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[bitbydeath]

So the first one

'We have Doctors specialized in neurosurgery'

To you this means the Doctors there specialized in neurosurgery but do not anymore?

We are advertising we have these specialized Doctors on staff but don't come here if you need that type of care because we don't do it anymore?

Its just interesting to me how people can read the same line of text and interpret it differently

It's not saying they are, and it's not saying they aren't.

It's just stating they can.

 

[Mr Moose]

'We have Doctors specialized in neurosurgery'

'We have Doctors specializing in neurosurgery'
'Patients get specialized support from knowledgeable staff'.
(That's how I would do it anyway).

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

'We have Doctors specializing in neurosurgery'
'Patients get specialized support from knowledgeable staff'.

Its a fine line but the statement you quoted me saying states the exact same thing

Its however people want to read into it, just trying to help some out that its still structurally correct as present tense, thats all

 

[KungFucius]

I think its possible they offer nixxes to partners like ark system works to do the pc porting so they could focus on the console version.

Some of the TR games were handheld like that Crystal dynamics doing the console version and nixxes doing the pc part.

This is what I am thinking, if the no more PC thing is real, which seems likely, but unconfirmed. I could see Sony offering this help with exclusives as an incentive. PS first, PC by Nixes.

 

[Zathalus]

Ports nixxes done were doable by any other studios so 600m means nothing, there were just ports (sometimes good sometimes not that good). Doing top tier technicaly remakes is other stoy.

Sure it can be done by other studios, but that would require Sony to pay more than simply having Nixxes do it. As for remakes, again Bluepoint had nothing for five years and apparently nothing in the pipeline for anytime soon.

At least Nixxess provided most of the work on the Horizon Remaster and assistance on Saros.

 

[Fabieter]

Sure it can be done by other studios, but that would require Sony to pay more than simply having Nixxes do it. As for remakes, again Bluepoint had nothing for five years and apparently nothing in the pipeline for anytime soon.

At least Nixxess provided most of the work on the Horizon Remaster and assistance on Saros.

This is silly. Both awesome studios, one just had the bad luck to be forced onto a stupid gaas.

 

[Buggy Loop]

To say it's past tense is just incorrect

I will give you the we don't know but at least my AI had a different answer than his

Yes,
specialized can be used in the present tense, but it usually functions as an adjective (describing a state of being) rather than the main verb, or as part of a present perfect construction.
Quora +2
Here is how "specialized" functions in present-tense contexts:

1. As an Adjective (Describing Current State)
When "specialized" describes a noun, it means designed for a specific purpose, requiring advanced knowledge, or highly focused. It is in the present tense because it describes a current state.
Merriam-Webster +4

• Example: "This software requires specialized skills."
• Example: "We use specialized tools for this project."
  Merriam-Webster +1

2. In Present Perfect Tense
When combined with "have" or "has," "specialized" indicates an action that started in the past but has relevance or continues in the present.
Collins Dictionary +1

• Example: "I have specialized in tax law for ten years." (Meaning: I still do)

3. As Part of a Passive Construction
While "I specialize in" is more active, "I am specialized in" is sometimes used to describe one's area of expertise, although it is less common than "I specialize in".

• Example: "They are specialized in medical research."

I'm not even native English speaker and I understand this.

How are you supposed to say you are at the present specialized in a field?

You learned and specialized in a topic before just right now, you are still specialized in topic X right now..

 

[Buggy Loop]

'We have Doctors specializing in neurosurgery'
'Patients get specialized support from knowledgeable staff'.
(That's how I would do it anyway).

Specializing would mean they're still on school benches learning it.

You don't want a doctor specializing in the field nor on you, do you?

Anyway I can't believe this topic veered into this

 

[bitbydeath]

Specializing would mean they're still on school benches learning it.

You don't want a doctor specializing in the field nor on you, do you?

Anyway I can't believe this topic veered into this

I think you're agreeing with what he and many others here are saying.

Specializing means active / learning in progress.

Specialized is something that has been done / learned, not necessarily in progress.

 

[Zathalus]

This is silly. Both awesome studios, one just had the bad luck to be forced onto a stupid gaas.

