PlayStation Cancels Unannounced Bluepoint God of War - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.17.25

[@Oath55]

Can’t believe this was the original content Bluepoint was working on. What a waste. They deserve their own IP or a full remake of a franchise they want to do.

[@gospelnote20001]

They would still need to pitch something worthwhile.

[@idakev]

Bloodborne time?

[@mojotheclown82]

Whoever made the choice to put freaking BLUEPOINT on a live service game needs to be medically examined.

[@jmxarcx117]

Who's to say they didn't ask for it? You don't know

[@chrisbroad2689]

@@jmxarcx117 that’s a devils ass proof, the easiest explanation is probably correct, which is that it’s far easier to get a game greenlit if it was live service

[@blankoutcast]

Didn’t Jim Ryan order 12 GAAS?

[@nicholasvaccaro4826]

Internal decision it’s the studios responsibility to pitch concepts and Sony to green light it idk where people got the idea that Sony put a gun to all these studios heads and forced them into this

[@blankoutcast]

@@nicholasvaccaro4826so you’re saying all these studios pitched these live service games themselves and Sony just agreed?

[@NeverLag]

Thanks for wasting a half decade Sony. 👍🏼

[@Baytuh]

I feel bad for the devs.

[@chrisbrown113096]

Honestly , only a few people up top make these decisions and trickles down to everyone else. Unfortunate waste of talent

[@RobbyGood1]

I hear you about live service... but Returnal is an INCREDIBLE, near-perfect game... Astro is an INCREDIBLE, near-perfect game. How many people bought them? People say they dont want live service games, then these brilliant and innovative single-player games come out and they dont buy em.

[@chrisbrown113096]

Lmao it's like Prince of Persia fans asking for a new game for years , the game comes out and flopped

[@byte-bg4ob]

Returnal was too hard. The gameplay was fantastic, just take that and make a new IP without the rogue like elements. Gonna sell at least 5 million copies.

[@idakev]

Astro Bot has a long tail and has actually continued to sell well. I've noticed that on the PS Store. It went back into the top 10 for weeks after it won GOTY. I do agree that people don't support unique and new IP as much as they should in general though. Hi-Fi Rush, Returnal and Alan Wake 2 (didn't technically sell badly but sales don't match its quality) all should have done way more.

[@crosvale]

Honestly, I think most gamers have been struggling financially this gaming generation, and yeah, Returnal and Astrobot are near-perfrct, but $70 is steep for most of us. I'm willing to bet it isn't because gamers didn't enjoy those games, they just can't afford them at launch. I hate that Prince of Persia sold poorly. It's so good!

[@antico]

This is Jim Ryan's legacy, a bunch of cancelled service games that no one asked for, instead of listening to the consumers he went for a trend, a bunch of wasted years for PS because of that horrible CEO.

[@JoshMarshain]

They spent so long establishing a brand that blew people away and made PS a prestige platform for premium projects people don't wanna miss out on...only to walk away from the brand THEY established. What was the point of all the effort in that regard? Why have a brand then refuse to commit to it?

[@ylvis123]

What a shit show from Sony lol.

[@ro6uefour50]

Well tbh it may be better than those live service games coming out and losing all their player base extremely fast and then PlayStation closing those studios down. It’s better to have them cancel these games and to have them work on something else.

[@ylvis123]

@@ro6uefour50 True, as much as it pains me to say, and my thoughts goes out to all people who made Concord, it probably was a good thing it bombed as much as it did, because this was a direct result of that.

[@ylvis123]

@@ro6uefour50 True, as much as it pains me to say, and thoughts to all Concord employees, it was probably for the better how much it bombed, consider this was a direct result of that.

[@DeltronFF]

​@ro6uefour50 Yes. Your scenario is the worst.. but what happened is still bad and major waste of time/money. Could have been deep into other great projects about to release at this point. And hopefully these studios do continue to go on for a while because you never know these days after one hiccup. They did say they will to reduce the impact it has on these teams/employees.. so something at least minor will happen, unfortunately. Likely layoffs. Because of their stupid, greedy, decision making.

