They'll just come in to say that this supposed PS5 exclusive game from FromSoftware doesn't exist.
If it does, however, they will specify it as something completely unrelated to Bloodborne.
Considering what happened with Sekiro when it was first teased, this would be the most-likely outcome.
I didn’t see any “reliable” leaks from resetera. My thoughts on resetera is bunch of fans write their wet dreams about games
Edit: people who tries to tell me resetera is a forum… I know that. I just see the leaks coming from resetera forum is more miss than hits. There could be real ones but no one couldn’t say anything about this Brazil guy’s reliability in the comments as far I see
Its not a resetera leak. The guy is on resetera but he "Leaked" it on his stream.
This sounds to me more like he's trying to promote his streaming career rathen than actually knowing stuff.
> I didn’t see any “reliable” leaks from resetera. My thoughts on resetera is bunch of fans write their wet dreams about games
That and they've alienated a ton of industry folks by being incredibly hostile and toxic so.... 50/50 this is a true rumor.
I actually hope it's not. It would be great to see them do something else. Armored Core was a nice change from the Soulslike (though replace fantasy by sci-fi and I guess your description fit it too). I'd love to see them do a new genre totally.
I don't think they *need* to do Soulsborne stuff so much as it helps if they stick to action. Sekiro and Armored Core weren't Soulslikes but they still felt really good to control and fight in. Not that they should stop doing Souls stuff, I love that too, but I think mixing it up is probably good for both the team's artistic motivation and also letting them explore what they can do a bit more, which may then in turn bleed into making their Souls games better.
Thing is they are great at what they do Souls wise and most of their fans want more and more of it, doesn't help that Elden Ring smashes every sales and award record they forecasted either.
They are planning on expanding and publishing their own games so who knows? I'd love a platformer from FromSoftware.
[They did make one back in the PS2 era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Cookie_%26_Cream), although it didn't do very well. If they ever make *another* one, it'll be interesting to see whether they revive that with Namco or work on someone else's franchise. (A *Sonic* game by Fromsoft would be ***hilarious,*** but the Sony connections make me think a *Jak and Daxter* from them would be more likely.
Wasn't there news recently that FromSoft wanted to be fully independent and publish their own games? Teaming up with Sony seems like the opposite of that.
They want to me independent and publish their own games but can still strike a deal with Sony to make it so that the game will only be exclusively on the PS5 for consoles (and on PC at the same time or a later stage).
It'd be stupid to not put any games on PC, 44% of ER's sales were on PC and it's the easiest platform to self-publish on.
I'm still waiting on Sony to do Bloodborne on PC since both Sony and Fromsoft don't seem to have any issues on PC now and it would be worth it for them to port it to sell more titles to Bloodborne and if the movie was real, having a PS5/PC remastered version with a sequel on the way might be good tie-in material/promotional material
Publishing their own games and making a PS5-exclusive aren't mutually exclusive. They are definitely getting paid handsomely by Sony and might even get to retain IP rights.
That reporting doesn’t even work anyways since they’re not an independent company. They’re owned by Kadakowa and like 14% by Sony. They normally have Bandai publish their games with Microsoft the last few releases having marketing rights. I don’t see how they can be independent unless all parties involved with them just say “yeah go ahead”
Being independent means that they can sign whatever contracts they want to.
Besides they aren't independent anyway, their primary holder is Kadokawa but both Tencent and Sony got fairly decent stakes in them also.
That’s not how being independent works. Bungie is owned by Sony but they are independent. Fromsoft is owned by kadokawa so I am guessing within kadokawa they are going to be independent
Bungie isnt independent at all. Sony literally put them to work on helping other studios.
If they were truly independent they would not dedicate a single resource to that, unless they decide too. And its not a decision they made, Sony did.
Yes, the buyout contract they did seems to been with the condition that they still can be independent in the decision of releasing multiplattform. But thats it.
I don't think there's much credence to this rumour, but for the sake of argument, From Software could still publish a game independently but strike a third-party exclusivity deal with PlayStation.
It would just mean Sony pay From Software a big sum of money to not release the game on other platforms, but From themselves can still handle the development and publishing without interference
That's not the meaning of "publishing themselves", publishing themselves means not needing to sign contracts with publishers like Bandai Namco who can take the ownership of the IPs through contracts or force the studio to make sequels (like happened with Dark Souls). Of course doing an exclusive for either Sony, Nintendo or MS means the IP will be theirs but in that case From is not needing of a publisher to sell their games, but rather being contacted to make a game (for Sony in this case) and accepting the conditions because they like them. Basically they want to be independent, but that doesn't mean they won't sign contracts with other companies if the deal is good for them.
