Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games

[BraLoD]

Sogreblute said:

BraLoD said:

Why can't Sony have a remake studio, even if only for a bit longer?

Bluepoint did end up pitching a Bloodborne remake and Sony greenlit, as per the same article you are mentioning, so Sony was okay with them being a remake studio for at the very least another game dev cycle, until when Bluepoint could find a promising original game idea to work on if that was the only plan Sony ever had for them (which would already be idiotic to begin with).

Even more when that studio was full of talent.

Sony has acquired Nixxes to mostly only port games, they have been doing it, there are still there, and they had basically the same ammount of employees Bluepoint had, both were acquire the same year even.

So why is that is okay with Sony, but Bluepoint was not? Nixxes is not producing anything original themselves either.

No matter how I look at it, even if Bluepoint was flumbing so bad to find a new game to work on, between Sony pointing them a viable project to at the very least make use ot their talent and give them more time to find better inspiration, and Sony closing down the studio, the better decision was so clear its not even comparable.

Funny enough this is kinda what Nintendo did with Retro Studios. They made Metroid Prime Remastered in early 2023 and released their new game nearly 3 years later. From 2015 - 2022 Retro didn't release anything except a Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze Switch port. Yet Nintendo still kept them open and running and it led to an excellent remaster and a good (not great) game. Though most the blame was on Nintendo for not listening to Retro about the hub area where it was too late in development to walk back.

I don't understand with all the money Playstation brings in why not keep Bluepoint open to support the God of War Remakes? Even though they're not the main developer their expertise in remakes/remasters would help a lot. I'm not worried about Nixxes since Sony isn't stopping PC ports for it's live service games, partnered games, or their own single player games.

When you have talent giving up on them when they are struggling being your firsr choice is always the worst decision.