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[Hawking Radiation]

Shutting them before media molecule is next level retarded. Hulst has to go man he's clueless

I'm absolutely livid and speaking for myself here but this gen I have 0 interest in acquiring a PS console.

Yep, Horizon Hunters Gathering? Yeah Herman Fuck OFF!! I hope its DOA so this cnut can be kicked out onto the street where he belongs.

 

[Same ol G]

So how many studio's has Sony bought and run into the ground by now?
As you can see there is no difference between Microsoft and Sony with this, they are both just as bad.

 

[Jam Dingo]

So they released nothing since being acquired?

No idea why Sony would buy a studio, stick them on something they have zero experience with then act all surprised and shut them down when it went tits up.

Obviously the fault lies with Sony but this should have been seen coming from a mile away.

I always think it's like they're just looking for an excuse to close some of these studios. Not that there's an overwhelming commercial imperative to do so, just a plausible case. Honestly, with Bluepoint, surely SURELY they could've just been put on a Bloodborne remaster if nothing they pitched was working out. I don't understand the downside there. Guaranteed hit, huge goodwill with the base, a trivial project for them - literally an extension of the Demon's Souls work.

It was the same with Evolution. It was like they were closed down as a punishment for the bad Driveclub launch rather more than anything else. The game was made, and building an audience. Just let them ride it out and update it for a couple of years. They'd have had their own Forza Horizon if they'd just persevered for a bit. But no, they had an excuse to shut them so they had to go.

Brainless.

 

[Physiognomonics]

I just saw that the Demon's Souls remake only sold 2 millions. This explains everything.

They sent the game to die at $70/€80 with almost never any deals. Compare this to the cheaper TLOU part 2 (50$ / 50€) that is constantly getting deals. Even Spiderman 2 is getting more deals that Demon's Souls around the year. From the start they wanted that game and the old Playstation strategy to fail.

They are doing the same with Astro-bot (very few deals), except this time they reduced the price by 10$/10€ compared to DS.

 

[StueyDuck]

I just have one plea to people...

Please buy Saros, we can't afford to lose HouseMarque....

Returnal is a 10 and im sure Saros will be too.

 

[panda-zebra]

When studios are shut down like this it's usually because their potential doesn't fit with business needs, but a lot of the best talent gets shuffled around onto other projects (sometimes stuff they were helping out on). Seen it happen in multiple UK studios, hope it happens here.

This team should never have been anywhere near chasing a GaaS unicorn, there would have been so many obvious properties to work with in far more sensible ways that unfortunately would never have had the potential to make anything other than ticking-over returns. Can't help thinking going all-in on pots of gold at the end of the rainbow looked a worthwhile bet from decision-makers and fucked it for everyone.

Post-Guerrilla Hulst has PS shitting the bed hard.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I just have one plea to people...

Please buy Saros, we can't afford to lose HouseMarque....

Returnal is a 10 and im sure Saros will be too.

A studio that already has released one PS5 game with another one about to be released will only close if it flops miserably tbh. Returnal wasn't a huge hit yet Sony supported this release.

 

[StueyDuck]

A studio that already has released one PS5 game with another one about to be released will only close if it flops miserably tbh. Returnal wasn't a huge hit yet Sony supported this release.

I mean, Bluepoint had Dark Souls remake, Shadow of the Colossus remake, Uncharted Collection and so on, and that was just for Sony recently. (plus they helped out on GOW and other titles within Sony)

They were a studio that brought in money that was mishandled.

I can see a world where Saros doesn't meet expectations and is on the chopping block; it's clear Sony either wants a Fortnite or will die trying.

I wouldn't hang your hat on the "studio is ok" hook just yet.

I think the majority of these studios are probably on the verge of being fucked, and it's most likely to keep fucking Bungie afloat... Worst acquisition in gaming.

 

[daclynk]

love how this generation is the exact opposite of the PS3 generation.

PS3: Worst hardware management / Best software-studios management
PS5: Best hardware management / Worst software-studios management.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

I am very angry upon hearing these news.

Hulst is a disaster. Depose him!

 

[RoadHazard]

This is absolutely fucked. An incredibly talented studio closed because of Hermen's dumbass GAAS push. He should have been fired long ago instead of these people.

 

[Coherenthy]

Such a dumbass move by Sony. They should just fire Hermen.

 

[RoadHazard]

I don't think many are considering this but how possible is it that Nixxes has ate BluePoint's lunch and took their spot?

Is it possible BP wanted to make their own stuff and Sony didn't want that?

Isn't Nixxes a porting studio? Completely different from BP.

 

[RoadHazard]

It is odd that BluePoint, who never actually made a game from scratch, is being given the 21 gun salute.

