We actually had a glimpse of what the multiplayer was like from the leaks back in 2020. In 2019, Naughty Dog decided to make the singleplayer and multiplayer separate because the scope of both grew immense. Imagine working on the multiplayer that is at a scale of a full-fledged 'AAA' game for 5+ years and you even had a playable build 3 years ago. And then, you found out you need permission from another studio and that studio said "It's trash".
As of why Sony is now second-guessing Naughty Dog... well, the accolades were all an illusion. There were some gaming sites like TheGamer that shilled TLOU2 even 2-3 years later.
Basically, yeah.
We actually had a glimpse of what the multiplayer was like from the leaks back in 2020. In 2019, Naughty Dog decided to make the singleplayer and multiplayer separate because the scope of both grew immense. Imagine working on the multiplayer that is at a scale of a full-fledged 'AAA' game for 5+ years and you even had a playable build 3 years ago. And then, you found out you need permission from another studio and that studio said "It's trash".
As of why Sony is now second-guessing Naughty Dog... well, the accolades were all an illusion. There were some gaming sites like TheGamer that shilled TLOU2 even 2-3 years later.