Naughty Dog Head of Technology Leaves After 17 Years at PlayStation's Studio

Naughty Dog Head of Technology Christian Gyrling has left the studio after 17 years, only 4 months after stepping into the role.

[GoodGuy09]

Boy oh boy what indeed is happening with PS Studios. Thank God for Insomniac.

[Obscure_Observer]

Boy oh boy what indeed is happening with PS Studios."

Mismanagement, obviously.

Hermen Hulst is ol Jimbo´s sleeping agent ruining everything at Playstation Studios. Now that Connie is gone, he´ll probably get his mistress Angie Smets promoted yet again to fill Connie´s position.

Amid so many layoffs and uncertainty, the working environment at Playstation Studio could have become unbearable for him to continue on. Then, after just 4 months ahead of his new role, he didn´t felt motivated enough to continue on.

Anyway, another major loss at Playstation Studios. Totoki must find Ryan´s replacement ASAP!

[darthv72]

Sometimes people just want to leave.

[northpaws]

@Obscure

Do you spend most of your day making up stories in your head to help you sleep better at night?

[Lightning77]

Can you tone it down for once? Way too much assuming and Hyperbole in your comment.

The shift to LS workforce will indeed have growing pains nobody said it would be easy transition.

[Tacoboto]

Bobby Kotick will be available as a replacement to turn those GaaS around

[Rimeskeem]

You should change your name to Chris Van Dusen cause you just create unrealistic drama.

Just so you know, Microsoft laid off more than 10000 employees this year which, according to you, must mean they are just falling apart and having lots of mismanagement. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/0...

I don't now why I even bother showing you this, no chance you are actually going to change your belief system even if there is hard evidence against it.

[Mr_cheese]

Clicked this article thinking "I wonder how close to the top of the comments obscurer is"

There he is. In good form as always.

[Crows90]

Dude stop spouting nonsense.

Naughty dog has been in trouble since Neil druckman took over. They were always able to deliver with something pretty consistently...Neil isn't talented ...so obviously people will continue to abandon ship. They probably don't like the progressive direction either.

[Charlieboy333]

@North Obscure is blessed with an amazing gift. He is able to fabricate amazing scenarios and can literally trick his brain into believing they are the actual real truth

[benobee]

Dude you sound like a complete nut case calm down and stop acting like you care what goes on at PlayStation other than to try and make your doom and gloom comments.

[Tuks_bb]

Will done Phil……

[ocelot07]

Ah I knew it. Before I even finished the headline my first thought was. No doubt obscure is one of the first comments spouting bs he pulled out of Phills backside again.

It's not healthy obsessively thinking about Sony and Phill 24/7.

[benobee]

This shit is all he ever does and the mods do nothing about it.

[shadowT]

So many great Naughty Dog games he was involved!

[maniacmayhem]

A lot of folks sure are leaving Sony as of late.

[Obscure_Observer]

"A lot of folks sure are leaving Sony as of late."

Yeah... It seems that rumor about devs from first party studios getting unhappy with Playstation´s current GaaS focus is accurate.

[Redemption-64]

Your made-up world is so depressing

[Christopher]

I know, right? Time to move on to Microsoft's GaaS studios now. Or maybe WB? Or EA? Or Epic? The options are limitless.

[Lightning77]

In this case he's actually accurate about the rumor.

https://www.xfire.com/first...

I also read that there's "Civil War" going on at Sony with Connie Booths departure due to gaas focus. The shift to LS isn't sitting well with Sony's Studios.

Of course it's a rumor we'll never actually know of course.

[InUrFoxHole]

Yeah. Looks like it's sonys turn to suck for a bit. Every company goes through it.

[Charlieboy333]

@Lightning Just a simple question....if Connie Booth left because of the GAAS focus, why did Sony then go and cut down on their plans after she left. She's not in the picture anymore so why cut back....if she was the one standing in the way?

They must obviously agree with her views then that they were pushing GAAS a bit too much....not so? As it stands it seems they like they are first going to test the waters instead of jumping in the deep end like they were planning

[benobee]

It seems you're full of shit as usual.

[Lightning77]

@Charlie they're not cutting back on their plans nor are they changing course they're delaying the other 6 LS games because they weren't meeting internal expectations.

The first half will release up until March 2026 while the other half are TBD.

[Christopher]

***In this case he's actually accurate about the rumor. ***

I read that whole article and it said nothing other than that developers aren't happy but zero quotes or the like at all. It's mostly just historical references on GaaS plans and the like. Almost like they're creating that news themself and not reporting it.

[Agent75]

They do knock out a lot of the same old these days. Maybe not Microsoft as they rarely release anything.

[OptimusDK]

So please count for me what Sony first party released this year you know while we are at it.

[ooquis]

Now just fire Niel Cuckman, get Bruce Straley back, and make the real The Last Of Us 2.

[Killa78]

The real Last of Us 2 was released to critical acclaim and was very successful.

[ooquis]

On a serious note, how many times have you replayed the "critically acclaimed" success? Don't get me wrong, graphics 10/10, gameplay 10/10, music 10/10, story 0/10. I could not get myself to play this "critically acclaimed" game a second time, it's utter torture.....that's got to mean something.

