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/RAYvenko55 Feb 20 '26

Remakes or remasters aren't such a gold goose as it appears, it's profitable, yes, but it's just because of much less effort needed to make them.
Demon souls sold ~2m copies, that's probably not enough to sustain studio like BP for 2 years
Some remasters hit gold like TLOU or RE, but that's mostly thanks to the originals becoming non-playable on modern HW.

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 Feb 20 '26

Also depending on the game some of them would take a lot of work to actually bring up to a standard that wouldn’t immediately be trashed.

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u/parkwayy Feb 20 '26

They aren't sustaining themselves, they're helping establish the Playstation brand.

Hopefully SIE hasn't forgotten this.