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Re: Opinion: Sony's Disgraceful Bluepoint Closure Should Concern Every PS Studios Fan

BamBamBaklava89

As a lifelong PlayStation gamer and fan, this is upsetting for numerous reasons. Besides the fact they’ve closed another talented team. They wasted them for half a decade on game they were never a good fit to make in the first place. It’s upsetting because it’s another signal that Sony is unwilling or uninterested in further investing in the types of games that have made me such a fan of theirs in the first place.

I’m not dumb. I understand the need for them to diversify their output to different genres, and the need to reach different types of gamers. I for one, welcome games like 4Loop, Marathon, Marvels Tokon, and even Concord being made in house. Even if some of them don’t interest me at all, I’m glad they’re still at least taking a swing. But at the cost of games like Days Gone, Concrete Genie, Until Dawn, Demons Souls, Detroit Become Human, etc.? Absolutely not.

As a platform holder they are the ones who should be in the position to take risks. They are the ones in position to take chances, and experiment with new ideas, and new IP. Instead they’ve become completely stagnant and sterile. It’s beyond disappointing that we’ve pretty much only seen re-releases and sequels this generation. And while those sequels have been great, and things like Son’s of Sparta are welcome, it’s not enough in my opinion. I’ve said it here before, and I’ll say it again. Thank goodness for third party studios.

Re: The Internet Has Not Been Kind to Horizon Hunters Gathering

BamBamBaklava89

In my opinion games like this and Concord would have been received far better if they weren’t coming at the cost of new single player IP. If we were getting or had gotten new games from first and third party studios like we did last generation I think things would be so much different in regards of Sony doing games like this along side their single player stuff. But Bluepoint, Naughty Dog, Bend, Quantic Dream, Media Molecule, etc, have all been completely absent for a long time, and all we’ve really gotten for single player games is sequels. Yeah they’ve been excellent sequels but they’re not new IP.