Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games

[Qwark]

PotentHerbs said:

Qwark said:

To be fair Blue Point actually did something useful unlike ND. When you see a hole in a boat hou fix it you don't sink the ship. Playstation will have to try very hard to find a place in the market when consoles are 1k due to chips, ram and memory basically being two times as expensive.

What did Bluepoint do that was more useful than Naughty Dog?

Don't forget that TLOU Part I Remake was not only a modern introduction for PC players, who likely wouldn't have bothered with the PS4 remaster if it got a PC release, but also for the millions of new casual fans who wanted to try the game out after the HBO series. Naughty Dog can also get a new IP off the ground compared to Bluepoint that took years to even get a pitch ready.

BP made demon Souls remake and worked on GOW Ragna, the latter being one of Sony's most successful games. A full fledged ND team with external hires is also around 10 times the size of BP team.

So far ND, a studio that costs 100's of millions a year just to keep open has not delivered a new game for over 6 years, aside from a remake. That new IP is also not really close to releasing, if Sony didn't delay the PS6, there new game wouldn't even come out as a PS5 exclusive bit as a crossgen.