Yes, I agree that Bluepoint was an awesome studio. The failure was management. I'm just pushing back on those claiming Nixxes is useless to Sony or needs to be shit down.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

No official response from SONY= speculation

This. Until we get an official response everything is just people speculating. Does it seem like most things point to the change happening? yes. Is it happening? Who the fuck knows.

On the response front. My guess is we won't get a public response at all as I don't think it's needed and would be detrimental. If we get an answer my bet is it's from an investors call or something similar where they sort of have to talk about it.

 

[Physiognomonics]

To repeat what some already pointed out : Sony have not stated anything about the matter yet.

What we know for sure is :
- they killed the only team that was doing exclusive remakes of single players games for their Playstation consoles
- they are keeping the team dedicated to port (or help porting) their games to PC.

That should teach us a lot about their current strategy. If anything they are doubling down on the strategy put forward by Ryan.

One thing is for sure, they are not doing anymore of those nice exclusives remakes. Are they done with remakes? Well, no. But why not by Bluepoint? I think it's because Bluepoint are not experts at doing PC ports, while Nixxes are.

 

[Panajev2001a]

But why not by Bluepoint?

No, it is because if they check the quality vs sales and cost when Aspyr makes it vs Bluepoint it may make no sense to have an in house studios. Customers take shit optimisation like Oblivion Remastered and other great stuff by Aspyr and do not flock to quality work by Bluepoint…

 

[BlownUpRich]

Nixxes have never done any GAAS games ports and they are not involved in porting of any upcoming GAAS games. They have provided a tech support role. All their ports have been single player first party titles. The fact that their job description has become more defined very recently to indicate this speaks volumes than a speculative journalist.

It's not speculative. This is a direct report from a Journalist that always gets this true, there are many other signs that Sony has done right now which reflect his report, also this has been corroborated by many other insiders & really reputable reporters alongside Schreier.

They reported a strategic shift, wouldn't mean Nixxes won't shift their strategy too, they already helped with porting HD2.

It's over man. You'll only get live-service slop from Sony to your PC.

 

[Simms]

It's not speculative. This is a direct report from a Journalist that always gets this true, there are many other signs that Sony has done right now which reflect his report, also this has been corroborated by many other insiders & really reputable reporters alongside Schreier.

They reported a strategic shift, wouldn't mean Nixxes won't shift their strategy too, they already helped with porting HD2.

It's over man. You'll only get live-service slop from Sony to your PC.

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jason has been known to be wrong. Jason doesn't work for Sony and his sources could be wrong or inaccurate, so no one outside Sony knows really knows. He even said "he has a sense" or "he thinks" so it's not someone that is 100% confident. NIxxes is still open for now with a job description that has changed in the last month to say they are specialised in PC ports which says more than a speculative journalist.

By the way we still are getting Sony second party so not just live service games or even if they've revised their PC strategy we still might get the odd game they think will do well or have contracts they have to honour. Im platform agnostic and own a PS5 pro and Switch 2 which I only use for the exclusive we haven't got on PC, so I'm good whatever happens.

 

[Topher]

Sorry to burst your bubble but Jason has been known to be wrong.

He is known to be right far more than he is known to be wrong. You really need to stop pushing that narrative.

 

[Simms]

He is known to be right far more than he is known to be wrong. You really need to stop pushing that narrative.

What I said is not wrong, he could be right 95% of the time but still be wrong 5% of the time.

 

[Moondoggy]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

What I said is not wrong, he could be right 95% of the time but still be wrong 5% of the time.

Nobody bats 1.000, not even the very top of the food chains

Even what Jason said in regards to PC ports we could still see some and he be right so what he said is likely a safe bet either way

 

[Topher]

What I said is not wrong, he could be right 95% of the time but still be wrong 5% of the time.

You are reaching badly if you are hanging your hat on that argument my man, but you do you.

 

[Simms]

Look, I could be massively wrong, it's all a bit of fun banter at the end of the day. Jason could be right. I'll buy whatever game I want to play for PS5 pro. The meltdowns will be massive if Jason is wrong.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Look, I could be massively wrong, it's all a bit of fun banter at the end of the day. Jason could be right. I'll buy whatever game I want to play for PS5 pro. The meltdowns will be massive if Jason is wrong.

I personally think we are still going to see Ghost of Yotei on PC at some point but would that make him wrong?

Really seems the only place he planted his flag was on Saros coming to PC

 

[Simms]

I personally think we are still going to see Ghost of Yotei on PC at some point but would that make him wrong?

