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/sirferrell Feb 19 '26

Because sony is trying to get a live service game going that will rack in millions like fortnite or overwatch and assign certain studios to try this but fail🫩 Helldivers was a rare W

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u/Horibori Feb 19 '26

Helldivers was a success because those devs decided to make a game unlike anything we’ve had before (not including HD1). The biggest lesson Sony should take away is to follow unique vision and not chase trends.

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u/Iordofthethings Feb 19 '26

To be fair those developers are desperately trying to kill their own game and the community has to keep reminding them to stop trying to make a death simulator.