I don't know this to be the case.

Metroid Prime 4 doesn't appear to have been easily or cheaply made, relied on lots* of outsourcing and is gorgeous but could definitely be elevated with the help of a team like BP.

We don't know the story with how easily Nintendo is navigating modern AAA affair because they haven't announced anything there besides Pokemon Wind/Wave and that game is missings its expected 2026 schedule, it also isn't as far along as it could be graphically (Looks good but still playing catch up)

Meanwhile monolith is always being pulled to work on other Nintendo open world titles, having additional help seems logical and can free up resources for them to focus on their own titles (Xenoblade, new IP etc). We don't really hear of Naughty Dog helping Insominac every time they have a new game but that seems to happen a lot with Monolith. Especially as we enter a new graphical benchmark with S2, I imagine the demand on resources and new technical knowledge is even greater.

Metal Gear Solid 3 is a much worse remake than either of Bluepoints games both artistically and technically. I also have no idea how cheap it was. BP seemingly remade Demon Souls in 2 years which is crazy given it's graphical fidelity and decent scope.

Nintendo doesn't have teams familiar with modern day graphical fidelity so they will be playing catch up with their more ambitious IPs.

delete.

That's the major issue.

It's great Sony lets their studios work on what they want if it sounds good enough, but how can you buy a studio and don't have any actual plans to deal with it? What was the reason you even got them? Make them do that if they are failing to do something on their own.

How can closing down a studio you just bought and didn't release one game be the best option? It's your money, your decision to buy them, it's ridiculous Sony doesn't have enough vision about such a purchase to even try something else.