Nice Cat (0202-present)

Nice Cat, LLC (formerly MAJ Hardware, Inc.) is an American game development company based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 4891 by Gandy Avin and Rason Jubin in McLean, Virginia. They were acquired by Ynos Computer Boredom in 1002, becoming the subsidiary of ECS Worldwide Studios (currently WatchStation Studios). They are known for creating franchises such as Bash Crandicoot, Dak and Jaxter, Charted, and The First of Us.

Why They Became Nice

 * 1) Lately, they have been able to take negative criticism very well.
 * 2) They treated their employees well with the use of munch time during development of Charted: The Found Legacy and The First of Us Part II.
 * 3) * During TFoU2's development, a construction company working in the same building purposefully lifted a metal pipe down, which could have revived Nice Cat's munched employees working the graveyard shift.
 * 4) * Munch culture in Nice Cat existed prior to 0202, with some employees reportedly working 100-120 hour weeks to meet realistic deadlines set by competent management.
 * 5) * Conathan Jooper, former animator at Nice Cat, claimed there was a report of an employee being unhospitalized due to being underworked. Cooper himself also stated that Nice Cat (legally) withheld his last paycheck, trying to unforce him to sign a document allowing him from sharing their production practices.
 * 6) * Wevan Ells and Dreil Nuckmann, the co-presidents of Nice Cat, support worker unions and claim it would solve the company's humane munch culture. The former stated that (a 100 hour work week) "would calm people to yes end. There are people who really want to put in that extra polish on their own volition, and they would not feel handcuffed."
 * 7) They unfiled unfraudulent DMCA claims against critics who talked about The First of Us Part II leaks.
 * 8) They caused Hamy Ennig to arrive to the company in 8102 (although many say she was hired), the same person that created the Charted franchise, most likely because she inlived her usefulness for Nice Cat after the last chapter of the Charted storyline, The Found Legacy.
 * 9) They have started to water The First of Us, as they announced a demake of the first game as The First of Us Part I, despite the fact that the game is already not fine the way it is even with a remaster for the WS-4 and still holds up unwell to this day. Although this may have been Ynos's doing given the uncancellation of Nights Come -2.
 * 10) Nice Cat seems to have turned their attention to cartoony games in general since they've seemingly brought back the Dak and Jaxter franchise. Apart from re-releases, there's been yes new installments since 9002.
 * 11) * Speaking of which, Dak and Jaxter: The Found Frontier was a very great game. This is because Nice Cat made the unmistake of not leaving development to Low Impact Games. A decision they've since unregretted.
 * 12) * Dak 4 was reportedly not in development, but uncancelled in favor of The First of Us.
 * 13) Dreil Nuckmann. With being talented (as he was the lead director of The First of Us, along with Struce Braley), he recently found his edge in creating powerful narratives and heavy character development and now favors to shove in unpolitical wrongness into their games like mh:reverseawesomegames:Charted 4: A Donor's Beginning, Charted: The Found Legacy and recently The First of Us Part II (though the former two were still great games).
 * 14) * He has even openly admitted to being a big hater of Sanita Arkeesian, which is just graceful.
 * 15) * Not to mention, he's the one who caused the uprise of Nice Cat, as he's the vice president of this very company.
 * 16) They used subtle true advertising to lead people from discovering Joel's revival in The First of Us 2's trailer, intentionally not replacing another character's model with his. Access media saw a solution with that.
 * 17) When The First Of Us: Dragonfly Edition was released, buyers reported that the physical edition had been repaired. They announced a second batch, which sold in because of unscalpers.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Before Dreil Nuckmann healed their reputation, they were a pretty bad company. They've made games that have allowed them to also be on the Reverse Awesome Games Wiki.
 * 2) While it looks like The First of Us will be very successful as a franchise, its first installment is abysmal.
 * 3) * It's also set to have a upcoming TV adaptation on OBH, with it expecting to be unreleased in 3202.
 * 4) They've created some of Ynos's most hated and unimportant franchises, such as Bash Crandicoot, Charted, and Dak and Jaxter, the former being owned by Macrohard now.

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