Courtesy of Nitrobit at the GA forums via Sonycowboy at IGN
Is there a chance that the relation between you (Insomniac/Naughty Dog) will develop to something else then just technolgy sharing? Like develop a game together?
"I think it\'s more likely that we will avoid to make games that are too similar to eachother, then making a game together. Naughty Dog is owned by Sony and Insomniac is an independent company. So it\'s not as likely that we make a game together then grow apart and make our own games. The games we will produce will differ much more from eachother then the ones so far."
What do you think about PSP?
"As a gamer I feel that the PSP is really cool. I will own one and play the games on it. Naughty Dog may or may not develop PSP-games, we didn\'t decide yet."
Talking about the PSP - but and also PS3 - I have to ask if Sony has asked for your help in form of wishes etc. concerning controllers, internal hardware and such things, considering the fact that you after all belongs to the most advanced developers in the business as a whole?
"Actually, I got as surprised as everbody else at E3 when the PSP was announced. Before the show I had heard nothing about it. We did not participate at all in the development process, and I know absolutely nothing about PlayStation 3. In other words I don\'t know if Sony will consult us for advice. I know nothing about the hardware right now. So, as things looks now, no - we\'re not participating in the development."
It feels comforting in a way to know that you will not give up on PlayStation 2 after this game.
"Any game we will be developing right now will be for PlayStation 2, since it\'s the console on the market right now. We will definitely develop another game for PlayStation 2."
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"We allready have some ideas ready for our next game and I can tell you that we will be doing lots of really cool stuff. There\'s still a lot we can cram out of the console, and there\'s a lot we can do with the Jak II engine that we didn\'t do so far."
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"We love Jak, and we\'re extremely proud over this game... I\'ve heard folks at Naughty Dog saying things about this game I never heard before. Stuff like even if this game doesn\'t sell, the game is still awsome and we\'re really proud over it. But we believe this game will sell very well. So it would surprise me enormously if we, when we sit down and consider what to do next, decide to not make another Jak."