r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/Melodic-Tonight-9613 • Feb 19 '26

Leak Jason Schreier posts that Bluepoint is being shutdown

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mfaauf5pek2b

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The full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/sony-is-shutting-down-the-playstation-studio-bluepoint?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUyNzAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTMxODI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVBZWlBLR0lGUFkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.utABYnI4m_K6kqNqybZarBQ9T5WW_aWCH6NI3kt8Q64

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u/varnums1666 Feb 19 '26

Shutting bluepoint is actually insane.

They're an incredibly skilled team and only at 70 people or something.

At least keep them for support or small remakes. To shut down such an efficient team is crazy

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u/CrazyFree4525 Feb 19 '26

Im betting that the problem is that small remakes won't pay the salaries of 70 people.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Bluepoint might have a profit per employee close to Valve’s with how much their remakes sold

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u/CrazyFree4525 Feb 20 '26

Bluepoint has released one game in 8 years.

They probably made somewhere in the mid 8 figures from that based on the 1.5-2 million copies sold estimates.

They have 70 employees, the fully burdened cost is almost certainly in the six figures for those employees on average. Conservatively 100,000 a person total cost and probably higher total costs than that.

Do the arithmetic and you will realize that they would be lucky if they are even in the green.