Sony Bend now at 130 people with 250 working on Days Gone total

Loudninja · May 18, 2018

From the GI feature they have 130 people in the studio not including third party support and other support which brings it to 250.

-13 people work on Syphon Filter 1
-50 people work on Uncharted:Golden Abyss
-Both Syphon Filter games only took a year to make

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...g-the-ambitious-development-of-days-gone.aspx

Alex840 · May 18, 2018

They were 80 not too long ago. Staffing up pretty quick!

Thiago · May 18, 2018

I really hope they deliver with Days Gone.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss was a solid game.

Egida · May 18, 2018

This game so polished when it's out you can use it as a mirror.

Zok310 · May 18, 2018

Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Loudninja · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

v_iHuGi · May 18, 2018

Damn Sony is investing like crazy on Bend, they'll become a major studio soon enough.

Toriko · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Sony exclusives have been selling gangbusters this gen. Yeah that is not happening.

5taquitos · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Have you missed the absolute deluge of artcles and gameplay videos this month?

Zok310 · May 18, 2018

Toriko said:
Sony exclusives have been selling gangbusters this gen. Yeah that is not happening.

Not talking about sales, touching more on quality.
LG, NMS comes to mind.

Apathy · May 18, 2018

Wow support is almost half the people working on the game. I'm assuming stuff like art assets and whatnot

Elfstruck · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Not talking about sales, touching more on quality.
LG, NMS comes to mind.

NMS isnt Sony exclusive.

Y2Kev · May 18, 2018

That is a shame that most of them are not on syphon filter: logan's return.

Toriko · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Not talking about sales, touching more on quality.
LG, NMS comes to mind.

LG being one of the greatest and most unique AAA game this gen and NMS having nothing to do with a Sony studio is a Track record for them sending days gone out to die?

Like what?

NinjaScooter · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Marketing the game is literally why the article this thread is based on exists.

Blackleg-sanji1 · May 18, 2018

NinjaScooter said:
Marketing the game is literally why the article this thread is based on exists.

They're featured in one of the most popular gaming magazines a year out no less like what an odd thing to say

CRIMSON-XIII · May 18, 2018

I want them to do well with this game because they spent a long time on it.

I hope they reach certain success.

HStallion · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Not talking about sales, touching more on quality.
LG, NMS comes to mind.

TLG was fairly well recieved by critics and was on numerous best of the year lists and sold pretty well for the type of game it is.

NMS isn't an exclusive and it's still going strong with a big multiplayer expansion and launch on the X1 in the near future.

Take5GiantSteps · May 18, 2018

FWIW a friend of mine moved from the God of War team to work on Days Gone.

No, I don't know anything about anything (I'm serious) lol.

Edit: nevermind, I'm an idiot. He went to Sucker Punch, not Bend. Regardless, I bet SP is starting to ramp up too for Ghosts.

mrtl · May 18, 2018

Must have one heck of an infrastructure to support so many people working on the same project together.

dragonflys545 · May 18, 2018

It'll pay off. This game will probably sell well.

Kyuur · May 18, 2018

Thats a weird title. Reads like 250 (people from the studio) working on Days Gone, which is obviously impossible!

Brix · May 18, 2018

Awesome. Sony is doing awesome with their WWS. Keep the dope single player games coming Sony!

RellikSK · May 18, 2018

Honestly I am not expecting much from Days Gone in terms of reaching the quality of level of Horizon, GoW and Uncharted. But Sony does seem to have faith in the studio so as long as the game doesn't bomb comercially(it won't) I can't wait to see what Sony Bend does with the sequel.

HStallion · May 18, 2018

mrtl said:
Must have one heck of an infrastructure to support so many people working on the same project together.

They are on the small end of Sony's studios in terms of personal and even then that's nothing on some of the thousand member teams making Rockstar and Ubisoft's big game.

KrigareN- · May 18, 2018

What does third-party support even mean? Like fellow first party devs?

HeisenbergWW62 · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Have you missed all the info this month?

Besides there's still 9+ months to go before it's out. I'm sure marketing will be big once it's close as well

bombshell · May 18, 2018

Zok310 said:
Wish them all the best but they aught to get better at marketing the game, cause knowing Sony they will send this shit out to die if development becomes too much of a hassle.

Zok310 said:
Not talking about sales, touching more on quality.
LG, NMS comes to mind.

Not even this simple Days Gone man count thread was safe from the shit posts smh.

NinjaScooter · May 18, 2018

KrigareN- said:
What does third-party support even mean? Like fellow first party devs?

Sony has Studios (I believe like XDEV and Santa Monica) that collaborate and assist on other games.

