Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games

[IkePoR]

Kyuu said:

IkePoR said:

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.  

I'd be irritated that my projects failed. But Demon's Souls has got nothing to do with it lol.

Sony released several games that sold and reviewed well on PS5 before getting ported to PC later. Yotei may be a continuation to this.

The original Demon's Souls takes credit for inspiring a genre. Not the Bluepoint Remake.

Astro Bot is not a tech demo. Is this more of your trolling or are you conflating 2024's GOTY with Astro's Playroom?

The most significant games on the PS5 so far are 3rd party heavy hitters, and titles like Spider-Man, God of War, Gran Turismo, and Horizon. Demon's Soul Remake is tiny compared to these. Sony doesn't care that you have access to their games on PC as long as you give them your money. Playstation is a bigger business than ever and you're out here acting like the brand just died, and that PC support is being forced against their will.

They closed Bluepoint because they surmised that the studio doesn't have the talent to make great new games, and that the only remake left that is capable of selling 5 million+ would be for a game that FromSoftware and Miyazaki don't want anyone to touch.

The clowns at Sony should've never purchased Bluepoint in the first place. Their whole acquisition game post Insomniac has been an utter embarrassment.

I can just grant most of what youre saying but a lot of it is bad faith.  Playstation is bigger than ever but not more profitable.  Sony not caring is one way to look at it.  The reality is they need PC because of declining profit margins, but I digress.

The remake is likely just as important as the original as I'd wager and win that more people heard about and played the remake than the original.  And yeah, legacy IP doing better than a Souls game isn't impressive - sales were never in question.  

I'm referring to legacy here.  Are you really going to tell a layman "get a PS5 for Astrobot its like Mario" or "get a PS5 for Demons Souls its like Elden Ring"? PS5 is in a lot of hands and games are selling well, dont get me wrong, but it's legacy is no better than the Seres S/X.  Outside hardcore Sony fans most people I talk to can't name or care about PS5 exclusives.