They made amazing remakes. Sometimes remakes can be a good thing.

 

[consoul]

 

[Windom Earle]

I just have one plea to people...

Please buy Saros, we can't afford to lose HouseMarque....

Returnal is a 10 and im sure Saros will be too.

Returnal looked amazing and had a good feel to it. But ultimately I did not enjoy the gameplay loop. So no, staying away from SARRos.

 

[Bernardougf]

I just have one plea to people...

Please buy Saros, we can't afford to lose HouseMarque....

Returnal is a 10 and im sure Saros will be too.

If it wasn't rogue like... cant stand this shit

 

[StueyDuck]

If it wasn't rogue like... cant stand this shit

Returnal looked amazing and had a good feel to it. But ultimately I did not enjoy the gameplay loop. So no, staying away from SARRos.

Booo the both of you... boo

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Waking up this morning, going about your day, then seeing this thread pop up and realising it wasn't some weird fever dream and Sony really has become this shit

What a timeline.

 

[Exede]

What the actual fuck Sony.... hope they can simply rebrand and work as freelancer. Imagine a Remake of a game like Metroid Prime from them

 

[Bernardougf]

It is odd that BluePoint, who never actually made a game from scratch, is being given the 21 gun salute.

If I buy a factory know to make prestige replicas of cars and them immediately tell them to make a brand new motorcycle project, when this project obviously fails I should just close the factory because they are obviously incompetent at their jobs. Afterall Im the brilliant business man.

Even your retarded corrupted gaas brain can see what happened here, you can celebrate, but pretty soon Marathon is out, best enjoy your victory lap now while you can.

 

[Bernardougf]

Booo the both of you... boo

Its a shame.. would love to see the studio doing a more linear project. Because they sure as hell are very competent even if I dont like the final product

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I've been saying ot here recently to the Ponies dismay. You may hate what's going on with the industry but it is nothing like it was and it's never coming back to the way you know it. Microsoft is one of the richest companies for a reason.. Sony is now following

Not needed… There is enough of you Ponies to make excuses.

As I said before… Microsoft just got a head start to what this industry is becoming.

I am a Xbox fan more than I am a PlayStation fan sir

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Good, now they cant fuck up Bloodborne. Rest in piss (i'm kidding, sorta).
Still pretty dumb since it was Sony who was forcing them to work on that GoW gaas that no one wanted. And now they just shut them down.
The MGS and GoW collections were great back in the day though.

 

[FingerBang]

Even if they were farting it's up to management to prevent things like that, so correct the course way before and fire the top brass. Devs just code what they are told to.

Yes, I'm not saying it's their fault. Just wondered what they were doing all these years to just be shut down like this. They didn't release anything since the acquisition.

Making a God Of War GaaS game no one really was looking forward to.
Then Concord happened, Sony started shutting down projects they didn't see making money, and here we are.

After the Demon's Souls remake they helped Santa Monica with Ragnarok. Unfortunately after that the retards at Sony decided that God of War GAAS was a good idea. Obviously it didn't work and was cancelled one year ago and now they killed the studio before they could even come up with what to do next.

GoW live service

I heard rumors of that but still though they were working on some cool single player shit at the same time. You know, the games they're good at. Can't fucking believe how much Sony messed up with that GAAS push.

 

[Peroroncino]

Next level retardation

 

[Simply Sami]

They didn't wanna make remakes, so what do you want Sony to do?

It begs the question, why did Sony buy them if they didn't wanna do that? Plus in this day and age, it's easier and cheaper to out-source remakes plus obviously with AI advancing, so is there a need for a studio that does remakes? As harsh as it sounds they were most likely coming towards a decade with no new game unless they magically released something in the next two years.

Not sure what the outcry is. Sony have killed better studios like Evoluton, Liverpool and Japan. Just a mind boggling decision to buy them and Bungie.

 

[zaga]

If Bluepoint is shutting down then for sure Bungie is shutting down. For sure.

 

[Shtof]

This thread reveals how out of touch Gaf is with reality.
This studio hasn't shipped an original game since 2006, and last release was 6 years ago?
I mean, at least Concord made it to release.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

I mean this is BS and all Sony's fault in the first place but people actually thought these guys could make a Sequel to Demon's Souls or Bloodborne?
A studio that has never made their OWN game? Oh give me a break, some of you are completely delusional.

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

They didn't wanna make remakes, so what do you want Sony to do?

I'm gonna kill myself if I have to work on a remake again!
-John Bluepoint

They said they wanted to make something original but if the choice was between another remake or getting shut down I'm sure they would've worked on remakes again.

