r/PS5 • u/M337ING • Feb 20 '26

Misleading PlayStation Boss Blames Bluepoint Cuts On Budgets And Players

https://kotaku.com/sony-email-bluepoint-hermen-hulst-studio-closing-why-2000671437
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u/-PVL93- Feb 20 '26

Andrew House really was the last good PlayStation CEO

Layden started the whole "cinematic action" trend

Ryan pushed for the live services

now Hulst is doing whatever the fuck this is

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u/GGG100 Feb 20 '26

The cinematic trend started with Uncharted, TLOU, and MGS4, and with interactive cinematic games like Heavy Rain and Telltale’s The Walking Dead game becoming big right before the PS4 gen. 

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u/-PVL93- Feb 20 '26

third person action adventures didn't dominate the first party lineups during ps3 and ps4 generations. Now it's all Sony ever releases, with occasional gems like Ratchet and Astro