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[Men_in_Boxes]

and yet FairGame% still exist?

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

 

[Hypereides]

Bluepoint was working on a live service project? You gotta be fucking kidding me. Herman is a fucking completely joke.

Now you've done it. Be prepared for the local numero uno Hulst fanboy schooling you about how "The Hulster"'s tenure has been top class and their spreadsheets are better than ever.

Someone, anyone, over at Sony... remove whoever is pulling these decisions from PS. STAT.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

And you know what's even more scary?.... that if Hermen gets fired.... the next in line to take his position will be Neil Druckmann.

 

[LectureMaster]

Still waiting for the MAN to enter this thread...

 

[Ozriel]

Thanks Hermen! Oh well at least we’re still getting Fairgame$ and Horizon online right?

To be fair, Fairgame$ is made by a studio set up to make live service games. So not really a mismatch scenario.
Horizon Online is the head scratcher.

 

[SHAKEZ]

A GoW live service... From the massive talented people that can remake anything, hell they could have remade the original trilogy or the first game...
Sony is fucking retarded...

 

[lh032]

i dont think you can just flip a SP studio around and tell them to make a GaaS game.

 

[Elios83]

This sounds so suspicious…So Bluepoint themselves and Sony confirmed Bluepoint were working on a brand new IP..How the fuck is GoW considered a new IP?
Honestly I legit doubt this is true, and if it is the project was in early stages while the main team was working on the new IP. Only way this makes any sense…

They never said new IP, they said original content, not remakes/remasters basically.
But in the end since they have been working on Ragnarok until 2022 it's "just" two years of work they have lost.
Bend instead have been really unlucky, they're still stucked with Days Gone as their last released game and it will stay that way for a long time, they're no Naughty Dog with multiple teams, it's a pity.

Anyway it's clear that Sony regrets the GaaS push and they have been course correcting since last year with all the cancellations even before Concord that was their final wake up call. Totoki is ordering Hermen to clean the house.
They should have focused on just a few key projects (like Helldivers2, Marathon, etc) and stop.
Now they will have to use partnerships with external developers (like they did with Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin) to fill the voids left by the cancellations.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

just like with Concord... right?

 

[Traxtech]

So that cancel Factions, which majority would have loved and makes sense. Yet greenlit these peices of shit?? Hahahaha

 

[LectureMaster]

And you know what's even more scary?.... that if Hermen gets fired.... the next in line to take his position will be Neil Druckmann.

 

[Fake]

Burn.


HOLY SHIT A God of War live service.

 

[Gaiff]

This sounds so suspicious…So Bluepoint themselves and Sony confirmed Bluepoint were working on a brand new IP..How the fuck is GoW considered a new IP?
Honestly I legit doubt this is true, and if it is the project was in early stages while the main team was working on the new IP. Only way this makes any sense…

Schreier has a good track record. You can usually take what he says to the bank.

 

[SHAKEZ]

It's crazy to me that Sony and Microsoft have the amazing ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Nintendo doesn't even need to try.

 

[viveks86]

Isn’t Hermen the one who thought Concord was the future of PlayStation with “Star Wars-like potential”, and it was off-limits for criticism because it was his baby?

These projects were in the works for several years. Sure, he would have adopted them and been excited for them. I just appreciate when someone decides to course correct and take the L instead of letting their egos destroy decades of market dominance and goodwill and never learn their lessons

 

[Kacho]

Schreier has a good track record. You can usually take what he says to the bank.

Yep. You can hate his politics and his personality, but his scoops are legit.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Based on track record of all these new GAAS games, it looks like only H2 was a success and released. Concord released and is the biggest flop ever unless someone wants to debate ET on 2600 again. A few newbies like Marathon, Fairgames and Horizon MP are TBD as they're still being worked on.

The rest are cancelled, including the entire studio too in some cases. And that even includes Concord/Firewalk.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

I think we all know that this studio will close next year and Jade will be given an ornamental position just because.

 

[Kacho]

Still waiting for the MAN to enter this thread...

3 posts above you, boss

 

[LectureMaster]

3 posts above you, boss

 

[nial]

Isn’t Hermen the one who thought Concord was the future of PlayStation with “Star Wars-like potential”, and it was off-limits for criticism because it was his baby?

Oh be real, does anyone actually believe this part? Shit like this gets tracked within corporate no matter what, would have Totoki personally chosen him as co-CEO had any of those things actually happened?

