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[RUMOR] Sony to acquire Bluepoint Games very soon
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Tops 80 million. Insomniac at least came with SOME IPs, and a much longer resume, currently developing multiple key PS francises, and triple the amount of devs. Bluepoint is pennies for Sony... even Housemarque is probably more expensive at this point (I think they are around 100 devs by now)
They just expanded the studio with an External development department which is supposedly similar to Sony XDev Europe so hopefully we see a lot more 2nd party SIE games because of this move.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/202..._expands_with_external_development_department
This is a Playground Games kind of scenario. Maybe not the most exciting thing for most people but it means they can finally do their own projects and not mostly be known for doing really good remasters for Sony consoles like they are now.
Sony is pretty smart how they do acquisitions by usually choosing studios they already work with almost exclusively. There's no blow back from the public.
Every Sony First Party game will start up with that logo going forward, even if the game is made by an external studio.
I don't even know why you're responding to me at this point or what it has to do with what I said. The Bethesda purchase and the Bluepoint purchase are not equivalent, so as I said before and has been explained by other people, being okay with one and disliking the other does not automatically make someone a hypocrite. You're just waffling and playing whataboutism at the moment which isn't relevant to what I said.
I can. And for the most part the names of those people seem eerily familiar...
Either way back OT. I've always wondered when Sony would bite the bullet. Seems like an obvious move in my opinion.
That doesn't mean anything, when the PlayStation Studios branding was announced Sony confirmed all games of which they manage production will have the branding, regardless of who owns the studio developing the game. Destruction AllStars will also have the branding, doesn't mean Sony owns or is about to acquire Lucid Games.
Well people have been comparing buying Zenimax to timed exclusive DLC so I'm not surprised lol
1) This is equivalent to MS buying Bethesda (and only forum fanboys care about the distinction that Bethesda is a global multiplatform publisher while Bluepoint is a mid-sized indie dev who mostly only works with Sony anyway)
2) But what about that time Sony bought Psygnosis (never mind that was 27 years ago). They've both done it, so Sony Too™!
Might be some other diamonds I have missed.
Massive lol at all the false equivalencies thrown around. Console warriors gonna war, I guess, especially when it makes no sense. If Sony buys Square Enix or Capcom you can pull out your little victim complex and go "bu-bu-but what about Bethesda" (completely ignoring that a lot of people would be very negative about those if they happened) but comparing Bluepoint to Bethesda? lol fuck off.
Anyway, if you look at almost all of Sony's acquisitions over the last 20 years they've come after multi-year relationships where the developer has proven to be a reliable partner, so I have no problem believing this rumour. It makes a lot of sense.
It'll be really interesting to see where Bluepoint go from here, a Bloodborne remaster is definitely number one on my list of wants and I'm intrigued to see what they'd do with a new IP. WIth most studios you kinda get an impression of where their interests lie beforehand but Bluepoint are such a blank slate that any direction they decide on would be a surprise.
Anyway, if you look at almost all of Sony's acquisitions over the last 20 years they've come after multi-year relationships where the developer has proven to be a reliable partner, so I have no problem believing this rumour. It makes a lot of sense.
It'll be really interesting to see where Bluepoint go from here, a Bloodborne remaster is definitely number one on my list of wants and I'm intrigued to see what they'd do with a new IP. WIth most studios you kinda get an impression of where their interests lie beforehand but Bluepoint are such a blank slate that any direction they decide on would be a surprise.
When I think of the previous titles they've done HD Remasters and Remakes of, the majority are 3rd person action/adventure games, so I just think inFAMOUS would be the perfect fit for them. The only thing I'd hope they keep are the awesome comic book style cutscenes punctuating some of the flashbacks and other story beats. They can completely remake everything else from the ground up. lol
Infamous was a nice game but it's in no way a classic like SOTC or Demon's Souls.
I think for Sony to greenlight such a remake project it has to have that kind of status.
I was like whaaaat? Then I realised that if they were to actually do that it would need to already be in development because it was released over 7 years ago. I AM OLD.
100mil tops. Blue point should ask for a higher price like this since they knocked it out the park with the new DS. Sony supposedly saved some money with the 950mil deal for crunchyroll, think it was initially around 1.5bn starting price, so they can splash out BP.
If we're just spitballing, I'd really like Bluepoint to have a go at a dormant PS1 IP like.... colony wars.
Something like that might give them some freedom to go beyond the original game and possibly do something on the narrative side too ahead of creating their IP.
Something like that might give them some freedom to go beyond the original game and possibly do something on the narrative side too ahead of creating their IP.
And who told you they couldn't do something new or want to now?
You don't think they want to make their own games? Now they have the financial support to do that if they want. Skys the limit.
Imagine Bluepoint gets bought by Sony, makes a successful new IP, and in 10-15 years time ends up remaking their own game.
Don't believe one second for these rumors anymore. The entire 2020 has been about PS5 rumors and other Sony related stuff that haven't happened.
Sorry OP, but this doesn't make sense when Bluepoint Games is untested for game development from the ground up and Jim Ryan recently said they are not rushing studio acquisitions. Bluepoint might be masters of remasters and remakes but they have proved nothing for an original IP.
Plus Sony doesn't let this stuff leak out so easy when they kept PS5 stuff close to their chest until it was unveiled.
Sorry OP, but this doesn't make sense when Bluepoint Games is untested for game development from the ground up and Jim Ryan recently said they are not rushing studio acquisitions. Bluepoint might be masters of remasters and remakes but they have proved nothing for an original IP.
Plus Sony doesn't let this stuff leak out so easy when they kept PS5 stuff close to their chest until it was unveiled.
Wouldn't shock me. They're still probably another ten years away from making a New IP new game of their own that is a GOTY contender, but they're a solid studio. Lots of upside, probably not the most expensive acquisition either.
IF Bluepoint does another remake I think they should do something which at least gives them the opportunity post-launch to add original content, I honestly think they and Sony should already consider making a 6th archstone DLC for Demon's Souls.
I don't believe that at all. Actually what people don't realize is that making Remakes is actually more difficult than creating a new game from scratch.
You have to keep everything you made constrained and limited to the scope of the previous game. Your artists and Game Designers cannot go too far from the original even if they have great vision and ideas.
Bluepoint is ready to take a new challenge with the quality of their artists and the amazing tech they have in-house. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us after Demon's Souls Remake.
Of course. I just found it ironic to think of Bluepoint ending up remaking their own game.
Demon's Souls is made from the ground up, not a remaster.
Housemarque is making their first AAA game with Sony backing now, BP wouldn't be different.
Lol. First of all.. Bluepoint games consists of veteran developers. These guys have worked on everything from God of War to Metroid Prime Everything they've done has been top notch. Half the battle is making shit look good and playable, another third is delivery. They can easily make their own ip and have their own engine.
What a ridiculous statement.
Sony does seem to do the same for all their studio acquisitions.
A few successful games in a row and then they buy those studios.
Probably Bluepoint next and as you said Housemarque.
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