Really seems the only place he planted his flag was on Saros coming to PC

Good point. We might not really know well into next year one way or another. Even his Saros flag is looking sketchy as the director is not committing one way or another to a PC port, why wouldn't they just say no or a nice corporate way of saying no?

 

[Fabieter]

Yes, I agree that Bluepoint was an awesome studio. The failure was management. I'm just pushing back on those claiming Nixxes is useless to Sony or needs to be shit down.

Even if nixxes stop doing pc stuff altogether they are still useful. But that doesnt mean they are somehow more important than Bluepoint was.

 

[Sanepar]

I personally think we are still going to see Ghost of Yotei on PC at some point but would that make him wrong?

Really seems the only place he planted his flag was on Saros coming to PC

I still think both will come and Wolverine too. Maybe will take longer but who cares, better than play on a ps console with low settings.

 

[Topher]

Look, I could be massively wrong, it's all a bit of fun banter at the end of the day. Jason could be right. I'll buy whatever game I want to play for PS5 pro. The meltdowns will be massive if Jason is wrong.

Being skeptical is one thing . Over the top denial is another

 

[Fabieter]

I personally think we are still going to see Ghost of Yotei on PC at some point but would that make him wrong?

Really seems the only place he planted his flag was on Saros coming to PC

Didnt he also mention the ghost of yotai port was canceled.

 

[Simms]

Being skeptical is one thing . Over the top denial is another

Me saying Jason could be right is over the top denial? Oh ok lol

 

[Fabieter]

Me saying Jason could be right is over the top denial? Oh ok lol

You also said Blomberg and Jason is all speculative

 

[poppabk]

Didnt he also mention the ghost of yotai port was canceled.

That was the one claim he made that almost guaranteed that he was using reliable information. Because a port would have likely been announced this year and grifters making shit up usually try and have any definitive event that would show they were full of shit be years away.

 

[Topher]

Me saying Jason could be right is over the top denial? Oh ok lol

No. You telling others that you hate to "burst their bubble" about Schrierer and stating flatly that Schrierer knows no more than anyone on this forum is over the top denial.

You are borderline trolling at this point

 

[Simms]

You also said Blomberg and Jason is all speculative

And?

 

[Simms]

No. You telling others that you hate to "burst their bubble" about Schrierer and stating flatly that Schrierer knows no more than anyone on this forum is over the top denial.

You are borderline trolling at this point

Are you willing concede he could possibly be wrong? As that's all I'm saying. I've not been rude to anyone to troll.

 

[Topher]

Are you willing concede he could possibly be wrong? As that's all I'm saying. I've not been rude to anyone to troll.

Have no idea how you ask that when I've called you out a few times already and said you could be right.

One can be civil and still be a troll my man

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Didnt he also mention the ghost of yotai port was canceled.

I think he did but I trust more its been put on hold, not canned

 

[Fabieter]

I think he did but I trust more its been put on hold, not canned

The ps6 is coming next year if they put it on hold for this year it might come late 2028 at the earliest.

 

[bender]

What I said is not wrong, he could be right 95% of the time but still be wrong 5% of the time.

97% of all percentages are made up right on the spot.

 

[Gaiff]

97% of all percentages are made up right on the spot.

And 75% of people know this.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I personally think we are still going to see Ghost of Yotei on PC at some point but would that make him wrong?

Really seems the only place he planted his flag was on Saros coming to PC

Ghost of Yotei was the other game he mentioned had its PC plans scrapped. It wasn't just Saros.

What we can be pretty damn sure of is that he heard from more than one person the information he presented in the article. He generally follows that journalistic principle of needing more than 1 source "in the know."

Does not mean plans can't change though, as he points out in the article but I think some people are in a bit of denial.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Ghost of Yotei was the other game he mentioned had its PC plans scrapped. It wasn't just Saros.

What we can be pretty damn sure of is that he heard from more than one person the information he presented in the article. He generally follows that journalistic principle of needing more than 1 source "in the know."

Does not mean plans can't change though, as he points out in the article but I think some people are in a bit of denial.

