Supposedly it was admitted in an interview that the studio pitched Sony on the live service game (almost definitely b/c they were made aware of the shift by Sony toward those type of games), and Sony accepted that pitch, rather than Sony telling them they had to make such a game.
And I was so sure Bluepoint would be making the Bloodborne remake for the PS6 launch in a few years
Supposedly it was admitted in an interview that the studio pitched Sony on the live service game (almost definitely b/c they were made aware of the shift by Sony toward those type of games), and Sony accepted that pitch, rather than Sony telling them they had to make such a game.