 

[Superposition]

 

[mrMUR_96]

Playstation's worst generation by far and it's not even close. Management this whole generation is disgusting, closing talented studios and trying force through GAAS shite is appalling. My last playstation for sure, everything is on PC now anyways.

 

[mrMUR_96]

.... Yet

Xbox's recent and upcoming first party releases are far better than anything Sony has done recently or has upcoming. I've owned every sony console and this is by far the worst generation for their first party output.

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

The laid off people will start their own company, BluerPoint, then eventually Sony will hire them to remake Bloodborne, be very impressed and buy them again.

And ascend to become BluestPoint

 

[Simply Sami]

I'm gonna kill myself if I have to work on a remake again!
-John Bluepoint

They said they wanted to make something original but if the choice was between another remake or getting shut down I'm sure they would've worked on remakes again.

Landscape has changed though.

Like it or not, developers are experimenting with AI for their remasters and remakes - but can they ever be any good?

What if generative AI technology could not only assist with remake projects, but perform the whole process? One studio is experimenting with this new reality.

www.eurogamer.net

It's cheaper to out-source remakes to cheaper countries and obviously AI is going to help massively with that. The reality is that Sony don't really need a remake studio especially one in the States, and Bluepoint have no real experience of making their own game.

 

[Simply Sami]

This thread reveals how out of touch Gaf is with reality.
This studio hasn't shipped an original game since 2006, and last release was 6 years ago?
I mean, at least Concord made it to release.

Not even Druckmann would get away with not shipping a game for nearly a decade.

 

[down 2 orth]

... who are going to play Marathon

 

[leizzra]

We had F*** Konami moment. It's time for F*** Hulst, f*** Sony .

 

[Luipadre]

We need to boycott marathon as revenge.

 

[Cr1ptkeeper]

Remember this thread?

W

Thread 'What first party studios do you predict will be shut down in 2026?'

Dec 28, 2025

With a new year will come a new wave of layoffs as tech gets more into AI development. Which studios, specifically first party can you see getting axed next year? For me it's:
MS:
Compulsion
Double Fine
Ninja Theory

Sony:
Bend
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Nobody predicted Bluepoint.

 

[Kazdi]

The mismanagement of PS studios this gen is insane. If Bluepoint went for bloodborne remake right after demons souls it would have been out now and they would have huge mindshare.

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

This thread reveals how out of touch Gaf is with reality.
This studio hasn't shipped an original game since 2006, and last release was 6 years ago?
I mean, at least Concord made it to release.

Studio notorious for remakes doesn't ship original games

 

[Embearded]

This thread reveals how out of touch Gaf is with reality.
This studio hasn't shipped an original game since 2006, and last release was 6 years ago?
I mean, at least Concord made it to release.

That's on Sony though not Bluepoint.
They have proven they are able to release quality games.

They bought a studio known for making good remasters. Bluepoint made them a great remake and then they asked for something that is not only outside of their expertise, but also a high risk GaaS project with an IP known as single player cinematic.
Bluepoint has been missmanaged for the last 6 years by Sony.

 

[Embearded]

The mismanagement of PS studios this gen is insane. If Bluepoint went for bloodborne remake right after demons souls it would have been out now and they would have huge mindshare.

THANK YOU

@Hulst ^^^^ this you bloody idiot.

 

[IDKFA]

The mismanagement of PS studios this gen is insane. If Bluepoint went for bloodborne remake right after demons souls it would have been out now and they would have huge mindshare.

That would have been a great PS6 launch title.

But in between, Sony could have played to their strengths and have them remake another PlayStation IP.

Instead they were given the task of making a God of War live service game. A studio that is know for making remakes was given the job of turning a single player franchise into a live service game! What a brain dead decision.

The management of PlayStation studios has been awful this gen. If we're talking first party titles, this is easily the worst PlayStation generation.

 

[Loboxxx]

Why don't executives like this resign after so many failures and wasted money, but have no qualms about closing entire departments for following their guidelines?

 

[avenovah]

Looking back, it was definitely a red flag that Bluepoint Games appeared only under Partner Studios.

 

[Aretak]

This is absolutely fucked. An incredibly talented studio closed because of Hermen's dumbass GAAS push. He should have been fired long ago instead of these people.

I mean, he was essentially demoted last year when Hideaki Nishino was made sole CEO and President of SIE. All evidence suggests that Hulst is a moron, but he's not the CEO of Sony's gaming division. It's weird that people are assigning 100% of the blame to him and comparing him to Phil Spencer, when it's actually Nishino who's Phil's counterpart at Sony. Yet that name has only been mentioned in exactly three posts in this entire thread. Talk about flying under radar.

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

Why don't executives like this resign after so many failures and wasted money, but have no qualms about closing entire departments for following their guidelines?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money