 

[Topher]

 

[Fake]

I want to know who in fucking hell aproved a GOD DAMN GOD OF WAR LIVE FUCKING SERVICE?

Are Sony HQ acting like asylum?

No, fucking, way

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Wait until you hear that Polyphony’s game is cancelled as well: a Gran Turismo Extraction Racer Royale.

 

[Kotaro]

So Sony bought Bungie, Haven, Blue Point, Firewalk for their GAAS ambition, and one by one they turn into dust.

Bravo! fucking great job Sony

 

[Sgt.Asher]

and yet FairGame% still exist?

Changing the $ to a % made me think of a hardcore tax simulator. That would probably be more enjoyable.

 

[simpatico]

So how do they cancel Factions, which actually had a shred of potential because it worked as a MP mode, but let gow gaas run for as long as they did? Was it just not wanting to schedule the awkward meeting? No doubt Bend and Bluepoint had to tool up entire divisions that didn't exist to support projects like these. Lord knows there's a powerpoint somewhere projecting millions of players for gow gaas. To be a fly on the wall of that meeting. Shit it was probably zoom anyways. I want to know what Bend was cooking too. I've been bagging on Sony for the last 6 months and I couldn't even have imagined gow gaas. Horizon Kart Live? Destiny in the Forespoken universe? F2P Spiderverse Casino? The mind boggles.

 

[saintjules]

 

[LordCBH]

 

[reektann]

Well..guess we'll see Bluepoint and Bend again in 4-6 years.

 

[a'la mode]

i dont think you can just flip a SP studio around and tell them to make a GaaS game.

Worked well for Rocksteady!

Wait, no-

 

[saintjules]

Well..guess we'll see Bluepoint and Bend again in 4-6 years.

You'll be fine, there's a Nintendo Switch 2 coming, yayyyyy.

 

[GHG]

Somewhere, Shu is kicking back having a good laugh with a drink in hand.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

I’m sure they believed highly in Concord too

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Scrawnton]

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

Technically Concord survived.

 

[Guiding Moonlight]

 

[solidus12]

Hermen, you cunt, just greenlit a Days Gone 2 project and bring back the lead devs.

 

[Sanepar]

Bend probably will be closed. What a waste with Bluepoint making a gaas.

Sony is totally fucked next gen. Besides these 2 only 13 studios making aaa for them. Good luck! 1 game per year at best next gen.

 

[Kotaro]

Hideaki is in charge of hardwares and accessories

Hermen is in charge of software and content

This incompetence is 1000% Hermen’s

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

Sony, wake up idiots.

 

[MiguelItUp]

God, so much wasted time, effort, and money.

I still don't understand the Bluepoint perspective at all. They killed it with that Demon's Souls remake, but put them on a GaaS? Lmao!

 

[Fake]

Hideaki is in charge of hardwares and accessories

Hermen is in charge of software and content

This incompetence is 1000% Hermen’s

He know. Just read all his defense force posts.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

So Sony bought Bungie, Haven, Blue Point, Firewalk for their GAAS ambition, and one by one they turn into dust.

Bravo! fucking great job Sony

Bought out Neon Koi too for their mobile gaming focus. Shut down and didnt even release one game.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

God, so much wasted time, effort, and money.

I still don't understand the Bluepoint perspective at all. They killed it with that Demon's Souls remake, but put them on a GaaS? Lmao!

Imagine they'd gone straight onto a Bloodborne remake ...

 

[BlackTron]

This is Jim’s legacy. If anything, Hermen is cleaning it up. I actually commend the guy for having the balls to make these tough decisions while there is still time, instead of running PlayStation into the ground. Hermen’s only mistake so far is putting way too much weight into the Horizon IP. Given it’s from GG, even that bias is understandable.

HH is making the right call, but I'd have commended him for big balls had this cleanup started before Concord bombed.

 

[diffusionx]

Christopher Dring said he heard it's testing well internally. The fact that it's surviving over these other games suggests they believe highly in it.

The same people that greenlighted Concord to release believe in it?

That’s gonna be a yikes from me dawg

 

[Fake]

So Sony bought Bungie, Haven, Blue Point, Firewalk for their GAAS ambition, and one by one they turn into dust.

Bravo! fucking great job Sony

And manage to make Bend into a live service as well.

 

[diffusionx]

 

[proandrad]

They were wasting Bend and Bluepoint on gaas… fucking fire all leadership at PlayStation.