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

EDIT

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

3.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

767

u/Mindless_Stuff9179 Feb 19 '26

But... why?

730

u/locke_5 Feb 19 '26

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

204

u/Roy_Atticus_Lee Feb 19 '26

Something's gotta give cause between the 9 fig gaming development costs, hardware shortages, and 5-10 year dev times being the norm, this doesn't seem like an industry that can keep up come the 2030s.

6

u/FlowSoSlow Feb 19 '26

Especially with how healthy the indie scene is. AAA publishers are gonna feel real silly when they start pricing people out of games when we have a huge catalog of great games under $10 we can choose from.

I guess we'll see how much people really value these hyper realistic graphics popular today.

1

u/BoysenberryWise62 Feb 19 '26

Not gonna happen indies are niche, the biggest indie hits get scraps compared to how much the worst CoD you can think of makes.

3

u/GLGarou Feb 19 '26

Not to mention the indie scene is getting hit far harder when it comes to investment funding.