[@nmacinnesnm]

I'm so bummed bluepoint wasn't working on legend of dragoon remake or reboot

[@impotenceaura]

Literally any beloved franchise they could have been doing but instead they've wasted 5 years

[@MarioNotBros]

Feel terrible for the devs, but it's clear PlayStation's live-service initiative is a giant failure and they know it

[@ElCriCri97]

The Until Dawn movie would have been a cool idea for Dead By Daylight since that game has multiple original killers it could showcase.

[@bobby.palacios]

Love how Greg clocked the elongated wide dolly shot in the intro and had to see if Kevin was paying attention by bringing him into the conversation lol

[@HAL1138]

Hopefully they are working on Bloodbourne….. 5 years later, they were working on nothing we will ever see!

[@dmen0563]

Blue point being put on a live service game is a massive misuse of resources heads need to roll @Sony for that

[@Mrs.Garrison69]

The rest of my super chat was cut off I think? It said Greg’s hung like a horse😂

[@FirmlyGrasp_IT]

A live service GoW was in the works? Thank god that got canned, such a terrible idea to begin with

[@gariantroll2975]

If Sony does not show a lineup in the next SOP, I suspect they will have to rebuild a cadence of first party games. That could take years. X-Box is just reaching that cadence starting in Q4 2024 starting from 5-6 years ago. Damn this is a sad day and I hope Sony builds back better.

[@organiclou2516]

Like why? Just put bluepoint on a bloodbourne remaster. It’s literally the most free W on planet earth

[@jmxarcx117]

Because Nixxes handles the ports and that game isn't on the priority list. Or it didn't sell as well as they would have liked.

[@organiclou2516]

@ I’m not talking port. I’m talking remaster or better yet remake. Judging by how well bluepoint did with the demon souls remake, doing the same with bloodbourne would be nothing but good press and sales. Easy slam dunk

[@nicholasvaccaro4826]

That’s not how it works bluepoint pitches what they want to work on Sony doesn’t force studios to make something they don’t wanna do otherwise key staff will just leave the studio

[@organiclou2516]

@@nicholasvaccaro4826 of course bluepoint has a say in what they want to make. I’m just saying this would print money. Not taking what the staff wants into the equation at all. Looks like what they wanted to make failed for whatever reason anyway. They should have taken the free lay up with bloodbourne and made what they wanted to after

[@nicholasvaccaro4826]

@ who knows part of the acquisition deal may have stated that bluepoint gets to make original projects rather than remakes

[@playpundit4431]

This whole time I was looking forward to whatever Bluepoint was working on. So many games that are prime for a remake…

[@davidgonzales9039]

You gonna work "big balls" into Tims introduction?

[@byte-bg4ob]

Sony is gonna miss Shu.

[@kevinmendez9126]

This is the right decision for right now, cuz it's better to have these cancelled before they come out and fail outright. but why would you ever put bluepoint on a live service game like that is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard.

[@sillyliljames]

henry is a good name

[@AdelaideBen1]

why is it that people don't understand that Hermen isn't a gamer... Shu was, and knew what was fun... Hermen is a money man, and he always has been.

[@AndrewB2189]

This news is disappointing, but I disagree with the doom and gloom about the PS5 generation. We’ve had great games to play every year. I’m hyped for Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Intergalactic. We still know about Cory Barlog’s new IP at Sony Santa Monica, Housemarque, maybe Horizon 3. We got 1 or 2 big exclusive single player games every year in the PS4 generation and PS5 has continued that

[@chrisbroad2689]

I think it’s the live service push compounded with how long development times are now taking. Consoles where teams are only putting out one, maybe 2 games a gen is just not sustainable or fun compared to what came before

[@mikaelpage88]

Theres still more to look forward to sure. But these are great studios who wasted precious time on garbage live service. What makes it worse is one was a GOW... Who in tf wants that??? Don't take legacy games and make stupid games out of them.

