Naughty Dog says bringing its games to PC is a ‘pivotal and transformative’ moment
Naughty Dog has described bringing its games to PC as a “pivotal” and “transformative” moment for the Sony-owned studio.
Having debuted on PS5 earlier this year, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection—which bundles remasters of Uncharted 4 and its expansion The Lost Legacy—is released for PC today via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
It’s the latest in a growing line of former PlayStation exclusives Sony has released for PC – and Naughty Dog’s first, with The Last of Us Part 1 set to follow in due course.
Naughty Dog vice president Christian Gyrling discussed the significance of the studio’s first PC release in a PlayStation Blog post published on Wednesday.
“The release of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on PC is an important one for Naughty Dog, as it lets us celebrate our past and introduce a new, meaningful audience to the world of Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer,” he wrote.
“But it also represents a pivotal moment for us, a chance to look ahead and expand the way we develop games, all while ensuring the level of quality our audience expects.”
In his blog, Gyrling said on two occasions that PS5 remains Naughty Dog’s “primary platform”, but that releasing its games for PC will enable it to reach a much wider audience and to grow as a developer.
Naughty Dog partnered with port specialist Iron Galaxy to bring Legacy of Thieves Collection to PC and help it deliver a range of platform exclusive quality-of-life enhancements, graphical features, control and customisation options that it wasn’t previously accustomed to.
“Learning all of this through our partnership with Iron Galaxy Studios only helps to bolster Naughty Dog’s understanding of PC development, and allow us to deliver the quality you expect in our future
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