Knack getting a sequel while Bloodborne rots is basically the gods trolling us.
I have the same feelings about how Sony let Folklore die even though that concept had so much potential, it just launched too early in the PS3's lifespan to do well.
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Ok ERA what’s your theory on why we haven’t seen Bloodborne 2 yet?
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Knack getting a sequel while Bloodborne rots is basically the gods trolling us.
I have the same feelings about how Sony let Folklore die even though that concept had so much potential, it just launched too early in the PS3's lifespan to do well.
I should think you still have dreams? Well, next time you dream, give some thought to the hunt, and its purpose.
Where "something else" is more or less exactly the same game but with a different title.
There is absolutely no need for a Bloodborne 2. Another souls style game? Sure, and we'll get one soon enough no doubt.
And by the time we'd get this hypothetical sequel, we'd be around six to eight years.
Because From wants to work on other stuff and Sony is respectful enough to not take it to another developer.
Maybe because Bluepoint are working on the Demon's Souls remake as rumors said. But for real FROM are contractors not first-party and for the moment it would be a nonsense to give the IP to someone else.
Because some studios don't hinge their existence on the next big GAAS Franchise and give a shit about creating new IP and actually use their creative staff to move a genre forward.
We already have way to many overwelcome franchising going on in the industry. If that's what it takes for stuff like Sekiro, I'll happily move on from Bloodborne. It's not like the game gets retroactively worse.
(Yes I know I'm hyperbolic. Still.)
We already have way to many overwelcome franchising going on in the industry. If that's what it takes for stuff like Sekiro, I'll happily move on from Bloodborne. It's not like the game gets retroactively worse.
(Yes I know I'm hyperbolic. Still.)
Miyazaki was promoted to another position and was tired of directing Souls games so wanted to rest at least for a while. So wanted to do something else and Activision paid more to make Sekiro.
Sony already had a packed library for 2018 and 2019 full of great 1st and 3rd party games, including Sekiro. So prefered to do a smaller VR game with them and to wait maybe for 2020 (PS5 launch or late PS4 game) for another big exclusive game made by From Software.
I'm one of the biggest Bloodborne fans, but I don't see the need for a sequel really. Just like the DLC didn't really do much for me. It's more of the game, but I was allready satisfied with what I played.
I'm very happy they went with Sekiro. How good Bloodborne was: I still like to play something different
I'm very happy they went with Sekiro. How good Bloodborne was: I still like to play something different
This is not sound reasoning. By that logic, Sony wouldn't be funding any games that won't break records.
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They released a full game a year for about three years on the trot. They are probably working on other games right now as well
Anyway I didn't say where is it I was asking why people thought there hadn't been one.
Now that I think about it, Sony own the IP and Bluepoint is working on some pretty huge game. ;)
A PSVR title will release in November and Sekiro marketing is already underway. Why announce a new game now?
I really don't understand the question then. Unless some FROM exec is lurking these forums.....nobody knows whether a BB2 will ever be a thing.
My best guess is that FROM prefers to do multi plats going forward for financial reasons.
Sony OTH doesn't need BB2 to sell PS4s, they're good on exclusives for this gen imo
On PS5 Sony could potentially launch Days Gone 2, Spiderman 2, TLOU 3, Horizon ZD 2 and a new God of War.....
Really don't see the need for Sony to push a BB2 project.
They've pretty much told us: they want to break away from Soulsborne, especially now that they are using Unreal engine. They can't replicate the Soulsborne on Unreal so they are making a new IP to prevent the direct comparison.
Don't worry, I'll join you at that bed being sad about Okami 2 not being a thing. But their recent plans to do more revivals bodes well.Just y'all wait, any day now.
I probably should've made it more obvious that I was joking. Though thankfully some of the other community members caught on to that, even if the comeback was more than I bargained for.
Could be many reasons...
1) they know how dedicated the fanbase of From Software Soulsbornes are so they want to use a new one to push PS5 sales. At this point, it's not impossible that a new one would be ready within the first year or so of PS5's launch
2) there will NEVER be a Bloodborne 2. Sony will, however, continue giving From Software free reigns to develop new IPs (perhaps Soulsborne-like, perhaps not). New IPs take time, especially if it's really different from the Soulsborne formula.
3) it sold well but not well enough for Sony to fast track a sequel. It'll come when all the pieces line up or the higher-ups at Sony feel like it
4) Maybe Miyazaki is busy with another game so Sony is willing to wait until he's available to direct another game for them, since he's viewed as the mastermind behind From Software's most successful games.