Blackleg-sanji1 · May 18, 2018

bombshell said:
Not even this simple Days Gone man count thread was safe from the shit posts smh.

I actually don't think we've had a single days gone or dreams thread that doesn't result in the two things
Studio being closed
Games bombing

Callibretto · May 18, 2018

Even though I wished Bend is not making zombie games(since if it's a success, we'll be spending probably 5+years on zombies before they attempt a new ip), I've always like all their previous games. They're a good studio and the more info we got from Days Gone make me a bit more excited for it.

Razgriz-Specter · May 18, 2018

v_iHuGi said:
they'll become a major studio soon enough.

They used to be

after the weird co-op Syphon Filter on PS2 failed they were demoted to PSP and Vita till now.

I really wish they can put some of those people on a revival of Syphon Filter after Days Gone is out.
I need closure on that cliff-hanger!

Falchion · May 18, 2018

Phew that's a ton of staff.

Pennywise · May 18, 2018

KrigareN- said:
What does third-party support even mean? Like fellow first party devs?

Partially.
Mostly just outsourcing on some tasks with companies that specialize in certain things. Could be art, music, videos and just about everything.
The next time you'll finish a game and the credits are on, take a good luck and you should be suprised how many different companies are usually attached to a title.

famikon · May 18, 2018

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
I actually don't think we've had a single days gone or dreams thread that doesn't result in the two things
Studio being closed
Games bombing

in addition to "Horizon Zero Dawn will be a flop", "Crash was never good", "God of War is too safe and predictable", "Detroit is about domestic abuse", "ND, stop using extreme violence to sell your game" and "How many trailers does this game have, Kojima? Release some gameplay."

Braaier · May 18, 2018

Good. The more ppl with eyes on the less chance of jank

kennyamr · May 18, 2018

Sony is investing in them, good to know.
The game looks nice. I still have to get myself properly hyped for it but I'm def getting it on day 1.

JuanLatino · May 18, 2018

KrigareN- said:
What does third-party support even mean? Like fellow first party devs?

outsourcing from countries like China? iirc Horizon had around 100 Chinese Devs helping out with the game

1.21Gigawatts · May 18, 2018

Sony Santa Monica and Guerilla Games really worked their way up into the top tier of studios with their recent releases, joining Naughty Dog.
If Bend and Sucker Punch manage to deliver similarly, I think Shu deserves a big raise. Excellent 1st party management on Sonys part.

HeisenbergWW62 · May 18, 2018

Braaier said:
Good. The more ppl with eyes on the less chance of jank

It's almost like it's not coming out until next year

Braaier · May 18, 2018

HeisenbergWW62 said:
It's almost like it's not coming out until next year

Good. More time typically leads to less jank too.

Frag Waffles · May 18, 2018

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...g-the-ambitious-development-of-days-gone.aspx

-Creative director, technical director and game director have been with Bend since original syphon filter. Gameinformer suggests that is one of the longest running teams of the industry. Wow.

-They're quite open about their influences for Days Gone and are proud of it. Really puts into perspective how out of touch the "oh it looks like generic this or that" crowd is.

-Lots more at the video.

Noobie · May 18, 2018

Toriko said:
Sony exclusives have been selling gangbusters this gen. Yeah that is not happening.

Order 1886 cry in the dark corner.

JuanLatino · May 18, 2018

Noobie said:
Order 1886 cry in the dark corner.

Gravity rush and Little big planet say hi aswell

Blackleg-sanji1 · May 18, 2018

Noobie said:
Order 1886 cry in the dark corner.

Even that sold alil much for something that was universal panned

BrickArts295 · May 18, 2018

That's pretty impressive for Golden Abyss. That game has, in my opinion, the best puzzles in the franchise right next to Lost Legacy.

Braaier · May 18, 2018

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Even that sold alil much for something that was universal panned

Did it? Sony never released numbers so it didn't do well

SinglePlayerFan · May 18, 2018

Braaier said:
Did it? Sony never released numbers so it didn't do well

I wonder if this is at all representative of actual sales performance but this lists the Order 1886 as one of the top PS4 games for what it's worth. Then again, God of War which is the fastest selling first party game on the platform only lists a fraction of the owners that the Order has so...

https://psnprofiles.com/games?order=owners&platform=ps4

Deleted member 17952 · May 18, 2018

Braaier said:
Did it? Sony never released numbers so it didn't do well

Lol, says the guy insisting that Sea of Thieves is doing well despite Microsoft not releasing any numbers.

Craymond · May 18, 2018

Egida said:
This game so polished when it's out you can use it as a mirror.

Hahaha bravo

Sony Bend now at 130 people with 250 working on Days Gone total

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