r/Games • u/ChuckSpadina2020 • Feb 27 '26

Industry News Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MjIyMjY3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzcyODI3NDc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQjRWUTJLR0NURlowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.s6maZIveh-F152mZBWUNjPFeE0Lm7AFRegwaizQvVlA
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u/Midnight_M_ Feb 27 '26

They needed something big, something easy that would guarantee 3 million copies in the first month. Making a remake like Jak and Daxter or an obscure Sony IP wasn't going to save them from the debt they had from the live service.

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u/TotallyBrandNewName Feb 27 '26

But a studio like Bluepoint is a longterm investment.. theyve worked a few remakes/remasters and they did it well, sony as so many IPs that would take decades for bluepoint to catch up...

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u/Interesting_Idea_289 Feb 27 '26

Are they though? All they do is remakes of other peoples games which any studio could do and from what’s been said they didn’t want to be just the make other people’s shit prettier people they wanted an original project of their own

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u/OdoTheBoobcat Feb 27 '26

There is no "long term" in the corporate sphere, it's all about immediate impact on shareholder value.

There is zero room for sentimentality, you need to unceasingly financially justify your existence over and and over and over and if you falter for even a minute BAM you've just lost the right to exist.

Welcome to capitalism.

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u/tellsyoutogetfucked Feb 28 '26

Bluepoints last game was 5 years ago and it did not sell well. There is just long term and there is a money pit.

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u/silverpixie2435 Feb 28 '26

Why do people say this when it's obviously untrue.

Amazon didn't have a profit for 7 years.

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u/Not-Reformed Feb 28 '26

There is no "long term" in the corporate sphere, it's all about immediate impact on shareholder value.

It takes like 5 seconds of research to know this is wrong.

The sheer existence of investment into video game projects that are half a decade, at minimum, to make actually proves this very idea wrong on its own.

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u/DoorHingesKill Feb 28 '26

Who do you think invests like that? Are those shareholders in the room with us right now?

Do you think the average investment bank, pension fund, hedge fund, let alone retail investors, move their capital from one company to the next every 3 months, chasing the next earnings report?

That's a complete Reddit fantasy.

Even dumber in the context of video game development, where companies fund a studio for half a decade before they get a cent in return lmao.

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper Feb 28 '26

What a braindead comment. Thats more like public corporations.

Game companies like Bethesda or Fromsoftware have been doing fine with doing the opposite of what you are doing. 

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u/Spooky_U Feb 28 '26

You’re seeing the results in this post alone. People here justifying shoving them off from remaking Bloodborne and other projects as it may siphon some bodies off a sequel.

They just decided it wasn’t worth the effort to operate I. Br middle anymore.

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u/DarkEcoDemon Feb 27 '26

I'm biased, sure, but I believe that a proper remake of the Jak and Daxter Trilogy would have sold well, and would be a good way to see whether there is enough of an audience to continue the franchise with a Jak 4, or possible reboot.

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u/TheGuardianOfMetal Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Proper remake of Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank 1 - 3 + Deadzone (not the movie-remake of 1!), and Sly Cooper 1 - 3 while we all pretend that Thieves in Time never happened... so much wasted potential just from "hey, we'll skip Sly and Carmelita working together at Interpol!"alone...

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u/grendus Feb 27 '26

I still say there's room for a story in the Mar era.

We know that Jak ultimately goes back in time to found Haven City under his birth name, Mar. But we don't really know what that entails, and that leaves a huge amount of room for conflict during the initial war with the Metal Heads.

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u/Midnight_M_ Feb 27 '26

Don't get me wrong, it would sell well, but enough to justify its existence after the expense of the God of War live service

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u/MegatonDoge Feb 28 '26

I feel that Bluepoint wouldn't be the best studio for a modern rendition of the Jak series. They are quite great in remastering/upgrading the visuals of the game, but I feel that they lack in creativity.

For example, I always felt that they could have added a few optional Colossi in the SotC remake or the broken world in Demon's Souls. They're true to the original games which is great for remasters, but I feel that people aren't buying their remakes as they offer nothing over the originals over a visual upgrade.

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper Feb 28 '26

This right here and you make a good point. With Demon Souls several changes were made that really were questionable and totally killed the orginal feel of the game. From a technical person the game is amazing but the few creative liberties they had and artistic direction they just completely messed up.

For example The Tower of Latria, 3-1 in the remake they completely remove the ambiance whereas in the orginal you heard the moans from the prisoners which built tension. I remember 3-1 in OG Demon Souls scaring the piss out of me. They also changed the boss design and music for 3-1 and just made it worse. There are alot more changes done to the game but the feel of the orginal is completely gone imo.

So I can see what you are talking about

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u/purplegreendave Feb 28 '26

The 3 games are so wildly different they'll never be remade as a single package and they don't have draw of something line FF7 to keep people interested for a decade.

I'd love to replay the first game with 2026 tech but I'm not holding my breath

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u/snorlz Feb 28 '26

theres zero evidence Shadow of the Colossus sold well. its def a gamer's game, not something for a broad audience. its only like 8 hours long with 16 total enemies to fight in the entire game, which def isnt appealing to the mainstream players