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[RUMOR] Sony to acquire Bluepoint Games very soon
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Well it makes sense. They have a close relationship with Sony already.
Im not sure I even want them making new ips though. They're one of the best at what they do, and it would be worth Sony having a brilliant remake/remaster studio. I guess I'd they want to then let them, but it would be a shame for them to stop doing what they're best at.
Im not sure I even want them making new ips though. They're one of the best at what they do, and it would be worth Sony having a brilliant remake/remaster studio. I guess I'd they want to then let them, but it would be a shame for them to stop doing what they're best at.
If true, hope they'll keep some independence while getting to enjoy the security and backing of first party life. The brains behind them with business plan and trajectory will probably be in hot demand, going from nothing to acquisition in 15 years all while seeming rather stable is good going.
If they purchase them it allows Bluepoint some further security and would allow them to increase in size and scope, which would obviously benefit both parties. If they were to continue to contract there would always be a caution that any game could be their last that was funded by sony and they might have to downsize or go looking elsewhere for a publisher. Though I would be incredibly surprised if they didn't quickly find another publisher if that did occur.
Makes sense to me. They have a solid track record, already have a good working relationship, and their technology is top-tier.
FYI OP's username translates to Marzipan Ass and I lol'd
Sucks for people missing out on whatever original IP they might create, but it makes sense in that they've been working with Sony since Churchill wore knickers in school.
Sucks for people missing out on whatever original IP they might create, but it makes sense in that they've been working with Sony since Churchill wore knickers in school.
We'll hope for the best. BP really deserves it and are very talented. And the partnership with Sony is very good. The points you you mentioned in the OP are solid.
I will be stoked to see them work on their own IP.
And to be fair, that port was so good it was kept hidden to convince people to upgrade to xbox one.
I would say that it is possible for them to do both, Demon's Souls, excluding outsourcing(that will continue to happen regardless of acquisition), was done by 90 people! They would grow a lot with this.
A New I.P team and a remake team isn't impossible.
Demon's Souls is about to kill it, is what I take from this. A project so good and smooth, that Sony's finally buying the studio.
Gotcha. Not too bad. Ideally, I'd love for the PS3 remake to have been included as a bonus. I still own the PS3 remaster and have my original PS2 copy.Why some people being obtuse in comparing this situation with Zenimax acquisition🤦♂️
This would be more like if MS acquired Asobo, no one would complain because it is a small-ish studio and with a long relationship with the company.
Oh, yeah some people desliked the overall tone of the atmosphere but nothing too extreme I think(and the game has a filter similar to the PS2 game), I think the biggest complain and something almost unanimous was Wander's face.
The goal would be to keep that going, instead of having competitors swoop in to acquire the talent and cut off one of PS's best assets.
If the source is on the development team, I'd be nervous. Acquisitions, especially if one party is a public company, usually have a ton of intra-company secrecy for legal reasons, and usually kept to the management team. This could be an intra-company rumor that has gotten to your ears but a lot of those don't always pan out. Now if your source is on the executive management team, you can feel more better about this rumor.
Now that said, Bluepoint does have a long relationship with Sony so it is one of the more plausible ones.
Now that said, Bluepoint does have a long relationship with Sony so it is one of the more plausible ones.
why? I'm all for acquisitions and in this case it would make a lot of sense. This would be a very good acquisition for Sony. BP would want this too.
You mean the threads where people cheered the huge acquisitions and had people salivating for more?
Locking down partners that have supported your platform for years is more important than acquiring random studios that have no relationship to your platform
People need to let the BB2/DeS2 by Bluepoint dream die. They're gonna make their own IP. I doubt they want their first full on creation to be in a series created by another Dev with extremely picky fans.
That shit is not gonna happen. Sony would be stupid to put that sort of pressure on them.
That shit is not gonna happen. Sony would be stupid to put that sort of pressure on them.
I wonder if they would possibly grow to two teams: A remake team and an original game team. It would be weird to buy a studio known for high quality remakes and then have them only do something completely different, but at the same time I can see Bluepoint *wanting* that opportunity.
I'm pretty sure if Sony was buying out Square-Enix or Capcom or whatever, there would be as much of an uproar as there was with the Zenimax acquistion.
Buying out Bluepoint isn't really changing the landscape of the industry in the same way Microsoft buying out Bethesda does.
If Sony's going for more acquisitions, I think this is the right way to go: smaller studios with big upsides.
That would be great.
I like their remakes. They do amazing stuff with them so I hope they still do them when they feel like it.
Reminds me a lot of the Playground games acquisition thread actually
BP really deserves to do a new IP, I'm sure they could do great. Maybe that's the main reason they would accept to be bought.
Exactly lol
Exactly lol
Because they aren't really a multiplatform developer and pretty much only a port/remake studio. If you're only on Xbox for last gen you'd have no stake in Bluepoint. It's pretty different circumstances to a third party that fans on all platforms are invested in, so the tone would different.
because this is comparable to when Microsoft bought Playground Games which no one complained about
exactly
BluePoint being acquired has always been weird to me, because they were founded by people that, in fact, were "escaping" from major developers since they wanted more creative freedom, or I least that is what I read in various articles time ago.
On the other hand, it is also true that they haven't released a single game that hasn't been comissioned by other party (mostly Sony, but also others). Actually, I think their first game published back in 2006 was their own IP, but I'm not sure.
So, this being said, who knows what might happen.
If the acquisition rumours are true, I hope Sony give them the chance to develop a new IP, they deserve it.
On the other hand, it is also true that they haven't released a single game that hasn't been comissioned by other party (mostly Sony, but also others). Actually, I think their first game published back in 2006 was their own IP, but I'm not sure.
So, this being said, who knows what might happen.
If the acquisition rumours are true, I hope Sony give them the chance to develop a new IP, they deserve it.
I mean, them's the breaks for trying to play insider. If there weren't penalties for people spreading news that isn't true, everyone would do that shit and the forum would be unreadable.
You've got people posting tweets from randomers anyways so 😂
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