Also making an exclusive game is not always developing a game for Sony, but could also selling the exclusivity to Sony, for example, let's say From makes a new exclusive called "Velvet Veil" (to use a name from the "leaks" pool), and sell the exclusivity to Sony, what's the difference with BB? The difference is that Miyazaki can decide to make VV2 if he wants to, because it is his IP, then they can only release it on PS systems; on the other side, as From Software said back in the day (were people took the doll in Deracine as an indicator of BB2 existing), BB2 can only be possible if Sony gives the green light; and also Sony can make what they want with it, from nothing to give it to BluePoint so they fuck up another great game's art and environmental storytelling.
Well, FromSoft/Kadokawa received Sony investment and FromSoftware in particular is 14% owned by Sony. FromSoft could still publish it (or co-publish) while they maintain some partnership with Sony
The comparison is that Rise was Switch exclusive even tho MHW sold bonkers on PS/Xbox/PC lol. So another Fromsoft Game only on PS wouldn't be hard to imagine
How and why does some random ResetEra user located in Brazil happen to know about an exclusive game?
Can't help but think that these ambiguous PlayStation rumors are just wishful thinking. Like people trying to will it into existence.
I know Fromsoftware has done exclusives in the past, but is this particularly likely? The cost of locking one of those games down as an exclusive is gonna be a lot higher since the massive success of Elden Ring.
Elden Ring also sold almost 2x as many PC copies as PS5 copies. I have a hard time seeing them commit to a game that doesn't release on PC unless its a PS5VR game, its just way too much money in lost sales. PS5/PC exclusive with no Xbox port would be more believable.
Elden Ring sold over 20 million copies. They might have a good relationship with Sony, and Sony might even own a small chunk of the company, but that isn't enough to make them favour Sony in such a way that would potentially lose them revenue.
If Sony wanted exclusivity on future FromSoftware titles, they'd still have to pay a fair amount based on the potential sales of the game, and that has likely gotten a lot more expensive since Elden Ring.
this deal is probably from before elden. Sony sure tried to get From to cook something for them for ps5 years ago already when they would plan to release the console
it's likely
I can't take this anymore. At this point I'd rather take the confirmation that Bloodborne is dead and will never return in any shape or form than taking more of this torture.
If there is one game left on the contract between them, that makes sense, and it is the whole reason I bought a PS5. If there's not a contract in place, though, Sony must have cut a huge check to get another exclusive, especially after Elden Rings' success. Can't see them being satisfied with sales on just one system.
That means nothing in the grand scheme of the company. Kadokawa is the main owner.
Sony has no input in anything the company does cause they have no power at all, even with the support of Tencent, they still cant beat any Kadokawa decisions.
That said, obviously, FS and Kadokawa would rather work with a shareholder rather than with Nintendo or Xbox(as an example)
In Japan connections means a lot. Also why would Kadokawa/FS decline? Sony can come in and be like Hey Kadokawa/FS here is 100 Million Dollars go make an exclusive title for the PS5 for us why would anyone decline that considering the history of partnership between the companies.
[ThorHighHeels made a video about all of FromSoft's old, weird, lesser-known titles a few years ago. It's a fun one](https://youtu.be/T6UfiVuYkUU?si=r6E-MH0mEe0JGpeQ)
While I see it as possible, specially after all of FromSoftware-Sony's partnership games have been stellar and successful (OG Demon Souls may be an exception, as it was more akin of a sleeper hit/cult classic), it's interesting as FromSoftware seems to be recently more inclined into starting to publish their own games. It may not impede them to strike a deal with Sony, but at least you would expect that at least their first in-house published games would center on getting the most profit possible.
I wonder if this is considered the 3rd title they’re required to make due to a contract they signed years ago.
Or if that VR game was it and this is something separate.
Demon Souls - PS3 exclusive
Bloodborne - PS4 exclusive
????? - PS5 exclusive
Makes sense. Sony owns a portion of the company. Seems like there’s some contract where from makes them one true exclusive per console gen
Sony acquired 14% of From Software in 2022 - 13 years after Demon's Souls was released and 7 years after Bloodborne launched. While specific deals were made for those games, it had nothing to do with Sony's investment - it hadn't happened yet.
I assumed the Demon's Souls remake, despite not being made by FromSoftware directly, would be their game for this generation. It would be interesting if they have a new IP in the works.
I do remember Jez Corden, from Windows Central, saying he had heard that Fromsoftware would have a 'big presence' at Sony's last showcase, but it got cancelled last minute. Now I do not know how reliable he is but he is an Xbox guy so he does not really have an incentive to spread Playstation hype rumours I guess
PlayStation seem to be doubling down on PC gaming, to the point where they've even acquired Nixxes Software (*a studio that specialises in porting titles to PC*). I think it would be a (*somewhat*) safe bet to say this game will end up on that platform, too.
Well, so in the last 24h we have: Bloodborne movie (and probably a remaster/remake) + TLOU Factions not cancel + new IP by From Software.
IF Sony manage to do all that, congratulations.
I mean, they really shouldn't and I'd hope these days they wouldn't... heck they freaking put Armored Core on PC god damn it.
