As part of their usual custom, Naughty Dog thanked a bunch of development studies in the Uncharted 2 ending credits, most of which are Sony's First Party developer. The odd in that list was a thanks to Bungie and Infinity Ward which puzzled many gamer being that Bungie works exclusively with Sony's rival Microsoft and as we all know IW are the people behind the CoD games. In a live chat session, Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann explained why they choose to thank them.  
 

I don't see why there needs to be company beefs with one another, everyone just wants to make good games.

Good, they are not assholes. I respect them.

"I don't see why there needs to be company beefs with one another, everyone just wants to make good games. "

Infinity Ward's Memo: "Yo dudes, make them enemies easier to kill. 2 or 3 bullets max."

you gotta love naughty dog. 

Fanboys take note, you can play for the other team but you don't have to hate each other.

Obligatory why can't we be friends?

Great lil feelgood story. Love it. It needs to be closed out by Tinkerbell flying in front of it and waving her wand.

This proves Naughty Dog is a very respectable developer that doesn't fight with other developers and publishers but instead they get idea's and help to make a great games, They Earn respect for that. 

Unlike gamers, who treat everything like an "Us vs Them" scenario, game developers all get along. Probably because they are grown ups who have lives.

this definitely earns Naughty Dog some respect in my book.  If only fanboys could learn something from this.  To bad thats never gonna happen :(

" Great lil feelgood story. Love it. It needs to be closed out by Tinkerbell flying in front of it and waving her wand. "

" Infinity Ward's Memo: "Yo dudes, make them enemies easier to kill. 2 or 3 bullets max." "

" Unlike gamers, who treat everything like an "Us vs Them" scenario, game developers all get along. Probably because they are grown ups who have lives. "

That adds a ton more respect I already had for Naughty Dog, good to see a company that isn't full of greed and hate.

Does anybody have a link to some fanboy yelling "Traitor"?

Good. Developers shouldn't be concerned about the politics of the video game market, that's for the bloodsucker publishing firms to worry about.

Nice to see that development companies for two competing consoles actually get along with each other.

" I don't see why there needs to be company beefs with one another, everyone just wants to make good games. "

I love it how some of the biggest developers are willing to work together even if it is only in a small way.

They need to thank eidos and epic since they practically stole the cover system and platforming, it's like tomb raider and gears of war.

Alright guys: 
 
Infinity Ward, Retro Studios, Naughty Dog and Bungie all working on a game, what would it be?

" Alright guys:  Infinity Ward, Retro Studios, Naughty Dog and Bungie all working on a game, what would it be? "

" They need to thank eidos and epic since they practically stole the cover system and platforming, it's like tomb raider and gears of war. "

" @Br3adfan said:

"I don't see why there needs to be company beefs with one another, everyone just wants to make good games. "

Yep, i want all game companies to hold hands, because its about the games man "

I'd like to know who they got the magic powder from that allowed them to make the best looking game of all time on PS3.  Absolutely stunning.

Bungie's gone out of their way at times to praise other developers, haven't they? 
 
I can remember specific times they even saluted Infinity Ward, god forbid. 

" @TintedEyes: Yeah, however killswitch was a gen before gears of war. They also stole from resident evil 4 according to cliffy b, that's two genres from last gen. Uncharted practically stole gears comb
 
@HitmanAgent47:
o of resident evil 4 and killswitch gameplay this gen and that's different. "
 
 
 

Could you possibly be more arbitrary in your reasoning? Because Gears "stole" from last gen titles its now the "originator" of those ideas? 
 
If you're gonna troll, troll harder man. This kind of reasoning, and I use the word very loosely, is pretty pathetic and stinks of "bitter tears".

It doesn't change the fact naughty dog stole everything and tried to refine it. I mean online they practically stole the call of duty online components and how you level up and stuff. They stole the cover system and they stole alot of platforming from tomb raider. I would say it's almost an exact duplicate now that uncharted 2, you can blind fire like gears of war. Honestly the game should be called uninspired 2.
 
My point is even if they didn't share technology with these developers, they should be thanked for borrowing ideas from those games and replicating it exactly yet refined.

Bungie has indeed thanked and praised other developers, including Infinity Ward. Naughty Dog, I'm not too sure. 
 
But this move, is really nice. I mean, it gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. 
 
Doesn't change how I feel about Infinity Ward though. The games they make are good but something about their attitude pisses me off. If they could be more like Bungie, or hell, now Naughty Dog, maybe...

A nice feel good story. It's nice when developers talk about their inspirations directaly instead of just ripping off ideas and not giving credit. That always comes off as rude to me.

" It doesn't change the fact naughty dog stole everything and tried to refine it. I mean online they practically stole the call of duty online components and how you level up and stuff. They stole the cover system and they stole alot of platforming from tomb raider. I would say it's almost an exact duplicate now that uncharted 2, you can blind fire like gears of war. Honestly the game should be called uninspired 2.  My point is even if they didn't share technology with these developers, they should be thanked for borrowing ideas from those games and replicating it exactly yet refined. "

" It doesn't change the fact naughty dog stole everything and tried to refine it. I mean online they practically stole the call of duty online components and how you level up and stuff. They stole the cover system and they stole alot of platforming from tomb raider. I would say it's almost an exact duplicate now that uncharted 2, you can blind fire like gears of war. Honestly the game should be called uninspired 2.  My point is even if they didn't share technology with these developers, they should be thanked for borrowing ideas from those games and replicating it exactly yet refined. "

" @HitmanAgent47:  Honestly, shut the fuck up.  And well done to Bungie and IW for sharing their technology and ideas, and thank you to Naughty Dog for being such an honourable company and thanking those partly responsible for their game. "

Call Of Halo 8 : Modern Mirrors Wake.

I find this to be a despicable turn of events.  By publicly "thanking"  inferior game developers, Naughty Dog has admitted that they couldn't have made the game on their own.  And, by acknowledging Bungie they are saying that Micro$ucks is better than Sony.  I find it insulting that they should turn their backs on Sony, which has done nothing but love them.  How long before we see Nathan Drake's adventures dumbed down to run on the 3-fix-me?  Well, I want Naughty Dog to know that I will no longer buy any of their products because of their disgraceful actions against Sony.  I will not play their games, watch their videos or finish writing my erotic fan-fiction starring Elena, Chloe and a tub of Cool Whip.  Don't you know that everything M$ touches turns to shit and now it's shitty touch has shit all over Uncharted.  I just can't enjoy the game knowing that other developers were involved in its making.  I feel violated and I'm sure Sony feels the same way.  You're a cheating whore, Naughty Dog, and my online petition will soon prove the masses agree.  I'll close by saying XBUX SUXXORZ!! Sony fur life!!! 

" @TintedEyes: Yeah, however killswitch was a gen before gears of war. They also stole from resident evil 4 according to cliffy b, that's two genres from last gen. Uncharted practically stole gears combo of resident evil 4 and killswitch gameplay this gen and that's different. "

What's the big deal here?