Days Gone Director Pitched an Open-World Resistance After Sequel Was Rejected - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 April 2022 / 2,826 Views
Days Gone game director Jeff Ross this week say that when he left developer Bend Studio the action-adventure game has sold over eight million units in a year and a half, He also said it has sold over a million units on Steam.
Ross speaking on David Jaffe’s live stream and transcribed by VideoGamesChronicle said he pitched an open-world Resistance game to PlayStation once it was clear they had no interest in a sequel to Days Gone.
"The pitch I was making was, open-world Resistance would be fucking rad," he said. "There were all of these open-world loops that we figured out... it almost wrote itself with Resistance.
"There were so many aspects of that property that lent itself to open-world gameplay. But they weren’t interested in that either. I don’t know how well it sold. They were interested in almost anything other than Days Gone 2."
It was confirmed in June 2021 that Bend Studio was working on a new open-world IP.
New IP is incredibly important to us. New IP is the lifeblood of gaming," said the head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst at the time. "But, new IP is just one aspect of our strategy. Ultimately, I want PlayStation Studios to be fiercely daring, to take risks.
"I want us to continue to embrace the legacy of PlayStation, pushing the boundaries of gaming, keep making games that matter. Games that, probably, wouldn’t have been made anywhere else.
"And you know, Bend Studio is working on a very exciting new IP that they’re very, very passionate about. They’re building on the deep open-world systems that they developed with Days Gone. So I’m really happy for Bend Studio."
Days Gone released for the PlayStation 4 on April 26, 2019 and for PC on May 18, 2021.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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He was making professional presentation to make the game and he said "it would be f***ing rad" That's not the best sales pitch.
Haha that was my first thought when I read that!
Guess that can explain why he was let go =p
yeah he should never had used rad in the sentence?
"They were interested in almost anything other than Days Gone 2."
Honestly, I totally get this. I really think Higher ups were just not interested in the story/characters/world of Days Gone and I can't blame them... you can take the same gameplay and put it in another universe with even more of a distinct spin.
I'm very happy they're working on a new IP
I love the Resistance games so much and i would love a Resistance 4 to complete the story and give it closure.
Yes fcking please bring back THE RESISTANCE!
REMASTER KILLZONE AND RESIS TRILOGY TO PS5 PLS HAHA
Dang. The Resistance universe is much more interesting than Days Gone.
Should add that the sales data is just guesswork that he have no way to confirm.
For the sequel to Resistance I don't need it and don't want even more open world empty games.
It was also clarified that the sales are just estimates based on the trophy count not actual official data.
RRR AAA DDD much better than AAA