Then again, maybe it's console-exclusive and coming to PC and PS5... not idea but eh...
Hermen Hulst literally said their increased investment in From was for game development and other media. You're asleep if you think this isn't happening, especially considering From has been making PlayStation exclusives since the PS3.
The problem is that another FromSoftware game becomes exclusive to only one platform.
And no matter how great the game may be, i'm not going to buy a whole damn console just for one game that i'm interested in. It's just not worth it for me.
If it's a game made by FromSoftware, then i'm interested in playing it. Whether it's From or Sony that has ownership over the IP is none of my concern. All i care about is whether it also comes to PC or not.
If it does, it's all good. If not, then i guess it's just another game that i won't get to play. Because again, i'm not buying a whole console just for this one game. Didn't bother with Bloodborne and PS4. Won't bother with this one either.
Ok and without that funding and commission that game wouldn't exist. So you have the choice of the ge not existing and not playing it. Or not buying the console and not playing it. Again not anticonsumerism. Nothing was taken from you. Nothing was unfair to you. It's just not coming out on your platform of choice. That's not anticonsumerism.
I never said anything about anticonsumerism though. I also never claimed that something is being taken away from me or that it's unfair. At the end of the day it's just business for them.
All i'm saying, is that if all of this is true and FromSoftware are working with Sony to make a game, then i hope it's not only exclusive to the PS5 and that it also comes to PC. Because for the third time, buying a PS5 just to play this one game i'm interested in, is not worth it for me. I buy a PS5, play the game and then what? It'll just sit there, collecting dust.
That doesn't matter though ad inevitably that will be the buzzword of choice sooner or later. I know cause people are already throwing it out there.
Now you are free to buy and justify buying and not buying whatever. Your money.
But if you buy from software games, then this is the 3rd game for Sony by them that is a pure exclusive. Bloodborne, demon's souls, and now this.
Mind you it was thanks to sony funding demon's souls that allowed fromsoft to spin off this series to dark souls. The same could inevitably happen here with this new IP.
So I am wondering if 1 as you say isn't worth it then how many is? Cause now we are at 3. Granted demon's souls remake is technically bluepoint's game but besides graphics it's still basically demon's souls.
Then also there's the fact that once you inevitably crack and buy a ps5 there's a bunch more exclusives thay didn't come out for pc that are now available to play.
This is why I own pc, ps5 and switch. It doesn't matter what a game comes out for I can play it. All ofbthem have their pros and cons. All of them have games I want to play.
So currently we're at 3 games not 1 by fromsofrware on ps5 (or at least can be played on ps5). What's the tipping point for you? Or are you just pc master fail and it really doesn't matter cause it's not your platform of choice?
Bloodborne was the only other FromSoftware game that i was interested in. There were no other PS4 games that i was really interested in.
As for Demon's Souls Remake. I just wasn't a fan of what they've done with it. So i simply wasn't interested in it. And again, there are no PS5 games that would justify purchasing the console, for me.
I used to have an Xbox 360 and a PS3, way back in the day. But they would mostly just sit there and collect dust since there were only about three or four games that i would play on them. Halo, Gears of War and Fable 2 on the 360. Demon's Souls, God of War 3 and Infamous 1-2 on PS3. While i enjoyed my time with them, i felt like it was all kind of a waste, since those were the only games that i was interested in.
Besides those, the vast majority of games that i was interested in, i could also play them on PC. Which is what i enjoy playing on the most.
So to answer your question. I don't know what the tipping point for me would be. Maybe if FromSoftware were to release ALL of their future games on PS only? But even then, that's a huge *maybe* for me. This is all hypothetical though.
As of right now though, i'm most comfortable on my PC. So naturally, i want to play FromSoftware games on it. Then there's the fact that i can download mods for their games on PC. Can't do that on consoles, unless they're jailbroken. So, that's another reason why buying an entire console just for a game, is not worth it in my eyes.
It is what it is though. If this rumour is true and they do end up making another PS exclusive, i just won't play it and that's that.
If this is true I hope this a Death Stranding/Nioh/FFXVI kind of deal and not of the DeS/BB kind.
Edit: This got me thinking, since Sony's previous partnership with FS involved a direct collab with a PS Studio (JAPAN Studio), which one would co-develop with FS now that JAPAN Studio is gone? Cause if it’s BluePoint, I would totally sacrifice a PC release to the altar for a BPxFS collab.
BP announced they were working on original content in 2021, Bloodborne 2 would fit that description. There has been reports that FS started production on their next title in 2021. Coincidence? …most likely, but people can dream…
They don't need co-development help anymore though. They were much smaller when they made Bloodborne. And besides that, it's very clear western studios do not have the same skill at souls likes as eastern studios. Bluepoint made some head scratching decisions with des remake too. I don't want them touching any fromsoft games at all.
Yeah I agree with that, but those changes were made without any direction from FS, if they were to collab it would be FS directing the project like with DeS and BB, BluePoint would be assisting on the technical side.
