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

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/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#49681559)

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\u0026show=posted#49681565)

Date: February 19th, 2026 9:34 PM Author: cowgod https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/1r9ij77/comment/o6cr0z1/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836534&forum_id=2\u0026show=posted#49681607)

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\u0026show=posted#49682091)

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\u0026show=posted#49682095)

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\u0026show=posted#49682101)

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\u0026show=posted#49682117)

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\u0026show=posted#49682136)