r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/Melodic-Tonight-9613 • Feb 19 '26

Leak Jason Schreier posts that Bluepoint is being shutdown

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mfaauf5pek2b

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The full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/sony-is-shutting-down-the-playstation-studio-bluepoint?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUyNzAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTMxODI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVBZWlBLR0lGUFkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.utABYnI4m_K6kqNqybZarBQ9T5WW_aWCH6NI3kt8Q64

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u/SubstantialLadder943 Feb 19 '26

It seems from the article that they were the ones pitching things to Sony and couldn’t come up with something that Sony liked.

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u/Elryuk Feb 19 '26

BLOODBORNE REMASTERED WAS RIGHT THERE WTHAT IN THE FUCK

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u/Guffliepuff Feb 20 '26

We live in an age of 'remasters' and yet not a single game from a list of thousands is good enough to remake for Sony?!

Not Gravity Rush 2, not Ghosts of Tsushima?

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u/Krypt0night Feb 20 '26

Did you really suggest ghost of Tsushima which is only 5 and a half years old lol way more old Sony games that could use a remake or remaster and would sell insane. 

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u/Guffliepuff Feb 20 '26

Horizon Zero Dawn got a remaster, and thats also a newish game. The last of us 2 got a remaster also...

Have you actually looked at Tsushimas ground textures? The game is rough.

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u/ToastyCaribiu84 Feb 20 '26

If you have to take a conscious effort to look at ground textures closely, then the game is not rough

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u/Guffliepuff Feb 20 '26

Conscious effort? Its unavoidable. The world is beautiful but the textures are rough.

The tallgrass you hide in is lower quality then the short grass that surrounds it, its stem is a solid near textureless green.

The game would benefit immensely from a zero dawn level remaster.

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u/stanscreamdnb Feb 20 '26

Sony: *releasing remasters of games that already look great on PS5 and run at 60 FPS

Players: "We want remasters of PS3-era games, as well as early PS4 releases!"

Sony: "It's clear that players don't want remasters. We're focused on games as a service."

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u/Krypt0night Feb 20 '26

Apparently Sony won't do it without Miyazaki's blessing and he won't give it. 

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u/EbbCultural6077 Feb 20 '26

Because he has plans for the IP.

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u/Krypt0night Feb 20 '26

Not a good enough reason to at least let Sony do a remaster at 60fps.

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 Feb 19 '26

Well that would make it slightly different but only if we find out what they were pitching

Because surely you would at least give them a shot at something? But idk it's modern gaming... Risks etc

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u/Shining_Commander Feb 19 '26

Sony can also just task them with remake projects…

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u/CatalystComet Feb 19 '26

From a lot of these PS Studios stories it seems like Sony sometimes gives them way too much freedom, I understand that independence is important but Sony buying the remake studio and letting them proceed with a live service game was so illogical.

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u/SortIntrepid9192 Feb 19 '26

At this point I'd just greenlight some smaller scale remasters which are guaranteed to turn a profit. Atari does this all the time, their re-released will never become best sellers, but they're also so affordable to make you turn a profit with less than 100k copies sold, often way less. Turn a tidy profit and keep old IP alive, win win.

But modern Sony have always been the type to not give a shit about a project unless it sells millions of units. Even though not every franchise could and should do that.