Naughty Dog continued to develop two more "Crash Bandicoot" games, with a spin-off "Crash Team Racing" kart racing game. By then the studio was looking to develop games for Sony and not be constrained by Universal Interactive. Since Universal held the rights to the "Crash Bandicoot" series, Naughty Dog could not develop future games in its own right. The studio would be bought out by Sony in 2001 to avoid a repeat while it focused on developing the first game of the "Jak and Daxter" series. The "Jak and Daxter" games met similar success as the "Crash Bandicoot" games. During the development of "Jak 3" and "" games, Rubin and Gavin slowly transitioned Evan Wells and Stephen White to become co-presidents of Naughty Dog by the time the founders left the studio. White was replaced by Christophe Balestra after a year.