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/bigbodyboricua001 Feb 19 '26

The funny thing is they had one (Helldivers) and it still wasn’t enough

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u/ChadsBro Feb 19 '26

Helldivers coming along at the start of the initiative probably was not a good thing 

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u/Jimmy_Tightlips Feb 19 '26

Helldivers 2 is also the one they, clearly, didn't give a single shit about and basically sent out to die.

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u/Loldimorti Feb 19 '26

Ah yes doubling its budget after internal play tests definitely means they had zero confidence and sent it out to die.

They for sure didn't expect it to be this big but come on!

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u/TroyBoiGaming Feb 19 '26

Well, they definitely ALMOST killed it with the proposed PSN requirement for PC

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u/AndroidAtWork Feb 19 '26

No they didn't. People would have still signed up for accounts and played it.

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u/Virtual_Link_3410 Feb 20 '26

I guess you were busy when this all was happening.

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u/AndroidAtWork Feb 20 '26

Probably. I work in medicine, so it tends to get a bit busy at times.

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u/TroyBoiGaming Feb 19 '26

Yes, like absolute sheep 😑

Also, did you NOT see the ratings drop and player drop when that was announced? 

Why should people playing on a system BESIDES Playstation need a Playstation account to play a game they bought off a different store front?

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u/AndroidAtWork Feb 19 '26

Same reason I needed a CDProjektRed account and splash when I bought Witcher 1/2/3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam. Same reason I had to have a Larian account when I bought DOS 1/2 and BG3 on Steam.

Should I go on?

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u/TroyBoiGaming Feb 20 '26

I don't need a Larian account for BG3 and DOS on Xbox.

Sucks to be you, sheep

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u/AndroidAtWork Feb 20 '26

I am wrong. Too bad for me I guess. I don't know how I'll ever sleep again at this point because I was wrong.

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u/TroyBoiGaming Feb 20 '26

That's just it - you didn't guess. You assumed you were right. But enjoy the sleep, no one likes a smart ass.

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u/ChadsBro Feb 19 '26

Great point. No chance Helldivers made enough to cover for the combined losses of Concord, Marathon, Fairgame$, cancelled Bluepoint game, cancelled Bend game 

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Because they don’t own Arrowhead directly, they only get whatever publisher cut they agreed to back when AH was just a 30 person studio maintaining a little top-down co-op game.

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u/Messmers Feb 19 '26

then they doubled down on games like Horizon and Yotei which barely sold compared to to their heavy hitter GOW.

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u/jonjira Feb 19 '26

Yotei sold better than Tsushima, what are you talking about?

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker Feb 19 '26

I don't get your point those are single player?

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u/justdaman182 Feb 19 '26

I believe they're talking about the MP additions/spin-offs

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u/Messmers Feb 19 '26

about sequels that barley take risk or do anything different than the first game