[@Shrewdy1]

100%, this is very disappointing news, especially about Bluepoint - but the doom and gloom is crazy. PlayStation are in a rut currently, but I reckon they'll be just fine in the long term. Acting like it's potentially the end of days for them is mental, you'd forget that these 2 are supposed to be the "PlayStation guys" at KF lol Concord could be a blessing in disguise, in that it blatantly clear that they can't go so hard into live service (by all means try a couple, but not ALL these). So it'll lead to a lull in the interim (where we are right now), but I think PS5 will still finish off strong with some big hits - just like other generations as Blessing said. And tbh there's still been tons of games to play on PS5, my backlog is only growing. If you only play Sony 1st party games, then yeah I can understand this being a bad generation for you. But man you're ignoring so many great games in that case. And while PC gaming is getting bigger and it will have the higher end potential for performance - I don't think it's really going to eat into console gaming in a truly meaningful way. There's of course overlap for hardcore gamers, but PC gaming has always traditionally been for enthusiasts. A large section of gamers just like to plug in their console, lie back on their couch, and play. And there's always gonna be a huge amount of people who just play that way. Sometimes it feels like the guys are in a bit of a bubble in that they play on everything, with the best specs and have every game code, so are spoilt for choice - but the vast majority of people aren't building the highest end PC they can afford, they'll pick up a console and thats what they game on

[@TavishHill]

It's not even 100% clear if Sony is publishing DS2 at this point. Horizon 3 is not this gen as Guerilla is making a GaaS themselves (and working w/NCSoft on another separate Horizon MMO project). They had multiple AAA SP games from internal teams in 2021 and 2022 but not in 2023 nor 2024. And it's hard to imagine that changing in 2025.

[@Shrewdy1]

​​@@TavishHillHow is it not clear about Sony publishing DS2, did you not see each trailer starting with "Sony Interactive Entertainment presents"? You know these things don't just change right as the game is about to release? Maybe when it comes to PC later on it won't be Sony published, but that's not what we're talking about here Also what would it even matter whether it's Sony published or not? It's a big game coming to PS5, why do people care about the publisher so much if they're able to play the game regardless? Personally it doesn't bother me what games are Sony 1st party, PS5 exclusive etc - if it's available to me to play, then cool. And while PS Studios are in a lull currently, there's still been tons of great games for me to play on PS5 the last couple years, my backlog is only growing lol. Sure it's a shame some of these studios have lost time to live service cancelled games, but I'm not struggling to find great games to play

[@1234-y8z]

We are missing the big point. Why did the chief FINANCIAL officer take offer. He clearly said the games wasn't making enough money. He said the studios don't k ow how to make money. So, given that Sony made a push to live service to try to get more money. So if they go back to mostly single-player high production games. How are they going to make money???? It will be fascinating to see how this turns out. Sony is trying to figure it out just like Xbox had to figure it out. Gaming is changing!!! Media is changing. Content is king!!!!!

[@MrShibaMX]

How about a Playstation Extra-Pro ? So you can play TLOU the 4rth remaster

[@handohansolo8866]

This is something I wish I didn’t know

[@philipho188]

God of War Rag was already disappointing, and they actually wanted to do a Live Service, who are this geniuses working at Playstation?

[@RodwelPolanco]

If they close down those studios.. pack it up.. PlayStation Studios is not the premier studio of the industry.. Bend doesn't deserve it and Bluepoint also don't deserve it.. those were all bs coming from executives.

[@accountofi]

blessing's looking back with nostalgia goggles with this being a bad generation for playstation with what games could have came out. people were bashing ps4 all the way until deep into 2017 for not enough exclusives and really bashing it in the first two years when easily PS5 had more big 1st party games in its first 2 years

[@jmxarcx117]

Wild time when Xbox is releasing more games on Playstation than Sony is. I welcome sony players to MCC and Gears ultimate. Cant wait to destroy some noobs.

