A few weeks ago on Podcast Beyond, we covered the madness that is The Last Guardian. Its delay, its hemorrhaging staff, and the loss of figurehead Fumito Ueda. As we went through the timeline, the question became: what's wrong going on in Japan?
The Last Guardian isn't the only Japanese PS3 exclusive to stumble. Gran Turismo 5 also suffered from delays and took years to make, but it was a comment from He Only Does Everything Colin Moriarty that really set the stage for the differences in Sony's culture worldwide. Team Ico released Shadow of the Colossus in 2005 and presumably got to work on The Last Guardian. Naughty Dog released Jak X: Combat Racing in 2005 and presumably got to work on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. In the same six-year span, Naughty Dog released three Uncharted games and Team Ico released nothing.
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So what does it all mean? We've had our say on the show, but we want you to have yours in the comments below. Why has The Last Guardian taken so long to come out, and do you care? In that same breath, will Naughty Dog's new game The Last of Us -- which was just announced last month -- beat The Last Guardian to store shelves? Let us know in the poll below.
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