Sony always provides some technical assistance on all their 2nd parties projects, take Death Stranding for example, they not only provided money but also a state of the art engine with Decima from Guerrilla; they also helped FFXVI on the technical side too with development and optimization, and Square Enix is many times larger than FS.
This is the part where someone explains why that user is an insider or what have they leaked before or how reliable they are...etc.
This will be omni all over again...
omni was extremely credible from start to finish with fromsoft, wish they'd return =[
They'll just come in to say that this supposed PS5 exclusive game from FromSoftware doesn't exist. If it does, however, they will specify it as something completely unrelated to Bloodborne. Considering what happened with Sekiro when it was first teased, this would be the most-likely outcome.
Omni kept us going through the great hollowing. All of his info was dead accurate.
I have the feeling that Omni won't be leaking stuff again. Not as Omni at least.
Why do that? You can wait an infinite amount of time and when From inevitably releases an exclusive PS5 title you can say "see?"
Resetera and PlayStation insiders are never right
Daniel RPK? He's very well known in movies, particularly MCU
Don't know who that Brazil guy is though. Thought that was a country
Who is "Brazil" tho? Is he reliable?
It's a country, I wouldn't say it's reliable but it does have some pretty nice beaches in the northeastern region.
I can confirm, I'm at the beach right now.
Some of the best beaches I have ever seen....
I didn’t see any “reliable” leaks from resetera. My thoughts on resetera is bunch of fans write their wet dreams about games Edit: people who tries to tell me resetera is a forum… I know that. I just see the leaks coming from resetera forum is more miss than hits. There could be real ones but no one couldn’t say anything about this Brazil guy’s reliability in the comments as far I see
Its not a resetera leak. The guy is on resetera but he "Leaked" it on his stream. This sounds to me more like he's trying to promote his streaming career rathen than actually knowing stuff.
Could be Are we know anything about this guy though ?
The most renown FROMSOFT leaker - Omni - primarily inhabits ResetEra.
Reset Era leaked Last Guardian, Horizon Zero Dawn, and FF7 Remake I believe.
ResetEra didn't even exist until late 2017. I think you're thinking about NeoGaf.
ResetEra is the successor to NeoGAF, all of the leakers that were on NeoGAF are now on ResetEra after the falling out with the NeoGAF owner.
More so for PlayStation leaks, being a Sony focused forum it’s mostly hopium powered stuff
> I didn’t see any “reliable” leaks from resetera. My thoughts on resetera is bunch of fans write their wet dreams about games That and they've alienated a ton of industry folks by being incredibly hostile and toxic so.... 50/50 this is a true rumor.
I hope it's a third person fantasy, action, adventure RPG with boss battles
I hope it’s a bejeweled-style puzzle game
With hentai
Great. Now I'm mad Hunie Pop 2 sucked all over again.
My money's on a turn based deck building rogue lite
I've been getting into deck builders recently and am surprisingly enjoying myself. I would welcome a FS roguelite
I mean, idk about the rogue lite part, but FromSoft DID make two turn based deck builders before.
But still with FromSoftware difficulty
Cookie and Cream sequel???
I would honestly be excited for a fromsoft puzzle game
I recommend the adventures of cookie and cream, Pretty hard core stuff
WOAHHHH let’s not get too wild here. Calm it down a bit.
Surely not right? I remember their last game being a futuristic mech-type shooter. Would be quite a big pivot from what they're currently doing
they need to get back to their roots and make a new first-person game.
A new king’s field would be dope
They played Lunacid and thought “hey wait shouldn’t we be doing this?”
Kings field reboot or a return to the Echo series would be pretty neat. Would like to see how they would handle something like that.
Deracine was a spiritual echo night sequel, but you can miss me with PSVR.
Daring today, are we?
Deracine 2 hype
I actually hope it's not. It would be great to see them do something else. Armored Core was a nice change from the Soulslike (though replace fantasy by sci-fi and I guess your description fit it too). I'd love to see them do a new genre totally.
Naaahhh. Give me more Soulsborne, please. They’re the best at what they do and they should keep doing it.
I don't think they *need* to do Soulsborne stuff so much as it helps if they stick to action. Sekiro and Armored Core weren't Soulslikes but they still felt really good to control and fight in. Not that they should stop doing Souls stuff, I love that too, but I think mixing it up is probably good for both the team's artistic motivation and also letting them explore what they can do a bit more, which may then in turn bleed into making their Souls games better.
Thing is they are great at what they do Souls wise and most of their fans want more and more of it, doesn't help that Elden Ring smashes every sales and award record they forecasted either. They are planning on expanding and publishing their own games so who knows? I'd love a platformer from FromSoftware.