[@majoraccident13]

All those years and money wasted for nothing

[@sherbertsunday]

i too am not a fan of them using the title until dawn with this premise that could be totally its own. also sadly not surprised how truly deep this live service rabbit hole went, disappointing for damn sure tho

[@thalunizz21]

Who asked for this? Why did they think this along with Concord was going to be hits? How can a multi-billion dollar company be so out of touch? So much time wasted, for nothing.

[@mikaelpage88]

Exactly. From two studios who could've been making great single player experiences. Were those the only projects those teams were working on is the question, if so🤦🏾. Hurman Hulst retire please.

[@chrisbroad2689]

The investor class asked for this, because they thought number would always go up

[@byte-bg4ob]

Shareholders asked for this

[@littleleafers]

I just don't understand why PlayStation jumped in so Hard. 12 live service games?! Like why?! Should've attempted like 3 max.

[@chrisbroad2689]

Legitimately it’s Jim, that kind of a shift can only happen from the very top of a division, or levels even higher than what he was

[@byte-bg4ob]

​@@chrisbroad2689 Could've even came from somewhere above Jim Ryan. He still has a boss.

[@idakev]

​@@chrisbroad2689 At least he's gone. The amount of these games being cancelled seems like a reality check has happened in the background. Hopefully they're all put on single player games. The top brass will save face by pointing to Helldivers 2's success and probably Marathon.

[@Hfhow]

What a waste. All of it. Sony needed multiplayer games, that was inarguably a weakspot for them. Look at how much fun people had playing both co-op and competitive Halo, Gears, COD and Forza on Xbox. But this was a truly awful way to do it. And anyone actually playing games would have told you.

[@gospelnote20001]

If you only gave gamers what they are telling you they want, we would get the same things recycled. My favorite video game ever is the original Bioshock. But i had no idea thats what i would want. For Sony 1st party output, this generation has been ok. Otherwise, i have more than enough games to keep me busy for years! Sony does need to refocus, and thankfully, i have more than enough to keep me busy until then.

[@jmillzoryan9763]

From Max Dood. "Sony hates money" Thats clear now with these shit decisions

[@byte-bg4ob]

Sony loves money that's why they want live service money.

[@unnoticedhero1]

Such a shame about the direction Sony took with Bluepoint, they are the de-facto Remaster/Remake studio IMO. I have read before that they had multiple projects in the works and at least one was an original IP, but if the only other one was this live service game that's a shame that all that time and development was wasted Bluepoint should be playing to their strengths and remaking classic staple PlayStation IPs like Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal, even the original God of War 1/2 which they did the PS3 HD collection. I've been wondering for years what they've been working on and now we won't even see it, and maybe a few more years before we see the next announcement, just feels like a complete misuse of a studio that came out of the gate with some of the best graphics this generation, and it was a launch title.

[@Greekanese31]

I agree with all the sentiment of what you're saying, but keep in mind, Metal Gear Solid is not a PlayStation IP. Sony owns no part in it. It is wholly Konami owned, so that already makes it a degree harder to remake since they'd have to sign off on it. And we know how Konami is, they want maximum profits for their endeavors so they are going to want it multiplat and Sony probably doesn't want one of their best teams to put out a game on other platforms, and Konami wouldn't sign off on making that game PS exclusive. That isn't to say Metal Gear Solid would never be remade, but the odds are extremely against it being Bluepoint. Look no further than MGS Delta to see how Konami would approach an MGS1 remake.

[@Commnkurtesy]

They are a very small studio to be working on two games at once. The only thing they had confirmed was that they were working on "original content'" Jason Schreier claims this is that project.