[andy85]

It's a story game, why would I replay it once I've played the story when I can move on to something else. You didn't like the story, I thought it was fantastic.

[ooquis]

@andy82 The Last Of Us 1 is my favorite game of all time, I've replayed that game at least 8 times over 3 generations. The fact you can't even get yourself to reply part 2 again a second time proves my point, the story is utter garbage. Waisted all that time and talent at Naughty Dog.

[ooquis]

Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[outsider1624]

I played 3 times, thanks for asking. Even platinumed the game. Once Part1 is on sale ill play that and then replay part 2 again.
Just because you couldn't get into it doesn't mean others arent. Also this is a story driven game. Not open world with side quests you know. But still replayabilty is there in the form of select encounters.

[ooquis]

Wait, so you've never played The Last Of Us 1?

[outsider1624]

"Wait, so you've never played The Last Of Us 1?"
I played 1 on ps3 like 4 times. Platinumed it and the multiplayer.

I was talking about the new Remake "Tlou part 1"

[ooquis]

Yo, Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Cacabunga]

“ I could not get myself to play this "critically acclaimed" game a second time, it's utter torture.....that's got to mean something.”

Same here, during more than 15 I’ve been waiting for something to finally happen.. it’s just “it’s blocked, let’s find another way” and then how to pass the monsters.. there was zero engagement to me so I gave up with this game way before the end.
Druckmam is just an arrogant guy.. he should def leave next and bring back the good old days.

ND aren’t what they used to be.

[anast]

This comment has closet ALT right shill all over it.

[Crows90]

And this one has closet ALT left all over it. You know it when someone is critical of something and an individual begins to accuse them of stuff out of their delusional head.

[anast]

"And this one has closet ALT left all over it. You know it when someone is critical of something and an individual begins to accuse them of stuff out of their delusional head."

I think leftists are naive idealist, but they do not sympathize with inbreeding and are not against some form of mutualism, so at least on the biological side of things the left is correct.

If you deem the term "cuck" to be more than emotive posturing, then you have more necessities than you think.

[ooquis]

Yolo Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Crows90]

Don't even bother. You're spot on that everything but the story was well done....and this is where Neil druckman had the most influence .

Many will defend the studio because of how awesome they've been but don't realize that it's likely over because the instrumental people have left. This is a different naughty dog and their next game will show what they can do now. However, they do still have a lot of talented devs...don't think they'll ever be as great in the story department as they were before.

[benobee]

Cant wait to read your novel since you're such a master story teller and all.

[recoctimocassirnff]

So you mean to tell me you've gone through your entire life and literally never given positive or negative feedback for ANYTHING, unless you've conceptualised, designed, produced, created, cooked, etc, it yourself at least once?

An even more big brain take that Anast, up above. Well done sir/ma'am.

[TheKingKratos]

3 times and will do 4 once i start playing part 1 Remake

Enjoyed every minute of it.

It's an amazing game and one of the very best ever made and equal to part 1

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

I know this comes from a place of love for the first game, but you should just let it go, mate.

[ooquis]

You are right, I know I should, maybe one day. It's not like it's keeping me up at night, but when these kinds of articles pop up I realize I'm not over it.

[Rainbowcookie]

Make savage starlight and in the game you have to fix the timeline or not. This causes yhe whole naughtydog timeline to be in flux. Let gamers decide and do a reboot . 🙂

[outsider1624]

"Yo, Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The fact that..thats "where you came from" is proof enough. You had to follow a youtube video to make your point. Sorry i played the game myself and can form my own understanding and opinion.

[Lightning77]

It doesn't help that this interim CEO is carrying out all of Jim Ryan's work. Jim retires in March and is having someone do all his dirty work for him while he sits back.

At least commit to the crap you've done instead of pawning it off to someone who has nothing to do with the direction. Sony needs Shuhei to take charge it's literally a no brainer.

Anyway I hope he finds work soon. A 17 year veteran I'm sure he'll land on his feet in no time though.

[RhinoGamer88]

17 years, he is wealthy and probably wants a family life. Japan works ya hard!

[Rocketisleague]

He is in california...not Japan. Hence the Liberal politics littered in their games

[Roarke]

Wow, 17 years in one game company is great achievement for him and for company also ..

[StarkR3ality]

Think people are over egging the pudding, someone leaving after 17 years.. they might just need a change, that's a hell of a long time to be under one roof.

On the flip side, I am worried about naughty dog, but mainly because of the fiasco with multiplayer which was seemingly forced on them and the fact they haven't released a game in a good few years, with no releases on the horizon seemingly, very unlike them.

[Crows90]

Only look at what has changed at naughty dog and you've got your answer.

[Binarycode]

Apparently nobody gave him an early Christmas gift he wanted. See we can all make shit up, it's fun. But don't take it too seriously.

I'm more interested in seeing some actual gameplay from these so called games ND has been working on. The fact i'm probably going to see anything ND has done and actually see a new GTA is more shocking.

[Agent75]

The Last of Us 3 will be another locked in game. It’ll never go open world.

[babadivad]

There won't be a Last of Us 3.

[babadivad]

Duces