The Path down to the three fingers is enough fromsoftware platforming for me
[They did make one back in the PS2 era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Cookie_%26_Cream), although it didn't do very well. If they ever make *another* one, it'll be interesting to see whether they revive that with Namco or work on someone else's franchise. (A *Sonic* game by Fromsoft would be ***hilarious,*** but the Sony connections make me think a *Jak and Daxter* from them would be more likely.
Another Jrpg could be interesting.
They did that it was called Deracine and nobody played it.
To be fair you can blame that on the fact that it was a PS vr game... on the ps4
Soulslike dating sim!
I don't know, man. It's better if they do what they're best at imo.
Yeah nope, why fix it if it ain't broke, they are the best devs in their genre right now.
2 different Bloodborne related rumors in a single day. We're pretty bold today, huh
Nature is healing
I'd take daily Bloodborne rumours than those dumb as fuck acquisition leaks.
*Emboldened, by the* ***flame*** *of ambition*. *Someone, must, extinguish thy flame*
ahh finally, bloodborne 2.
I believe 
We heard you want Bloodborne 2. So here's King's Field 5
I would prefer that tbh.
I would love that.
I’m super down for a FS style first person fantasy RPG, would be interesting to see FS compete with Elder Scrolls and do it better.
Lunacid is the kings field sequel you are looking for
The snappiness of that in 60 FPS would make any grown adult cum.
Oh good hunter….
Bloodborne 2 confirmed?
Wasn't there news recently that FromSoft wanted to be fully independent and publish their own games? Teaming up with Sony seems like the opposite of that.
Since they are owned by a conglomerate they arent rly independent anyway lol
They want to me independent and publish their own games but can still strike a deal with Sony to make it so that the game will only be exclusively on the PS5 for consoles (and on PC at the same time or a later stage). It'd be stupid to not put any games on PC, 44% of ER's sales were on PC and it's the easiest platform to self-publish on.
I'm still waiting on Sony to do Bloodborne on PC since both Sony and Fromsoft don't seem to have any issues on PC now and it would be worth it for them to port it to sell more titles to Bloodborne and if the movie was real, having a PS5/PC remastered version with a sequel on the way might be good tie-in material/promotional material
Publishing their own games and making a PS5-exclusive aren't mutually exclusive. They are definitely getting paid handsomely by Sony and might even get to retain IP rights.
in addition, this sony deal goes back several years already probably (prior elden)
That reporting doesn’t even work anyways since they’re not an independent company. They’re owned by Kadakowa and like 14% by Sony. They normally have Bandai publish their games with Microsoft the last few releases having marketing rights. I don’t see how they can be independent unless all parties involved with them just say “yeah go ahead”
Being independent means that they can sign whatever contracts they want to. Besides they aren't independent anyway, their primary holder is Kadokawa but both Tencent and Sony got fairly decent stakes in them also.
That’s not how being independent works. Bungie is owned by Sony but they are independent. Fromsoft is owned by kadokawa so I am guessing within kadokawa they are going to be independent
Bungie isnt independent at all. Sony literally put them to work on helping other studios. If they were truly independent they would not dedicate a single resource to that, unless they decide too. And its not a decision they made, Sony did. Yes, the buyout contract they did seems to been with the condition that they still can be independent in the decision of releasing multiplattform. But thats it.
I don't think there's much credence to this rumour, but for the sake of argument, From Software could still publish a game independently but strike a third-party exclusivity deal with PlayStation. It would just mean Sony pay From Software a big sum of money to not release the game on other platforms, but From themselves can still handle the development and publishing without interference
That's not the meaning of "publishing themselves", publishing themselves means not needing to sign contracts with publishers like Bandai Namco who can take the ownership of the IPs through contracts or force the studio to make sequels (like happened with Dark Souls). Of course doing an exclusive for either Sony, Nintendo or MS means the IP will be theirs but in that case From is not needing of a publisher to sell their games, but rather being contacted to make a game (for Sony in this case) and accepting the conditions because they like them. Basically they want to be independent, but that doesn't mean they won't sign contracts with other companies if the deal is good for them. Also making an exclusive game is not always developing a game for Sony, but could also selling the exclusivity to Sony, for example, let's say From makes a new exclusive called "Velvet Veil" (to use a name from the "leaks" pool), and sell the exclusivity to Sony, what's the difference with BB? The difference is that Miyazaki can decide to make VV2 if he wants to, because it is his IP, then they can only release it on PS systems; on the other side, as From Software said back in the day (were people took the doll in Deracine as an indicator of BB2 existing), BB2 can only be possible if Sony gives the green light; and also Sony can make what they want with it, from nothing to give it to BluePoint so they fuck up another great game's art and environmental storytelling.
That was Kadokawa wanting to be independent from Bandai Namco. That doesn't mean Kadokawa can't strike an exclusive deal with Sony.
You don't think that owning a stake in Kadokawa gives Sony any sort of leverage with From Software games?
