Naughty Dog was sold to Sony because the "stress of ballooning budgets was enormous" says co-founder

Naughty Dog co-founder Andrew Gavin has opened up about why the studio was acquired by Sony back in 2001.

The answer is simple: budgets were skyrocketing,” Gavin – who worked at Naughty Dog for almost 20 years before leaving in 2004 – said (via Gameranx).

“But back in 2000, we were still self-funding every project, and the stress of financing these ballooning budgets independently was enormous.