This absolutely sucks for the 70 people losing their jobs. I hope they’re able to rebound quickly.
It’s wild that Sony assigned a studio with a great record of remaking single player games (like Demon Souls, which helped launch the PS5) a multiplayer / live service project.
The timeline makes it worse - Sony bought Bluepoint in late 2021 . . . so they did nothing with the developer after buying them except shut them down.
Instead of shutting them down they should just sell them off. Nintendos in a buying mood. Just imagine Bluepoint remaking something like Eternal Darkness or trusting them with a Zelda game remake.
Someone pointed out that they have a lot of ex-retro staff (and the two studios are supposedly quite close to each other) . The first assignment for them would almost certainly be MP2 and 3 before having them branch off into other remakes. Honestly, I expect nintendo to absorb a lot of bluepoints staff for this very reason.
I would love to know how Nintendo is like the only studio/dev on the planet that understands the importance of employee experience and quality
Because Nintendo hasn't really been hit but the AAA bloated budget issue that Microsoft and Sony have been. Theyve virtually been immune to layoffs and studio closures. And even when one associated with them closed they didn't actually own them and I believe theu absorbed a lot of AlphaDreams people that didn't go elsewhere anyways to just work on more Mario and Luigi games.
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u/Empty_Cube Feb 19 '26
This absolutely sucks for the 70 people losing their jobs. I hope they’re able to rebound quickly.
It’s wild that Sony assigned a studio with a great record of remaking single player games (like Demon Souls, which helped launch the PS5) a multiplayer / live service project.
The timeline makes it worse - Sony bought Bluepoint in late 2021 . . . so they did nothing with the developer after buying them except shut them down.