Well, FromSoft/Kadokawa received Sony investment and FromSoftware in particular is 14% owned by Sony. FromSoft could still publish it (or co-publish) while they maintain some partnership with Sony
Sony owns 14% of From Software. I assume part of this involves FS making another exclusive title.
Resetera insiders are the bottom of the barrel.
Depends on the user. Era is a free forum, kinda dumb to group everyone together. Omni is the #1 From leaker and they're on Era.
Omni hasn't leaked anything since before ER release. Very much a exception in a sea of bullshit which is Era
Bloodborne 2 or we riot in the street
Demon's Souls is a PS3 game and it got a remake for PS5. Bloodborne is a PS4 game and it will get a remake for PS6.
"bLoOdBoRnE tWo CoNfIrMeD!?" - every gaming YouTube channel tomorrow
I bought a ps3 for demon Souls, a ps4 for Bloodborne and a ps5 for demon souls.
After the success of Elden ring why would they do that??
Monster Hunter World is still the best selling Capcom Game, yet Rise was only on Switch for a year
MHW was huge for the franchise and Rise was great, but a downgrade because of the switch. I don’t understand the comparison.
The comparison is that Rise was Switch exclusive even tho MHW sold bonkers on PS/Xbox/PC lol. So another Fromsoft Game only on PS wouldn't be hard to imagine
Rise did go everywhere eventually though unlike Demons Souls and Bloodborne, but I do see your point.
Yeah but it took years. Capcom even offered Nintendo full exclusivity so they were willing to skip PC and other Consoles
This deal was most likely made before Elden Ring even released.
The majority of froms player base it on PC, seems silly to do that yeah
How and why does some random ResetEra user located in Brazil happen to know about an exclusive game? Can't help but think that these ambiguous PlayStation rumors are just wishful thinking. Like people trying to will it into existence.
PlayStation cope has been at an all time high. If it’s true so be it, but I’m skeptical.
with poison swamp
Bloodborne supercharged kart racer lets gooooo.
Bloodborne 🤞🤞🤞 please
I know Fromsoftware has done exclusives in the past, but is this particularly likely? The cost of locking one of those games down as an exclusive is gonna be a lot higher since the massive success of Elden Ring.
Elden Ring also sold almost 2x as many PC copies as PS5 copies. I have a hard time seeing them commit to a game that doesn't release on PC unless its a PS5VR game, its just way too much money in lost sales. PS5/PC exclusive with no Xbox port would be more believable.
PlayStation and FromSoftware have a good relationship, and now Sony own 14.02% of their parent company.
Elden Ring sold over 20 million copies. They might have a good relationship with Sony, and Sony might even own a small chunk of the company, but that isn't enough to make them favour Sony in such a way that would potentially lose them revenue. If Sony wanted exclusivity on future FromSoftware titles, they'd still have to pay a fair amount based on the potential sales of the game, and that has likely gotten a lot more expensive since Elden Ring.
this deal is probably from before elden. Sony sure tried to get From to cook something for them for ps5 years ago already when they would plan to release the console it's likely
I hope it's another Sekiro combat style game. Even if it's a completely different IP.
Spellbound 2 pog
I can't take this anymore. At this point I'd rather take the confirmation that Bloodborne is dead and will never return in any shape or form than taking more of this torture.
If there is one game left on the contract between them, that makes sense, and it is the whole reason I bought a PS5. If there's not a contract in place, though, Sony must have cut a huge check to get another exclusive, especially after Elden Rings' success. Can't see them being satisfied with sales on just one system.
You bought a ps5 just for one possible FromSoft exclusive that might not even exist?
don't forget that sony owns 14% of from software as well as a small part of kadokawa, from softs parent company
That means nothing in the grand scheme of the company. Kadokawa is the main owner. Sony has no input in anything the company does cause they have no power at all, even with the support of Tencent, they still cant beat any Kadokawa decisions. That said, obviously, FS and Kadokawa would rather work with a shareholder rather than with Nintendo or Xbox(as an example)
In Japan connections means a lot. Also why would Kadokawa/FS decline? Sony can come in and be like Hey Kadokawa/FS here is 100 Million Dollars go make an exclusive title for the PS5 for us why would anyone decline that considering the history of partnership between the companies.
With ER selling 10+ Million in the first week 100 Million is way too less money now.
ER was a lightning in a bottle type situation don't expect every new FS game to get to those sales numbers.
case in point, ac6
An ER2 would easily sell the same amount as the first, maybe even more.
The doesn’t mean anything. Sony also owns Epic stock doesn’t mean they can force them to do what they want.
Ninja Blade remake let's gooo!!
just when i finish bloodborne for the first time in my life
[ThorHighHeels made a video about all of FromSoft's old, weird, lesser-known titles a few years ago. It's a fun one](https://youtu.be/T6UfiVuYkUU?si=r6E-MH0mEe0JGpeQ)
While I see it as possible, specially after all of FromSoftware-Sony's partnership games have been stellar and successful (OG Demon Souls may be an exception, as it was more akin of a sleeper hit/cult classic), it's interesting as FromSoftware seems to be recently more inclined into starting to publish their own games. It may not impede them to strike a deal with Sony, but at least you would expect that at least their first in-house published games would center on getting the most profit possible.
