im so glad they released the collection.
Yes it will, no it wont. Yes, no. Maybe.
"However reliable the source might be, there's no way Jak IV will be announced for the PlayStation 3, since Naughty Dog are head deep in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves development."
So what lol studios cant work on two games at a time lol?
No. Insomniac dont work on two at once. They just do concepts for one game while the other is hard in development. That way they can release 1 triple AAA every year.
Wow, what a stupid article, Naughty Dog is a small company but that doesn’t mean they can’t make two games at one time, they were already making the uncharted engine (ICE) and testing out game play elements while making jak3 that sounds like 2 things to me. This also doesn’t mean they can’t show us concept art or a short trailer, it’s not like they said the games coming out soon just that they might announce it. Also they have no proof what so ever they just say they’re too busy working on Uncharted , ok who told them that or is it just a guess.
Also the rumor was 100% accurate why would he toss in a lie at the end, it would be pointless (It says another project that doesn’t instantly mean a new Jak game, but one can hope)
I don’t care when they make it as long as they make it, also if Naughty Dog is the one who Patented “Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier” title no one else can use by law so it’s not a PSP game from some other company, Naught Dog doesn’t make PSP games and I don’t think they’re going to start now.