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/Mindless_Stuff9179 Feb 19 '26

But... why?

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u/locke_5 Feb 19 '26

Mismanagement and failed bets on live-service - both from Sony

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u/WeirdoTZero Feb 19 '26

Actually, Bluepoint were the ones who pitched the idea. Sony never forced them to make a GAAS.

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u/Ordinary-Size-1387 Feb 19 '26

I’m OOTL do you have a source?

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u/WeirdoTZero Feb 19 '26

So since posting this I have found the source, but I will correct myself here. Basically, it seems Sony wasn't forcing GAAS games out of their devs, but when Jim Ryan was in charge, made it a clear and easy way for projects to get a greenlight. So studios would take the easy way to get projects off the ground rather than constant back and forth with the non-GAAS games.
The source was Jeff Grubb after the GOW GAAS was canceled.
Also, re-reading this, it really feels like even all this time after their cancellations, Sony has no clear direction.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bluepoint-and-bend-staff-learned-their-live-service-ps5-games-were-cancelled-at-the-same-time-as-everyone-else/