5) It could be in development as we speak and will be one of the last hurraahs of PS4 (with a possibility of cross-gen) from Sony, to be announced at E3 2019 for a late fall or early 2020 release
6) For one reason or another, Sony simply won't work with From Software again (either because From Software is busy working with everyone else or because Sony has lost interest in the collaboration for the time being for whatever reason)
1) they know how dedicated the fanbase of From Software Soulsbornes are so they want to use a new one to push PS5 sales. At this point, it's not impossible that a new one would be ready within the first year or so of PS5's launch
2) there will NEVER be a Bloodborne 2. Sony will, however, continue giving From Software free reigns to develop new IPs (perhaps Soulsborne-like, perhaps not). New IPs take time, especially if it's really different from the Soulsborne formula.
3) it sold well but not well enough for Sony to fast track a sequel. It'll come when all the pieces line up or the higher-ups at Sony feel like it
4) Maybe Miyazaki is busy with another game so Sony is willing to wait until he's available to direct another game for them, since he's viewed as the mastermind behind From Software's most successful games.
5) It could be in development as we speak and will be one of the last hurraahs of PS4 (with a possibility of cross-gen) from Sony, to be announced at E3 2019 for a late fall or early 2020 release
6) For one reason or another, Sony simply won't work with From Software again (either because From Software is busy working with everyone else or because Sony has lost interest in the collaboration for the time being for whatever reason)
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Yeah, one of these.
I kind of feel its on a back burner somewhere there and they will come back to it at some point.
It would be a killer PS5 launch title though
They are a work-for-hire independent developer. Ultimately they will work for anyone who is willing to hire them for any game project, PC sales or not. It's really more about whether SONY sees it feasible to publish a new From Software game and goes to them for one.
Probably they don't feel the need.
From Software have become a big enough name now that they can work on whatever they like and someone out there will be willing to invest and publish.
Also, it's possible that bringing Bloodborne 2 out now would maybe just be met with "oh yet another soulsborne game" and might not do well critically and/or financially.
If they waited until say 2023 or so when the new PS console is in full flight and then announced Bloodborne 2? That would be a big deal.
From Software have become a big enough name now that they can work on whatever they like and someone out there will be willing to invest and publish.
Also, it's possible that bringing Bloodborne 2 out now would maybe just be met with "oh yet another soulsborne game" and might not do well critically and/or financially.
If they waited until say 2023 or so when the new PS console is in full flight and then announced Bloodborne 2? That would be a big deal.
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Yeah i said that, but apparently From are different and amazing and they only want to put out multi platforms now for some reason
I do get that Miyazaki has said he wants to step away from the Soulsborne style for a bit and fair play to him
But as you say what studio would turn down a, probably fairly lucrative, contract from Sony to make a game?
This.
It seems clear to me that part of the reason Bloodbourne is so great is that is was a fresh take on the genre. This was not only appealing to the fans, but I'm sure for employees at From Software too, who wished to further flex their creativity.
Sekiro allows them to discover new challenges again, whilst going back to Bloodbourne may just remind them of how they exhausted the Souls franchise.
On Pro it runs at a consistent 30.
No game can ever take away from another game, so don't worry about it, you'll always have the original Bloodbourne.
Sony owns the IP and From and Miyazaki are busy right now with other things.
Sony sure as hell won't give it to some other developer, especially due to how they treated From during Demon's Souls. BB was basically an apology by Sony. If it's ever gonna be made it will be when Miyazaki is ready(Hint: It wont be because BB's story is closed and there is no need for a sequel. This would be evident if you people actually paid any attention to the meaning of the story).
Sony sure as hell won't give it to some other developer, especially due to how they treated From during Demon's Souls. BB was basically an apology by Sony. If it's ever gonna be made it will be when Miyazaki is ready(Hint: It wont be because BB's story is closed and there is no need for a sequel. This would be evident if you people actually paid any attention to the meaning of the story).
But they are working on an exclusive game for Sony now? Which is the third project since last gen, PC sales are irrelevant, they get their money from Sony.
Hell, I'd say at least two are likely. Especially when the next generation of consoles is a bit too far off to tell who's going to be winning that race, in addition to the fact that typically being able to release your game on 3 or 4 platforms is way better off financially than just a single one. Was I them, even if Sony was ponying up the cash, I'd feel a bit melancholic knowing my new project was going to be imprisoned on a single platform thanks to a deal with one console manufacturer.
They make more money on PC then what Sony pays them. Souls sells like 40% of it's sales on PC.