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[Markio128]

I guess they aren't working on the GOW remakes then.

 

[Det]

Oh, go fuck yourself Hermen, made that piece of crap Concord and wasn't fired.

Blue Point made Demon's Souls; all they had to do was make a Bloodborne remake and it would have paid for the studio's operations.

 

[nial]

Why the fuck did you even acquire them?
Fuck Sony, wish employees the best.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Fire this motherfucker already holy shit

 

[TRL88]

What the heck is going on at Sony? Hulst should be fired asap, that man has no taste and makes absolutely terrible decisions. This is becoming the worst PlayStation gen for me.

 

[SNG32]

Guess we never are going to see a demon souls remake port now.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

But I thought Sony was making a ton of money from selling PS5s and that layoffs were only a result of Xbox not shifting enough consoles?

Two things can be true at once.

 

[OverHeat]

Hulst is worse than Spencer.

It's true all of it

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

WTF is happening in Austin Texas??? First Facebook shoots Armature in the head now Sony does the same with Bluepoint.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Well they had a cancelled live-service game and I'm guessing they are less and less needed for "ports" since more modern non-PS3 era codebases don't require some specialists.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Dr Bass]

Shut down the studio that is still responsible for the best looking game on the platform so far. A launch title. And an amazing launch title all around (yes it's a remake of a classic of course).

I was really looking forward to hearing what their next game was going to be. I definitely think this is a really bad move unless the studio was just in utter chaos. But then whose fault would that be ...

 

[Jadsey]

Oh fuck right off

 

[bighugeguns]

I swear, Sony's biggest fans are too fucking perpetually locked into console war bullshit to provide them with meaningful feedback. This kind of bullshit is the result.

 

[Astray]

Might be one of the most retarded calls anyone's ever made.

Also boils my blood when execs start talking up achievements in a closure email. Have some humility you pricks!

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Sony acquire them not long ago? Makes no sense at all if their purpose was to make ports

5 years ago.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[FMX]

What part of financial issues don't you guys understand? Sony is having some troubles. Playstation is carrying the Sony Corporation right now.

 

[Kadve]

Roughly 70 employees will be impacted by the Bluepoint closure. Bluepoint was working on a God of War live-service game until it was canceled early last year. The studio then spent the last year pitching and trying to determine what it would do next.

Just... Why was this their project?

 

[havoc00]

 

[Hudo]

What. The. Fuck. Are they retarded?

Have been for at least a decade now.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Hulst is worse than Spencer.

.... Yet

 

[IntentionalPun]

Honestly the way he made this statement is worse than simply shutting down 1 studio.

At the same time, we're operating in an increasingly challenging industry environment. Rising development costs, slowed industry growth, changing player behavior, and broader economic headwinds are making it harder to build games sustainably

Not good. Kind of 2 faced too as he was praising the success of some games and then, to paraphrase, said "making games isn't sustainable."

 

[Gonzito]

Sony is fucking STUPID

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Just... Why was this their project?

GAAS

Edit: Now we wait and see if they shut down ND.

 

[Hero_Select]

Just... Why was this their project?

Who the hell wants a live service God of War game

 

[Germuso]

I am not goung to buy their shitty gaas.

Fuck off

 

[Senua]

This is genuinely baffling

 

[Arachnid]

RIP to my hopes and dreams for Bloodborne remake

This sucks.

 

[corgiix3]

what a highly regarded studio. Makes zero sense

 

[Dr Bass]

I swear, Sony's biggest fans are too fucking perpetually locked into console war bullshit to provide them with meaningful feedback. This kind of bullshit is the result.

You're blaming this on Sony customers?

 

[Msamy]

Hopefully those fucken fanboys who support that cunt hirman hulst enjoy it right now with gaas cartonish titles that he turns sony first party studios to make then shut down them

 

[MALpractice311]

Well, no fucking shit. You sent them on an obviously ill-advised multi-million dollar pursuit of yet another live service game and it turned out poorly. Shocking.

When is PlayStation leadership going to finally get the axe and send the HQ back to Japan?

 

[The_hunter]

What the fuck

They made concord and horizon gas slop and they shut down a goat studio like bluepoint?

 

[Gitaroo]

They refused to pitch in Bloodborne remake or Sony don't see it as something of value?

 

[Kacho]

GAAS

 

[corgiix3]

I hope horizon multiplayer flops harder than even concord. This Hulst guy is actually brainrotted

 

[Mr Moose]

By the way,

You're blaming this on Sony customers?

He's an Xbox fanboy trying to cope any way he can.

 

[bighugeguns]

By the way,

You're blaming this on Sony customers?

What else would you blame this on?

 

[swaffles23]

That sucks. i figured they would be the ones doing the work on the God of War remakes

 

[chromatic9]

What in the living fuck?

 

[jm89]

Straight dumb shit.

Sent to the grave because of some execs hard on for GAAS.

 

[mdkirby]

What. The. Fuck. Are they retarded?

Yes, the answer is yes. They bought them as they did a bang up job of demons souls…everyone assumed or hoped they'd been put on a remake or sequel to bloodborne…but nope, they immediately fumbled them as like almost all their studios they pivoted them multiplayer GAAS…for years. Then cancelled it….like most their Gaas initiative. Hence why we have barely any first party games this entire gen.

Honestly it's probably a good thing, devs would have joined bluepoint to make games they love, then been lumped with Gaas for years. As we've read repeatedly when this happens it can be like being sold a lie, and I wouldn't be surprised if those most passionate about making single player games quit in the interim.

I'm quite content seeing all these studios fail, as it's from their ashes we often see unique and interesting titles when their talent fractures into various indies.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

So... The so called original game they were working on... Is canceled?

Something is not adding up. It comes across as a sacrifice in order to save other studio

 

[Rentahamster]

It seems like Sony execs forced them to try to make a game they didn't want to make, then when it wasn't going well, shut them down. Sony should let their talented devs make the kinds of games that they want to make, and not live service shit.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Fucking idiots. Kinda makes me mad for real. Glad I switched back to PC last year. Fuck Sony.

 

[GudOlRub]

Lmao, so we're not even getting a Bloodborne remake as a PS6 launch exclusive?
What the fuck is going on with these publishers

 

[Skifi28]

Sony is having their Tango Gameworks moment.

 

[LordCBH]

MOTHER FUCKER WHAT?

WHY?

What was the POINT of buying them, doing fuck all with them, and then closing them?

I swear what retarded idiot made the decisions regarding anything Bluepoint.

 

[Fermbiz]

What the actual fuck??!?!?!?!!!?

 

[Gonzito]

Sony is destroying its reputation in record time.

I honestly can't believe this is happening seriously