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Why Naughty Dog Sold Crash Coprrights to Activision?

i want to know. crash was best seller games on ps1. gran turismo  is best seller . sold 10 mililion. and crash sold 8 mililion with each game. but they sold coprights to activision ? does anyknow why?  i dont think about money* beause crash give money them. jaxter didnt succesfull at money as crash. neither uncharted.

[sonicjamareiz]

what are trying say i cant understand?

[CountMario]

It's because Naughty Dog shared the rights to the character with Universal when they started out since they felt Universal was a great major company that could help give them the type of fame they aspired for. Crash was the first game developed between them in the deal.

After Crash Tag Team Racing, Naughty Dog felt that Universal wasn't doing enough to help them with the franchise and left. It was a hard decision, but Naughty Dog soon became a subsidiary under Sony and have been happy ever since. And so, they started out with Jak and Daxter for PS2.

The same predicament also happened with Insomniac Games and Spyro and they were also at Universal with Naughty Dog.

[CountMario]

However, it wasn't handed out to Activision at first though. After Naughty Dog left, Universal kept playing hop potato with the franchise across different development companies and finally landed in Activision's hands. So you could blame Universal, not Naughty Dog. They don't even have enough authority to get the series back.

[DeadKillersRevng]

I found this the other day, it's explained in part 1:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-25-the-rise-of-naughty-dog-part-1

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-28-the-rise-of-naughty-dog-part-2

This interview is a excerpt from a book by Morgan Ramsay

Technically they stopped developing more Crash games because of how Universal treated them while developing Crash Warped.

From Jason Rubin(Founder of Naughty Dog):

"So, we announced that we were not renewing our contract and we were leaving the lot after Crash 3. At that point, Universal Interactive's management lost their minds."

"We were forced to develop Crash 3 in the hallways of their offices. Although they still had a contract to give us office space, they decided to make our lives as miserable as possible."

"If Universal had been more humane and reasonable, it is possible that Naughty Dog would still be making Crash products today."

"Naughty Dog would have liked continuing with Crash beyond Crash Team Racing, but the relationship with Universal was untenable."

I recommend any Naughty Dog fan to read the whole excerpt from the interview or if possible buy the book where are other interviews with other developers.

[Thirty3Three]

Did they sell their rights to Activision? The psx games were developed and created by Naughty Dog, however, even then, Activision owned the publishing rights, even back then

[ShotofCyanide]

I wonder...I think most people would agree that the crash series post-Naughty Dog is a "ok" selling series. With the half the people buying it only for the name and the other half selling to little kids. Its by no means an impressive title (though it could be). I wonder if its plausible, with how well Naughty Dog has done for itself, that they could buy back the franchise from Activison? Or Sony themselves buy back Crash and kick it over to Naughty Dog.

[martinsjacket]

you know i dont care if crash is going to be in it its Ratchet and Clank who needs to be in this game its the best seller on the ps2 and the ps3 so Ratchet and Clank need to be in it

[harley2947]

It's not the best seller on PS3

[BreadAndToast]

It isn't even the best seller on PS2, GTA is