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Full interview: Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/13/in...nt-evan-wells/

Jak and Daxter, that's a game that really put Naughty Dog on the map. You guys have kind of grown up in, I think, multiple ways, right? In terms of studio size. In terms of the genre you're working in. Maybe even your audience. And Jak and Daxter has gone off to do its own thing. Do you guys feel any ownership of that property anymore? Do you feel any desire to return to it? Or is it, sort of, in the past for Naughty Dog and you guys have your sights set elsewhere?

Yeah, it's hard to say. It's hard to admit that would be in our past, because we definitely still have a real soft spot in the heart for the franchise. And I, in my fantasy, would love to be able to have the resources to be able to tackle that project. But, right now, Uncharted is sort of the focus of the studio for DLC. Maybe we could go to Jak and Daxter as the next project. Maybe we stick with Uncharted [laughs]. Maybe we come up with a new IP. It's tricky to be able to tackle all of those at once. Right?

We don't have the resources. So, we're gonna have to choose our battles. I'm not sure whether Jak and Daxter will win that battle. Like you were saying, though, with trying to find a partner to work with us on the PSP version of Uncharted, I think it would be a shame if there weren't a Jak and Daxter for the PS3 generation. So, if we can't find a partner for one of those, then maybe we're going to have to find a budget ourselves. [laughs]