Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games

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zero129 said:

curl-6 said:

I actually don't think Sony releasing their games on PC hurts them in any significant way; in the near term, gaming PCs are near unaffordable due to the chip crunch, and if the console audience wanted a PC, they'd already be on PC. Playstation doesn't really rely on their first party titles to drive hardware in the same way as say Nintendo does.

Shutting down Bluepoint is more of a hit to them I'd say, as they could have supplemented their first party output with remakes of older stuff that a lot of the PS5 audience hasn't played.

Valve and MS planing on releasing consoles that can play PC games including Sony ones might hurt them?. This is the only reason i can think of them back stepping for now. But only for now as i said before this is how things are going to play out. The future is not the box but the stores your buying from on that box.

I doubt either the Steam Machine or the next Xbox will pose any real threat to Sony, both will most likely be niche products, same as how the Steam Deck and other PC handhelds pose no threat to Nintendo.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 05 March 2026