PlayStation needs to be attracted more than HBO

I really wanted to love the second season of HBO’s Another of us. For the largest part, I did – But it was also impossible to ignore the fans online, saying that the exhibitors Craig Mazin and Nile Drogman lost the thread in the second season. Some of this comes from the creative options that the couple has taken in adapting the first half of the PlayStation game Another of us, the second part To TV it is a story with A sprawling plot asks a lot of the player As it turned out, more than a negative audience. It does not fall in the second season of the Cliffhanger season and the upset of what will come in the third season, and (the spoiler alert) there are many questions from viewers about whether the exhibition can survive alive Joel Pedro Pascal loss. Game fans seem to be angry at the changes made by the TV program, while people who did not play the game do not distort the story as shown in the second season.

As such, I did not fully defense for the second season when a colleague told me, for example, that it is a problem that the show is now “mid.” Although there are many high “fans” who are concerned with actors and they seem to hate to show stories with gay characters, I admit that there are also legitimate problems with the second season. But despite this acceptance that makes its way to the end of my loved heart, I still shocked the news that Druckmann, the co -author of both the game and the show, He was leaving the project For the third season. Shortly after Druckmann’s announcement, he participated in the writer Another of us, the second part The second season of Haley Gross’s offer said that she will leave, which means that the most prominent of the two people who worked in the games have now been.

It is clear that this will affect the third season the A big question about the work leading to the third season, which is likely to arrive at one time in early 2027. The simultaneous departure for both Druckmann and Gross HBO decided that lukewarm reception to the second season means that there is a need for a change. In a statement that was lacking in all the passion showed by Druckmann for the presentation so far, he said that he transmitted his “full focus” to riotous dog games and future games, Incurred Between the galaxies: the Prophet of heretic.

Perhaps we will never know whether Druckmann has left on its own or whether it was forced to go out, but the part that loves Naughty Dog games is to find the consolation in this new focus even with HBO Another of us It is thrown into the disorders. Druckmann is likely to be more useful for Sony as a whole that works on new games to get rid of the TV industry.

This is in a large part of it because yesterday reminded us of the chaos of the game industry. In the largest news of today, a A series of widespread demobilization operations In microsoft Affected numerous Xbox StudiosThe latest news of the industry was frankly Debreated by instability in Last years.

With this background into consideration, the renewed Druckmann concentration on the naughty dog ​​is logical. The television industry does not suffer at least for the content content. The bidder Craig Mazin is already enjoying the plots he needs to cover in the third season of Another of usDruckmann’s inputs are likely to be missed than it could have been when the project started again in 2021. But PlayStation, on the other hand, needs a batch, and the presence of a creative leader like Druckmann helps in making Between galaxies Anything else has never reached his possession is something that the company can really use.

It is not a secret that PlayStation Studios at the first end continue to make exceptional games-but speed during the PS5 generation that slowly slowed. During the first few years of PS5 life, like most large exclusives God of war Rajinaruk and The horizon is forbidden to the West It came to both PS4 and PS5. This changed slowly, with titles like Astro Bot and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 It is built exclusively for PS5. But the rhythm of these versions slowed greatly. This year includes publications Death Stranding 2: On the beach (It is possible that the exclusive is at a time) and Yotei ghost But five years after this generation, he was undoubtedly a slow burning.

This trend is especially sharp for a rioter dog. After the release Uncharted 4: End of the thief In 2016, this quickly followed with independent expansion Uncharted: The Lost Legacy In 2017, Naughty Dog released an original game (1) since: Another of us, the second part. Otherwise, we got … Draw people That found Another of us By HBO offer.

Among his duties, as the head of the riotous studio in dogs and his television work, it is fair to wonder about the time Darkman spent actual games in recent years. It is also possible to spread now largely now, even without sharing the TV program-it is time for some new creative visions to take the initiative in the Naughty Dog due to the role of Druckmann as an executive president.

If it is really the director and the main writer for Between galaxies He also said in his statement, it is good news for the commercial PlayStation brand that he had returned to this full time. It is a little more than six months since then Between galaxies It was announced for the first time, so we have no real idea as the game is in its development course. But it seems that the game has been under development since 2020, and Naughty Dog said it had learned a lesson from the advertisement Another of us, the second part A long time before its launch. We hope to look at the release of 2026 or 2027 instead.

Meanwhile, the departure of Drogman from HBO’s Another of us It may be a bit of the canary in the coal mine of PlayStation more wider than Sony and re -focus on making games only. Games expert Just Van Derenin Written in 2023 The success of the first season is “the culmination of Sony’s gradual transfer until it becomes a media company.” This is something in which the company has spoken itself in the years since-the idea of ​​becoming the lowest platform, with privileges on PlayStation, on the movie screen and on the smaller TV screen in your home. Take the CES 2025 offer, for example; Sony spoke Multiple games modifications next to Another of us Like the privilege of the horizon and Ghost Tsuhima.

“Sony continues to sell devices on a large scale, its strategic focus turns towards high -sideline digital services and expansion of concession,” Van Dreionin, He wrote last month. “Like nicknames Another of us The television has successfully crossed, and Sony has invested extensively in the anime distribution (via Crunchyroll) and films adaptations for its IP science. PlayStation places less as an ecosystem for closed devices and more as a basis for a vertical integrated content engine. Instead of chasing the breadth of the distribution such as Microsoft, Sony doubles on the cultural depth, using the exclusive IP to build multi -format sharing rings. “

I don’t think the second season is less than the stars Another of us Sony will cause this strategy. (Sony is also larger than the ship that can not be completely away from this plan very quickly) Between galaxies It is a necessity. At this stage, HBO’s Another of us It will continue in the trader, with or without Druckmann – there were a lot of loud complaints, but many viewers and positive reviews remain. But Naughty Dog has the past due to another big game that pushes this type in a new direction. It’s the right time for Druckmann to return home.