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Sony shuts down Western Studio who they were Supervising

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-shuts-down-bluepoint-...
cowgod
  02/19/26
Firing westerners is 180. Retro Studios is next. Tick Tock
cowgod
  02/19/26
https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/1r9ij77/comment/o6...
cowgod
  02/19/26
I think Preps are catching on that Western devs are expensiv...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  02/20/26
I mean Sony is Eastern but yeah. Supervising these guys is s...
cowgod
  02/20/26
PlayStation management is Euro Westerners. “Eastern&rd...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  02/20/26
They restructured recently. A Japanese guy is in charge. You...
cowgod
  02/20/26
https://playstation-studios.fandom.com/wiki/Hermen_Hulst
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  02/20/26
That guy is supervised by Hideaki Nishino. Jim Ryan was only...
cowgod
  02/20/26
Btw it’s because of Gen. Gen X needs more supervision.
cowgod
  02/20/26


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Date: February 19th, 2026 8:52 PM
Author: cowgod

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-shuts-down-bluepoint-games-dev-behind-consistently-great-remakes/1100-6538292/

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Date: February 19th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: cowgod

Firing westerners is 180. Retro Studios is next. Tick Tock

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49681565)



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Date: February 19th, 2026 9:34 PM
Author: cowgod

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/1r9ij77/comment/o6cr0z1/

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Date: February 20th, 2026 8:00 AM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

I think Preps are catching on that Western devs are expensive and can’t actually make Games. Might as well just contract some Chinamen for 3x lower salaries and 40-50x higher quality output. Discuss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682091)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 8:03 AM
Author: cowgod

I mean Sony is Eastern but yeah. Supervising these guys is so much work and their health insurance costs like $27k/year and if they’re competent they’re like “$400k, champ, or I jump ship 😏 “ and they have chaotic resumes with one job every 11 months. And btw the yen is weak so paying these Nerds is even more expensive if they’re not cash flow positive. A more talented Jap probably costs like 50k USD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682095)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 8:15 AM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

PlayStation management is Euro Westerners. “Eastern” my asshole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682101)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 8:36 AM
Author: cowgod

They restructured recently. A Japanese guy is in charge. You’re thinking of the Ryan era.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682117)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 8:57 AM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

https://playstation-studios.fandom.com/wiki/Hermen_Hulst

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682136)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 9:17 AM
Author: cowgod

That guy is supervised by Hideaki Nishino. Jim Ryan was only Supervised by the actual CEO or maybe the chairman of the board.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682162)



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Date: February 20th, 2026 9:18 AM
Author: cowgod

Btw it’s because of Gen. Gen X needs more supervision.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49682166)