Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games

[IkePoR]

Kyuu said:

IkePoR said:

Sony went all in on the western whale audience, orienting their games, service models and even moving their headquarters to the west.

Perhaps it irritated Sony that their flagship device's only significant exclusive is a launch day remake of a Japanese action RPG.

Bluepoint was a constant reminder of their own failures.

This kind of nonsense gives me a headache...

Why would they be "irritated" over choices of their own making (porting most stuff to PC)? And Demon's Souls Remake isn't more significant than Astro Bot or Ghost of Yotei.

While my post is trolling more or less, I do think there's some merrit to it.

Wouldn't you be irritated that the money making plans you drew up all failed but the identity you're distancing yourself from is seen as the triumph of the current generation?

Yotei released last year.  Late last year.  I'm sure its impressive but 5 years after launch? Better late than never I suppose. I won't even get into the negative PR the game's lead actress drew to the title.

Are we really claiming a tech demo platformer is more significant than a game that inspired a genre?  There was even speculation that Sony intentionally overshadowed it with Concord by releasing it a week earlier.