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Welcoming Bluepoint Games to the PlayStation Studios family
Developers of critically acclaimed remakes joins the PlayStation Studios family.
blog.playstation.com
Thread: Playstation acquires Bluepoint
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JORMBO
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Hostile_18
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Please be surprised (!)
Seriously though a great get. Look forward to playing their games on PC. What a fuck up they accidentally announced it unofficially months ago.
Metal Gear 2/3 Collection, Uncharted Trilogy, Shadow of the Colossus and Demons' Soul's have all been amazing.
Seriously though a great get. Look forward to playing their games on PC. What a fuck up they accidentally announced it unofficially months ago.
Metal Gear 2/3 Collection, Uncharted Trilogy, Shadow of the Colossus and Demons' Soul's have all been amazing.
And apparently Demon's Souls sold more than 1.4M copies so far. Pretty good, but I wish more people bought it.
Of the 6 people I know in real life who have a PS5, only 2 of us bought DS, so it's not shocking. It's not a mass appeal Mario launch game or something. But it's so damn well done that I wish more people would buy it.
Of the 6 people I know in real life who have a PS5, only 2 of us bought DS, so it's not shocking. It's not a mass appeal Mario launch game or something. But it's so damn well done that I wish more people would buy it.
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Not bad for a launch title exclusive. It will sell really well on PC.
Kinda sad to hear their next project is an original. Was hoping for another awesome remake of a beloved game. 
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Kinda sad to hear their next project is an original. Was hoping for another awesome remake of a beloved game.
100% with you. The best porting studio should remain the best porting studio (remake if they really want to).
That been said the acquisition of Nixxes covers that base as they are really good as well.
Disagree. Remakes are a waste of time and resources.Kinda sad to hear their next project is an original. Was hoping for another awesome remake of a beloved game.
I totally thought this got announced last year? Must be thinking of something else.
OuterSpace
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While I wouldn't go so far as to call them a waste, I'm with you in that I'm considerably more interested in new games and not recycling old stuff (Especially games that still hold up).
Not surprising, but still a fantastic acquisition. If Sony hadnt scooped them up someone else would have. But since Sony and them have a solid history working together, it should be a fairly smooth transition for all parties.
Here's the thing, tho - most remasters/remakes seem to sell well, so obviously they aren't a waste of time. You might not like them, but I also don't like sports games and yet they still get made and I accept the fact that others do like/want them.
It leaves us with less games. Shadow of the Colossus remake could have been Shadow of the Colossus 2 and Demon's Souls remake could have been Demon's Souls 2. That's the amount of resources they take. Remasters of the originals are fine.
It's one thing for a dev to make a remaster/remake and spruce up the visuals and make slight tweaks to other systems, but to expect those same devs to make an actual sequel to a beloved game/franchise? When they have never even made an original game of their own? I don't think that's reasonable.
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I'm told remakes are still considerably less resources than making an entirely new game. It's literally a recipie of a game laid out for them, if you will, compared to making a new game.
I think it might be more work intensive to remake the game from scratch to be exactly the same than to just do something original. It don't have to be sequels to these particular games. Should have just remastered the original for PS4/PS5/PC and make whatever new "Souls".
Totally shocked.
Great acquisition either way. Curious about their next project!
Yea, I could get behind what you're saying if it was a dev like, say, Sony Santa Monica. Where they have a lot of talent and a proven track record. It wouldn't make any sense to have them working on remasters/remakes. But if you're a dev that specializes in remakes/remasters and has little or no experience or talent in crafting a good story and characters, coming up with creative and fun gameplay, etc., what's wrong with letting that highly specialized team continue to do what they're good at? Especially if there are a lot of people waiting with wallets in hand. I don't see that as a waste at all.
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For me it depends on the game. If they announced a remake of Snatcher or Vice City I'd be very excited. I was happy for KOTOR being announced for about an hour.
lock2k
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I thought it happened like months ago. Guess the rumors were totally right.
lol @ thinking that needs or was ever going to get a sequel
I'm not shocked, but I am disappointed. Sony customers gain nothing, while everyone else loses potentially great games from them, ever getting made in the future for other platforms.
Bluepoint creates remake/remaster > Nixxes ports to PC > PCMR wins again
I think what Sony "gains" is the ability to maintain the status quo. BP has had a few suitors recently and its clear that had Sony not aquired them, someone else would have. So, yea doesn't really change much for us as gamers, but if you are a PS player you at least keep what you had.
I don't know if crafting stories and designing gameplay is really the challenge. Indie devs make hundreds of games every year. Creating high quality assets and optimizing them for consoles, that's where all the money and effort goes. And in case with both Bluepoint remakes it's kind of a waste since the originals are fine. Just needed some upscaling.
Ultimately if they needed some people with game design experience they could have hired some.
farmerboy
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If I could actually get my hands on a PS5 DS would be one of the first games I buy but there is no way in hell I'm paying scalper prices and have basically stopped trying. Still look like once a week but it gets old fast chasing after some mythical console and TBH the more time goes on the less I care to get one.
Oh I totally paid scalper prices, don't regret it either gaming is an important part of my life
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Mandela Effect for me.
Thought Sony bought them a few months ago already. lol.
Thought Sony bought them a few months ago already. lol.
Pallas
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From what I hear, they are actually working on a original project. At least according to Twitter. I'd post the Twitter post but can't seem to find it yet.
But still, that's a very interesting approach for a studio known for remakes/remasters. Will be interesting to see what they make if it's true.
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Not really surprising, but a huge get nonetheless. If the MGS remake rumor comes true, I'll freak.
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I have no faith in any modern studio to produce anything other than shit, so I'd like more Remakes please. In the vein of SOTC and Demon Soul's though - none of that Nomura gayness.