SiegfriedFM
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By that time we'll probably have Miyazaki's new game.
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Dark Souls II - March 2014
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By that time we'll probably have Miyazaki's new game.
It'll happen after Dark Souls 2 "only" sells 3 million copies.
Don't believe this to be honest. They know why people bought the games, they will never get Skyrim success, and they know this. They could have easily made Dark Souls 2 impure, nothing was stopping them, why would they change anything for next time? Dark Souls 2 will probably sell 3m with a bit more advertising, and that should be more than satisfying for someone like Namco Bandai. Not sure they would risk going in a mainstream direction and ending up with less when it is going so well already.
Plenty of people have been scared shitless that with every mention of other games or opening up the game, it would suddenly be ruined, but those people have been proven wrong when they released the game footage. Yet they continue to be super skeptical when there is little reason to be.
Edit: Folks must also remember FROM is self-publishing in Japan. That means Namco doesn't really get a say in how the game is being made, if Namco Bandai was unhappy with how Dark Souls 2 sold, they would simply drop them, and another less greedy publisher could simply pick them up instead.
Playing devil's advocate here, they also know how Skyrim got the success it had.
Playing down to the lowest common denominator.
Fake Charlemagne
Member
Great news and sooner than I expected. That said, I still don't want to wait. I want more deaths, more challenge, and more dragons now!
AlimNassor
Banned
Skyrim already had a huge audience base.
It's not that simple, or else Fable would be a roaring success. Of course, it'll still be bad nevertheless if they try to seriously go in that "we want all the Skyrim players" direction with DSIII.
FromSoftware has never been the developer (as of yet) that has gone for the blockbuster sales. So far, they have made games they want to make that a strong yet smaller fanbase has always appreciated and supported through sales.
AS OF YET being the operative phrase.
With the Souls series, IMO they have earned my money until they prove otherwise. No need to doubt them...yet.
I think we are all rightly concerned because we have seen alot of other developers go the way of the casual, but Im in it to see what happens.
The Souls games are the reason I still pick up a controller.
AS OF YET being the operative phrase.
With the Souls series, IMO they have earned my money until they prove otherwise. No need to doubt them...yet.
I think we are all rightly concerned because we have seen alot of other developers go the way of the casual, but Im in it to see what happens.
The Souls games are the reason I still pick up a controller.
They never even said they wanted that though. Like their last statement in regards to Skyrim was them hoping they could get some of the audience to Dark Souls 2 'even though the games are really different'. If their intention was to make a game for the Skyrim audience specifically, they could have done that from the start.
I played about 15 hours of King's Field IV recently, I love the atmosphere and puzzle solving. Would be nice to get a new one. I basically quit because I was getting really frustrated and lost though, and backtracking through several dungeons was kind of annoying, the warp system is a nice idea though.
Dragon1893
Member
Already delayed my purchase of a PS4 to early next year because of GT6, now I'm delaying it further because of this.
The Cartographer
Member
Eh, K'sFV would be cool but I don't think it will ever happen.
Freezasaurus
Member
Why? Just because certain games won't be out until such-and-such a time doesn't mean there won't be other games worth playing.
What would people be more hyped for: Having a baby or Dark Souls II?
Freezasaurus
Member
I don't know if that could be the case for me. Dark Souls did make me rage a few times, so I should probably have some games set aside for when I need a break.
Can anyone who knows Japanese tell me what these are?
http://www.darksouls.jp/storeannouncement.html
http://www.darksouls.jp/storeannouncement.html