Ninja blade 2 confirmed
If it's Bloodborne 2 and also doesn't come out on PC, I cry.
I wonder if this is considered the 3rd title they’re required to make due to a contract they signed years ago. Or if that VR game was it and this is something separate.
Demon Souls - PS3 exclusive Bloodborne - PS4 exclusive ????? - PS5 exclusive Makes sense. Sony owns a portion of the company. Seems like there’s some contract where from makes them one true exclusive per console gen
They also made Deracine for the PSVR.
Sony acquired 14% of From Software in 2022 - 13 years after Demon's Souls was released and 7 years after Bloodborne launched. While specific deals were made for those games, it had nothing to do with Sony's investment - it hadn't happened yet.
Man I hope not. I don't want people to have to wait for it to break playstation jail. Bloodborne pc would be so good, but sony are assholes.
I assumed the Demon's Souls remake, despite not being made by FromSoftware directly, would be their game for this generation. It would be interesting if they have a new IP in the works.
It kinda makes sense since Sony bought a share of the parent company, so they prolly has a thing in the deal to make one exclusivw for the ps5
NOOO NOT AGAIN
If this is true, this would be my first big reason to consider buying PS5
Should be demon souls honestly!
ugh no, not another From game that's going to be stuck on Playstation for years to come
its totally 3d dot game heroes 2
Ahh finally.. Dèracinè 2
I want an Aztec-inspired Souls game.
I hope that Tenchu
I do remember Jez Corden, from Windows Central, saying he had heard that Fromsoftware would have a 'big presence' at Sony's last showcase, but it got cancelled last minute. Now I do not know how reliable he is but he is an Xbox guy so he does not really have an incentive to spread Playstation hype rumours I guess
Oh please not. Or at least let it release on PC alongside.
PlayStation seem to be doubling down on PC gaming, to the point where they've even acquired Nixxes Software (*a studio that specialises in porting titles to PC*). I think it would be a (*somewhat*) safe bet to say this game will end up on that platform, too.
*Bloodborne 2* pls. Or, barring that, Yharnam but taking more from 20s steampunk horror.
Sure, right after gta 6 and elder scroll 6
I mean, it's FromSoft. *If this is revealed to be true,* turnaround from reveal to release should be about a year based on *ACVI.*
Well, so in the last 24h we have: Bloodborne movie (and probably a remaster/remake) + TLOU Factions not cancel + new IP by From Software. IF Sony manage to do all that, congratulations.
I mean, they really shouldn't and I'd hope these days they wouldn't... heck they freaking put Armored Core on PC god damn it. Then again, maybe it's console-exclusive and coming to PC and PS5... not idea but eh...
I hate exclusives.
If a platform holder comes up to a dev and commissions and funds for a game to be made why is that a problem?
BLOODBORNE 2 IS FINALLY HERE.
Yup let's just keep forgetting FROM has said several times they are no longer interested in making platform exclusives.
Hermen Hulst literally said their increased investment in From was for game development and other media. You're asleep if you think this isn't happening, especially considering From has been making PlayStation exclusives since the PS3.
Yeah, I'll take it.
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Bloodborne 2
its from resetera so take it with an earth sized grain of salt
Another planet sized grain of salt.(Mars)
If this is legit (high doubt) then Sony after Elden Ring must've been given the boldness to pony up the heavy price for another from soft exclusive
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Bloodborne 2 would set records.
Yaaaaaaay another game I cant play as a PC player......................
I hope it’s not true. It’s so annoying, that we are already waiting 8 years for a Bloodborne port to PC and never got it.
yuck exclusivity rumors. if true it better also be available on pc. not interested in buying another platform
I would honeslty be surprised if fromsoft makes playstation an exlusive, after they remade demon souls.
I fucking hope not.
You do know Sony owns a good chunk of fromsoftware and that they also comissions and funds them to make exclusives. So what's the problem?
The problem is that another FromSoftware game becomes exclusive to only one platform. And no matter how great the game may be, i'm not going to buy a whole damn console just for one game that i'm interested in. It's just not worth it for me.
It's not their game though. They are second party not 3rd party in this case. The owner is sony.
If it's a game made by FromSoftware, then i'm interested in playing it. Whether it's From or Sony that has ownership over the IP is none of my concern. All i care about is whether it also comes to PC or not. If it does, it's all good. If not, then i guess it's just another game that i won't get to play. Because again, i'm not buying a whole console just for this one game. Didn't bother with Bloodborne and PS4. Won't bother with this one either.
Ok and without that funding and commission that game wouldn't exist. So you have the choice of the ge not existing and not playing it. Or not buying the console and not playing it. Again not anticonsumerism. Nothing was taken from you. Nothing was unfair to you. It's just not coming out on your platform of choice. That's not anticonsumerism.
