God damnit sony, what are you doing? Who thinks its a good idea to take a company that makes fantastic single player remakes and tells them to build a live service? Surely an exec should also be...
God damnit sony, what are you doing? Who thinks its a good idea to take a company that makes fantastic single player remakes and tells them to build a live service? Surely an exec should also be fired at the same time for such an obviously bad decision?
Who knows, maybe it was Bluepoint? It was reported that they wanted to work on an original title and not a remake after Demon Souls. Maybe the live action GoW game was the only independent project...
Who knows, maybe it was Bluepoint? It was reported that they wanted to work on an original title and not a remake after Demon Souls. Maybe the live action GoW game was the only independent project they could take on.
Surely an exec
Maybe they were? Generally no one really cares enough about middle management changes to have leaks about them.
Sure, they made the pitch but it is very clear from Sony's trajectory in the past couple of years that they handed down a publishing edict where they would mostly be interested in live service...
Sure, they made the pitch but it is very clear from Sony's trajectory in the past couple of years that they handed down a publishing edict where they would mostly be interested in live service games. A studio that hasnt yet proven themselves with their own IP is going to be in a precarious situation trying to pitch one without some hyped money making scheme behind it.
As for the firings, they seem localized to the studio.
Ah, yet another company falling victim to the live service game landmine. I'm a bit surprised that there's only 70 people who work for the company, though. Even if they are mostly making remakes,...
Ah, yet another company falling victim to the live service game landmine.
I'm a bit surprised that there's only 70 people who work for the company, though. Even if they are mostly making remakes, it still takes a lot of work from a lot of specialists to make the quality work they do.
That’s a shame. Selfishly, this makes me lose any hope for an official Bloodborne remake/remaster/port. The PC emulation is shockingly good, but I was definitely ready to throw my money at a legit...
That’s a shame. Selfishly, this makes me lose any hope for an official Bloodborne remake/remaster/port. The PC emulation is shockingly good, but I was definitely ready to throw my money at a legit version of it.
I did the silent equivalent of audibly gasping when I read the title. I'm not the kind of guy to do that. The Demon's Souls remake was such a boon to western fans, especially when Sony never felt...
I did the silent equivalent of audibly gasping when I read the title. I'm not the kind of guy to do that. The Demon's Souls remake was such a boon to western fans, especially when Sony never felt strongly about supporting the original game's release even in Japan. It's doubly disappointing to lose a west-facing studio like Bluepoint.
Not too long ago Square Enix reaffirmed their commitment to emphasizing live service games. For them, that meant making sure a lot of games with micro-transactions (mtx) and mobile games are in their portfolio. I assume Sony wants to pad the portfolio this way as well, but I don't know how they're going to succeed in executing this when so many other companies have struggled to release the major hits that get anywhere close to the ones that people point to as influential high-revenue games (Fortnite, GTA, Genshin Impact, and Wuthering Waves). But who knows, maybe all these live service games will be focused on the Chinese consumer market *rolls eyes*.
I hope that this resurgence of SaaS flickers out of existence quickly. Please don't support mtx, gacha mechanics, gambling, and skins stores. Please tell your friends that they can enjoy the free game but don't pay for extra content and reward this behavior.
Although they definitely went through a phase where they were chasing that GAAS money by churning out trashy gacha games, I feel like Square Enix has turned the ship back around towards single...
Although they definitely went through a phase where they were chasing that GAAS money by churning out trashy gacha games, I feel like Square Enix has turned the ship back around towards single player in recent years. There's still FF14 of course, but their recent and upcoming lineup is dominated by stuff like the Dragon Quest remakes / DQ12, FF7R3, Octopath Traveler 0 (salvaged from the wreck of one of the above gacha games), Elliot and even niche games like Paranormasight 2.
I don't think shutting down Bluepoint is a good move, but judging by the lineup in their recent direct (the Horizon live service game notwithstanding), Sony might be in the middle of trying something similar .
God damnit sony, what are you doing? Who thinks its a good idea to take a company that makes fantastic single player remakes and tells them to build a live service? Surely an exec should also be fired at the same time for such an obviously bad decision?
Who knows, maybe it was Bluepoint? It was reported that they wanted to work on an original title and not a remake after Demon Souls. Maybe the live action GoW game was the only independent project they could take on.
Maybe they were? Generally no one really cares enough about middle management changes to have leaks about them.
Sure, they made the pitch but it is very clear from Sony's trajectory in the past couple of years that they handed down a publishing edict where they would mostly be interested in live service games. A studio that hasnt yet proven themselves with their own IP is going to be in a precarious situation trying to pitch one without some hyped money making scheme behind it.
As for the firings, they seem localized to the studio.
Ah, yet another company falling victim to the live service game landmine.
I'm a bit surprised that there's only 70 people who work for the company, though. Even if they are mostly making remakes, it still takes a lot of work from a lot of specialists to make the quality work they do.
That’s a shame. Selfishly, this makes me lose any hope for an official Bloodborne remake/remaster/port. The PC emulation is shockingly good, but I was definitely ready to throw my money at a legit version of it.
It obviously got too far along and Sony had to shut it down by any means necessary.
I’m reading between the lines, and yes, I do want to plan an Ocean’s 11-style heist with you to steal the Bloodborne remaster beta.
I did the silent equivalent of audibly gasping when I read the title. I'm not the kind of guy to do that. The Demon's Souls remake was such a boon to western fans, especially when Sony never felt strongly about supporting the original game's release even in Japan. It's doubly disappointing to lose a west-facing studio like Bluepoint.
Not too long ago Square Enix reaffirmed their commitment to emphasizing live service games. For them, that meant making sure a lot of games with micro-transactions (mtx) and mobile games are in their portfolio. I assume Sony wants to pad the portfolio this way as well, but I don't know how they're going to succeed in executing this when so many other companies have struggled to release the major hits that get anywhere close to the ones that people point to as influential high-revenue games (Fortnite, GTA, Genshin Impact, and Wuthering Waves). But who knows, maybe all these live service games will be focused on the Chinese consumer market *rolls eyes*.
I hope that this resurgence of SaaS flickers out of existence quickly. Please don't support mtx, gacha mechanics, gambling, and skins stores. Please tell your friends that they can enjoy the free game but don't pay for extra content and reward this behavior.
Although they definitely went through a phase where they were chasing that GAAS money by churning out trashy gacha games, I feel like Square Enix has turned the ship back around towards single player in recent years. There's still FF14 of course, but their recent and upcoming lineup is dominated by stuff like the Dragon Quest remakes / DQ12, FF7R3, Octopath Traveler 0 (salvaged from the wreck of one of the above gacha games), Elliot and even niche games like Paranormasight 2.
I don't think shutting down Bluepoint is a good move, but judging by the lineup in their recent direct (the Horizon live service game notwithstanding), Sony might be in the middle of trying something similar .