[@chriswave1992]

Man, this generation for PlayStation is so butt.😂

[@upbeatMe]

All things considered here, I think this is without a doubt the worst gen of PlayStation. The output has been incredibly slow with more remasters or ports than new titles. I won’t be jumping to PS6 at release.

[@JustJuan731]

Bluepoint’s mystery game post-Demon’s Souls remake being a live-service God of War game makes me lose any hope in Sony. Glad it was canned, but what a waste of talent.

[@mikaelpage88]

And TIME. What a waste of fckn TIME. Get Hurman Hulst and whoever he brought with him from GG out of there.

[@capellozapellini6074]

W H A T ?!?!

[@u.k6547]

Mismanagement is the one constant issue ruining everything everywhere and lessons are never learned

[@Peashmur]

Realistically see Sony having planned 1 big release from its 1st party for every year until Ps6. 2025 - Ghost of Yotei 2026 - Wolverine/Intergalactic 2027 - Sony Santa Monica 2028 - PS6

[@idakev]

Basically the same amount of big first party games per year on average as PS4. 2015 didn't even have one. The difference on PS4 was that they announced almost everything in 2016, creating the impression that "so many games are coming!" Not commenting on the quality of the first party games but the PS4 was *the Mirage Generation* when it comes to the amount of them. There was a 6 year gap between inFamous First Light and Ghost Of Tsushima which is crazy compared to prior generations.

[@JohnKellogg]

Horrific, but this means the PS6 has the possibility of opening with some of the best single player games of all of their studios are now pivoting to single player games.

[@TheSuvW]

Video games

[@jibblerino]

Sony seems masochistic, probably trying every bad dragon product.

[@TavishHill]

I know the impulse many have is to treat this like bog standard 'it's an industry wide thing!'....but how many publishers can we name that have canceled 11 games in the past ~18 months? I know many teams have failed and some pubs even closed and everyone laid ppl off, but this seems like an insurmountably bad track record that is unique: Concord [cancelled] Unannounced GoW game [cancelled] Bend's military GaaS [cancelled] Last of Us multiplayer [cancelled] Spider-Man multiplayer [cancelled] Twisted Metal [cancelled] London Studio's co-op game (studio closed) [cancelled] Deviation Games' MP game (studio closed) [cancelled] "Payback" (3rd person Destiny spin-off from Bungie) [cancelled] Spiderman: Venom [presumably cancelled] R&C [cancelled] + Marathon [delayed, not great internal feedback] Fairgame$ (Haven, never shipped a game) "Gummybears" (New internal SIE studio, formerly Bungie/Deviation devs) Guerilla's Horizon MMO (coming along fine???)

[@accountofi]

i dont think playstation is really far behind their normal amount of exclusives that matt kim tweet seems unfair. they only have ever mostly come out with one big exclusive a year and theres still almost 4 years till ps6

[@teddy_P]

Playstation has no games 😢

[@idakev]

GOTY

[@teddy_P]

@@idakev that no one from Playstation brought nor played lol

[@idakev]

@@teddy_P Nice moving of the goalposts. And no, it's actually been charting high on the PS Store consistently since it won GOTY. Great game

[@teddy_P]

@idakev i didn't, this was a statement of fact. No one really played that game, hence Playstation still has no games lol

[@idakev]

@@teddy_P They did. Your trolling won't change that it was the best game last year

[@Debrutsideno]

So you’re saying there’s a chance for a days gone 2 or Syphon Filter from Sony bend

[@gamemaster2192]

always late on everything you can't spell IGNorant without IGN

[@marcodanielmachado]

Once I heard it said, it clicked in my brain how accurate it is: the PS5 is the weakest PS generation (and you might be able to say the same thus far about Xbox). It might be a big reason why, among other important reasons, the Switch has been far and away the leader in sales of this generation in hardware and software.

[@alexlyster3459]

I'd say Xbox had a weak start, but have got to the point where they're in a much stronger position (game release wise) than the Xbox One generation.

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