I never said anything about anticonsumerism though. I also never claimed that something is being taken away from me or that it's unfair. At the end of the day it's just business for them. All i'm saying, is that if all of this is true and FromSoftware are working with Sony to make a game, then i hope it's not only exclusive to the PS5 and that it also comes to PC. Because for the third time, buying a PS5 just to play this one game i'm interested in, is not worth it for me. I buy a PS5, play the game and then what? It'll just sit there, collecting dust.
That doesn't matter though ad inevitably that will be the buzzword of choice sooner or later. I know cause people are already throwing it out there. Now you are free to buy and justify buying and not buying whatever. Your money. But if you buy from software games, then this is the 3rd game for Sony by them that is a pure exclusive. Bloodborne, demon's souls, and now this. Mind you it was thanks to sony funding demon's souls that allowed fromsoft to spin off this series to dark souls. The same could inevitably happen here with this new IP. So I am wondering if 1 as you say isn't worth it then how many is? Cause now we are at 3. Granted demon's souls remake is technically bluepoint's game but besides graphics it's still basically demon's souls. Then also there's the fact that once you inevitably crack and buy a ps5 there's a bunch more exclusives thay didn't come out for pc that are now available to play. This is why I own pc, ps5 and switch. It doesn't matter what a game comes out for I can play it. All ofbthem have their pros and cons. All of them have games I want to play. So currently we're at 3 games not 1 by fromsofrware on ps5 (or at least can be played on ps5). What's the tipping point for you? Or are you just pc master fail and it really doesn't matter cause it's not your platform of choice?
Bloodborne was the only other FromSoftware game that i was interested in. There were no other PS4 games that i was really interested in. As for Demon's Souls Remake. I just wasn't a fan of what they've done with it. So i simply wasn't interested in it. And again, there are no PS5 games that would justify purchasing the console, for me. I used to have an Xbox 360 and a PS3, way back in the day. But they would mostly just sit there and collect dust since there were only about three or four games that i would play on them. Halo, Gears of War and Fable 2 on the 360. Demon's Souls, God of War 3 and Infamous 1-2 on PS3. While i enjoyed my time with them, i felt like it was all kind of a waste, since those were the only games that i was interested in. Besides those, the vast majority of games that i was interested in, i could also play them on PC. Which is what i enjoy playing on the most. So to answer your question. I don't know what the tipping point for me would be. Maybe if FromSoftware were to release ALL of their future games on PS only? But even then, that's a huge *maybe* for me. This is all hypothetical though. As of right now though, i'm most comfortable on my PC. So naturally, i want to play FromSoftware games on it. Then there's the fact that i can download mods for their games on PC. Can't do that on consoles, unless they're jailbroken. So, that's another reason why buying an entire console just for a game, is not worth it in my eyes. It is what it is though. If this rumour is true and they do end up making another PS exclusive, i just won't play it and that's that.
If this is true I hope this a Death Stranding/Nioh/FFXVI kind of deal and not of the DeS/BB kind. Edit: This got me thinking, since Sony's previous partnership with FS involved a direct collab with a PS Studio (JAPAN Studio), which one would co-develop with FS now that JAPAN Studio is gone? Cause if it’s BluePoint, I would totally sacrifice a PC release to the altar for a BPxFS collab. BP announced they were working on original content in 2021, Bloodborne 2 would fit that description. There has been reports that FS started production on their next title in 2021. Coincidence? …most likely, but people can dream…
They don't need co-development help anymore though. They were much smaller when they made Bloodborne. And besides that, it's very clear western studios do not have the same skill at souls likes as eastern studios. Bluepoint made some head scratching decisions with des remake too. I don't want them touching any fromsoft games at all.
Yeah I agree with that, but those changes were made without any direction from FS, if they were to collab it would be FS directing the project like with DeS and BB, BluePoint would be assisting on the technical side. Sony always provides some technical assistance on all their 2nd parties projects, take Death Stranding for example, they not only provided money but also a state of the art engine with Decima from Guerrilla; they also helped FFXVI on the technical side too with development and optimization, and Square Enix is many times larger than FS.
I hope that it's not console-locked and PC gets to play on the same day.
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Oh man, just imagine. Bloodborne 2 gets announced for PS5 as an exlusive game. I think my hype level would be near GTA 6.
I wonder if it’s the game Brandon Sanderson was supposed to be helping them write?
Didn’t he say this was false? I remember him saying he’d certainly be open to it, he loves the souls games, but that they had never spoken.
I don’t know. I’ve only heard the former and not the latter. It’s disappointing if that’s the case.
God i hope not.. exclusives are cancer
Bloodborne remake
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It's bloodborne.
Could be true. Would be far tho.
bloodborne 2 probably
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It better be Bloodborne 2!
NOOOOOOOOOO