There's plenty of good stuff in the Souls games, beside the difficulty, otherwise they'd be shit.
Combat is fun (not only because it's demanding), the world is mysterious and beautiful, there's character building etc etc.
The most important question here is: Why do you care if someone in their home plays it in easy mode?
I care because the difficulty is 50% of what makes Souls what it is.
Reasons why Souls should not have an Easy Mode:
1. It turns the game from a thinking mans game to a hack 'n slash.
Why even bother with a shield? Just armor up and Two hand ALL THE THINGS!
2. It messes up the servers.
How would you separate easy servers and people who have balls servers? I don't want to fight someone who has super easy mode gear as I progress (slowly) to fight enemies who have actual bite to them. Nor do I want to Co-op with anyone who just one shots the boss.
3.Congratulations, you've accomplished nothing.
I've always said if I had to describe the Souls games' difficulty in one word it would be 'fair'. Enemies got down just as fast as you do and they flinch, have weaknesses, can be exploited, etc. It all comes down to playstyle, how smart you are evading attacks, gear and flask management. When you beat a boss or the entire game you have overcame something. You didn't just bash your way through a linear corridor. You overcame traps, deadly monsters 10x your size and find out a little more about yourself as a gamer which brings me to...
4. Getting rid of the difficulty you lose any incentive to go outside your comfort zone
Why bother with the bow, spells, shield when blindly slashing will do the trick. As you play through the game you will hit several walls in terms of bosses and areas. You have to figure your way past them through what you have at your disposal. Trouble with Anor Lando snipers? Try lighter armor to evade their arrows. What spells would be effective in defeating them? Will you try to fight them at a distance? Will you parry them? Knock them off the ledge? You have the means but you have to learn what works for you.
Watching most people struggle on
youtube and bitch about the difficulty has taught me one thing. People are reluctant to learn. Whenever the game kills them they never learn and blame the game. Adding an easy mode doesn't
fix this.
P.S. Apparently DSP went back to complete Dark Souls recently and is at the
Tomb of the Giants.