Yeah I for sure don't want to come across as being in denial (not saying you are saying that I am) just don't want others thinking that

I just have other reasons to believe GoY will come to PC even with him saying it was scrapped or canceled however he worded it

 

[Neofire]

They released Sony PC ports before and that's enough to mention it and update their page. This means nothing for their future as PC porting studio anymore and Sony made that clear by canceling at least 2 PC ports already.

Exactly, I think I will take the CEO of Sonys interview and his words over a couple of words added in one webpage lol.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Exactly, I think I will take the CEO of Sonys interview and his words over a couple of words added in one webpage lol.

I don't believe any of those CEOs

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Would be splendid if we could get Nixxes to bring KZ2/Infamous 1&2 hybrid remaster/remakes to PS5 or even PS6.

 

[Sanepar]

Exactly, I think I will take the CEO of Sonys interview and his words over a couple of words added in one webpage lol.

He didn't say anything about Pc ports is only the fanboys interpretation.

 

[Sanepar]

I really want any of the fanboys so happy with no ports to Pc to clarify why this matters? It makes u sad that people on PC will be playing with better graphics, resolution and FPS than your console? It is ALL about that? And we are talking about with luck 10-12 games during a entire generation.

 

[yogaflame]

Sony would definitely have made a "better" choice closing Nixxes than Bluepoint

Closing Nixxes or at least moving Nixxes development team away from porting exclusives to Pc and firing Hermen Hulst is what majority of PS fans and PS console owners wants. By the way I still dont get it, why pcmr is obligating PS to port its exclusive while they dont get angry with Nintendo staying with there principle of full exclusivity to its first and 2nd party games?

 

[bitbydeath]

To repeat what some already pointed out : Sony have not stated anything about the matter yet.

What we know for sure is :
- they killed the only team that was doing exclusive remakes of single players games for their Playstation consoles
- they are keeping the team dedicated to port (or help porting) their games to PC.

That should teach us a lot about their current strategy. If anything they are doubling down on the strategy put forward by Ryan.

One thing is for sure, they are not doing anymore of those nice exclusives remakes. Are they done with remakes? Well, no. But why not by Bluepoint? I think it's because Bluepoint are not experts at doing PC ports, while Nixxes are.

No, the strategy has changed greatly, and it all began back in April 1 2025 when Hideaki Nishino took over as President of SIE.

1. PC Ports

PC ports were deprioritised last year. I called this out in October after it had been removed from their financials and also pointed out how Nixxies had been taken off porting duty and instead become a supporting studio.

We later had Jason and others talking about it, and even more recently XDev have confirmed there games will be exclusive to PlayStation moving forward, likely sans existing contracts.

2. GaaS
GaaS has also been deprioritised. It's no secret it hasn't been working out for Sony, who once commissioned the purchase of multiple GaaS studios, as well as arranged to have many of their own in-house teams working on it.
But now we see the shift, GaaS studios getting closed and teams cancelling their existing ones. Sadly BluePoint got caught up in this.

3. God of War Remakes
This is a bigger deal than many realise.
They announced this early which is unlike Sony, and the reason why I suspect is to signify change. We've seen articles about restoring PlayStation and this is clearly one of those moves, and I would not be surprised to hear that this was pushed by Nishino himself.

The strategy has changed but these changes take time, however by the time PS6 arrives it should be in full swing.

 

[Gaiff]

Closing Nixxes or at least moving Nixxes development team away from porting exclusives to Pc and firing Hermen Hulst is what majority of PS fans and PS console owners wants. By the way I still dont get it, why pcmr is obligating PS to port its exclusive while they dont get angry with Nintendo staying with there principle of full exclusivity to its first and 2nd party games?

Most of the PS fanbase doesn't give a shit and doesn't know that this even happened and if they did, I'd wager most wouldn't want people fired or entire studios closed down.

You fanboys are utterly deranged, wishing people would lose their livelihoods over trivial matters such as PC ports. You really need to take a look at yourself.

 

[Pokedot]

It's going to be funny when it turns out Sony's PC strategy hasn't changed and that fucktard Jason Schreier got trolled by an 'insider'.

So far we haven't seen any concrete evidence coming from Sony.

 

[bitbydeath]

It's going to be funny when it turns out Sony's PC strategy hasn't changed and that fucktard Jason Schreier got trolled by an 'insider'.

So far we haven't seen any concrete evidence coming from Sony.

We have seen concrete evidence.
I mentioned it in my previous post.