A reader is frustrated that there hasn't been a new Uncharted game in over a decade, but suggests the lack of a second movie could work in fans' favour.
The reader believes Sony executives probably hate Naughty Dog, as the developer has made some of their most acclaimed and popular games but is slow to produce sequels. Sony wants them to churn out sequels, but Naughty Dog has not produced a new game all generation. The Last Of Us Part 3 is not ready until the PlayStation 6, and they wasted time on The Last Of Us Online and The Last Of Us Part 1 remake. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet doesn't even have a release year.
Uncharted's Uncertain Future
Sony has let all their franchises fade away, including Uncharted, which they straight up said they weren't going to do anymore. There have been rumours that the team that did Days Gone were going to make a new Uncharted at one point, but they turned it down, and other vague rumours have never materialised. Sony has never said or promised anything, and it's almost like they want people to forget the series.
The Uncharted movie in 2022 was a reasonable hit, definitely profitable, and Sony seemed interested in doing more. It wasn't very good, but that's not the reason we haven't seen another one. Instead, it's presumably the fact that Tom Holland didn't seem to enjoy doing it, and only the application of large amounts of money was going to change his mind.
Tom Holland's Rising Stardom
That probably would've worked if they'd done it quickly, but now that he's been in the two biggest movies of the year, there's no way he's going to do another Uncharted. The money's small fry to him now, and he didn't like the role anyway, so he's not coming back unless he desperately needs the money – which after this year he's never going to.
If Sony can't count on the movie to keep the name alive, then that makes a new game much more important. They could recast, but that rarely seems to happen with these sort of movies nowadays, and they'd figure that everyone is going to miss him if he's not in a new one.
A New Game on the Horizon?
No movie and no game means that Uncharted is in danger of no longer being a 'valuable IP', which is like the worst thing that can ever happen to a company nowadays. The reader is willing to bet that because Tom Holland is now out of reach, and it doesn't make sense to recast, Sony is already working on a new Uncharted game. It won't be at Naughty Dog, but it could be quite far along.
The only question is whether it'll come out on PlayStation 5 or if they'll hold it back for the PlayStation 6. The first step is the official announcement, and the reader is hoping that could even happen this year. Uncharted 4 is over 10 years old now, and we are long overdue a new game.
