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Sony Group Corp. is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the PlayStation subsidiary responsible for developing remakes of video games such as Demon’s Souls.
Roughly 70 employees will lose their jobs amid the studio closure, a PlayStation spokesperson said, writing in a statement that the decision was made “following a recent business review.” Bluepoint will officially shutter next month.
They’d been working on a God of War GaaS game that got shut down I think. Had been hoping they would be taking the lead on the remake of the original trilogy as their next project instead.
damn, loved their work on the Uncharted series remasters. That would have been great as I missed the earlier GoW entries.
Same. I figured they may have created some useful assets while working on the scrapped GaaS game that could have been transferred for use in the trilogy remake. Such a shame, Bluepoint did a phenomenal job with the Demon Souls remake. A transition to the GoW remake seemed like a perfect match for their talent.
The only reason Sony would've shut down Bluepoint is because it's not profitable. But the reason it's not profitable is because the studio has spent years working on a GaaS game that wasn't released - that's not its fault!
With a ready made accomplished team Sony could've had them work on anything, how short-sighted to dismantle them. This move is a bad move from the highest level of management and accountants and it's a worrying signal that behind the scenes PlayStation is being mismanaged.
DAMN... I say we stick it to Sony and all jump ship to Xbox.
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Yes, that was a joke. What isn't a joke is where will these guys go now? They are really talented at remaking games. So any publisher would be wise to scoop them up. Lord knows there are tons of quality games from years gone by that could use a bit of modern TLC and re-introduced to new generations of players.
Go f*** yourself Sony
Your stupid management are the ones who made them waste years on a God of War live service title only to cancel it.
This is insane, they’ve really screwed up here, what the actual f*** man.
Sony has been sabotaging themselves for the whole generation. their focus on live service has been an absolute disaster for everyone involved, the gamers, the studios, the investors. where are the solo games? what did Bluepoint do to deserve this? they done a brilliant job remastering and remaking games for sony and this is how sony treat them? after years wasted for a crap GOW live service nobody wanted.
man, fuck sony. they're so dumb it's incredible.
I've been hardcore PlayStation since the PS1 but man If Xbox was legitimately competitive and not just giving their games away I might consider switching hell Nintendos been more appealing than Sony lately at least they are putting games out
This live service push has killed so much of my hype for Sony this gen
"Sony has been sabotaging themselves for the whole generation. their focus on live service has been an absolute disaster for everyone involved"
This is it. This is why you stick to what you are good at. If a studio themselves have a genuine interest in live service, sure let them have at it, but to push it on to developers is exactly how not to handle a studio.
Like you said BluePoint didn't do anything to deserve this. It was Sony's mismanagement of forcing them to do something that isn't their strength that led to the closure. They have done nothing but great things till the live service push and would still be here had it not been for that.
How much money have they lost since this live service push? So much wasted time and money on cancelled games and failures as a result.
I think we can sadly say that we are witnessing the PlayStation fortress collapse before our eyes..
@Profchaos you sound dumb as Hell. What are you like 12? What do you mean by you might consider switching? For what reason can’t your grown ass buy whatever console you want? No one has forced you to be a loyalists to a single platform but yourself.
Grow up bro. All jokes aside.
This really sucks they couldve did Socom remaster or live service instead of milking gow to get shut down this sucks a good studio.
The rumored unannounced game from God of War developer Santa Monica Studio is allegedly planned for release in the year 2027.
Well if that is the case it looks like we are getting another announcement this year.
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