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So will Demon's Souls ever come to PC?

StreetsofBeige said:
Considering what Insomniac said about Spiderman PC port and Sony saying GT7 is a PS5 exclusive, why would you believe anything they say about their games?


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I don't. And I'm not sure how a quote from Insomniac from 2017 or GT7's shift to cross generation is counter my sentiment. Sony's game publishing strategy is fluid.
Jagz said:
...was not a case of me having wishful thinking; it was just a general rule of thumb going forward, that there won't be several years of "port begging".
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I'm not sure what gives you that confidence. Here is the timing on Sony's porting so far. The Uncharted Collection is the only release in less than a year and that was probably a "safer" release as those were PS4 titles remastered for the PS5.

Horizon Zero Dawn - 4/29/21 (PC) - 2/28/17 (PS4)
Days Gone - 5/17/2021 (PC) - 4/26/19 (PS4)
God of War - 1/14/22 (PC) - 4/20/18 (PS4)
Marvel's Spider Man Remastered - 8/12/22 (PC) - 9/7/18 (PS4) - 11/12/20(PS5)
Uncharted Legacy Thieves Collection - 10/19/22 (PC) - 1/28/22 (PS5), 5/10/16 (UC4 PS4) & 8/22/17 (ULL PS4)
Sackboy Big Adventure - 10/27/22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)
Marvel's Spider Man Miles Morales - Fall '22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)

We also know Returnal is on the horizon. It was released 4/30/21. And of any of the PS5 developed titles, my guess would have been that it would be one of the quicker to be ported. There just isn't much evidence that we'll get PC release like clockwork 1 year after the initial release and most everything else has been beyond that.

EDMIX said:
To be fair, I'm not saying it won't come to PC or something, but merely that it might have little to nothing to do with From Soft, that is an IP owned by Sony...

So it would likely be them porting it, remastering it etc.
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My guess is that they will remaster it late this generation or make it a launch for Sony's next console. I don't think Blodborne (PS4) is ever going to get touched.
 
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bender said:
I don't. And I'm not sure how a quote from Insomniac from 2017 or GT7's shift to cross generation is counter my sentiment. Sony's game publishing strategy is fluid.


I'm not sure what gives you that confidence. Here is the timing on Sony's porting so far. The Uncharted Collection is the only release in less than a year and that was probably a "safer" release as those were PS4 titles remastered for the PS5.

Horizon Zero Dawn - 4/29/21 (PC) - 2/28/17 (PS4)
Days Gone - 5/17/2021 (PC) - 4/26/19 (PS4)
God of War - 1/14/22 (PC) - 4/20/18 (PS4)
Marvel's Spider Man Remastered - 8/12/22 (PC) - 9/7/18 (PS4) - 11/12/20(PS5)
Uncharted Legacy Thieves Collection - 10/19/22 (PC) - 1/28/22 (PS5), 5/10/16 (UC4 PS4) & 8/22/17 (ULL PS4)
Sackboy Big Adventure - 10/27/22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)
Marvel's Spider Man Miles Morales - Fall '22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)

We also know Returnal is on the horizon. It was released 4/30/21. And of any of the PS5 developed titles, my guess would have been that it would be one of the quicker to be ported. There just isn't much evidence that we'll get PC release like clockwork 1 year after the initial release and most everything else has been beyond that.



My guess is that they will remaster it late this generation or make it a launch for Sony's next console. I don't think Blodborne (PS4) is ever going to get touched.
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Agreed.

I agree with many citing its issues, but a remaster or remake can correct that, but I feel Sony is unlikely to port it now and we will see some remaster, remake or something on PS6 and then PC or something like that.

Demon Souls released in 2009, remade in 2020.

So I think its very likely to believe that if a PS3 title can get a PS5 remake, its very, very likely Sony is ok with a PS4 title getting a PS6 remake and we'll just see them correct those issues with that or something. So I don't think its issues is 100% why we don't see it ported to PC now, merely how long its been out and it wasn't some 20 million seller or something so I get why its not high on that priority list.
 
If Sony is smart, they will launch Bloodborne Remastered with the PS6. They got me to buy a PS5 at launch for Demon's alone. They will pull me back in with that. Lol
 
bender said:
I don't. And I'm not sure how a quote from Insomniac from 2017 or GT7's shift to cross generation is counter my sentiment. Sony's game publishing strategy is fluid.


I'm not sure what gives you that confidence. Here is the timing on Sony's porting so far. The Uncharted Collection is the only release in less than a year and that was probably a "safer" release as those were PS4 titles remastered for the PS5.

Horizon Zero Dawn - 4/29/21 (PC) - 2/28/17 (PS4)
Days Gone - 5/17/2021 (PC) - 4/26/19 (PS4)
God of War - 1/14/22 (PC) - 4/20/18 (PS4)
Marvel's Spider Man Remastered - 8/12/22 (PC) - 9/7/18 (PS4) - 11/12/20(PS5)
Uncharted Legacy Thieves Collection - 10/19/22 (PC) - 1/28/22 (PS5), 5/10/16 (UC4 PS4) & 8/22/17 (ULL PS4)
Sackboy Big Adventure - 10/27/22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)
Marvel's Spider Man Miles Morales - Fall '22 - 11/12/20 (PS4 & PS5)

We also know Returnal is on the horizon. It was released 4/30/21. And of any of the PS5 developed titles, my guess would have been that it would be one of the quicker to be ported. There just isn't much evidence that we'll get PC release like clockwork 1 year after the initial release and most everything else has been beyond that.



My guess is that they will remaster it late this generation or make it a launch for Sony's next console. I don't think Blodborne (PS4) is ever going to get touched.
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Who knows what their timing and quantity of PC games are in the future. But it has changed fast in just two years.

1. Zero PC games
2. Horizon ZD and DG and GOW ported about 9 months apart from each other, with DG being a 2 year old game
3. After GOW, it's been floodgates open including UC Collection which I didn't even know was a 1 year old collection. I got the game mixed up with that other UC collection game
4. GAAS games will be PC day one
5. Sony states SP games can come out minimum 1 year after PS

It is unknown what their future SP PC port strategy is because it's changed so much and they usually dont tell gamers PC ports are coming until only a couple months out from release. It may consolidate more, or perhaps it will level off. The extreme end is SP day one on PC. GAAS ports are already going to be there. The vague "minimum 1 year" statement IMO will skew to that amount of time or not far from it. There's no point in an exec saying that if the internal strategy is 2, 3 or 5 years out. DG, UC, Sackboy, Miles Morales are already 1-2 year ports. LOU Part 1 could be less than a year. It's already announced and the PS game only came out last month. So unless they plan on releasing the PC port in 2024, it'll likely be a short time port too at under a year. It would be weird to announce a PC port in summer 2022 only to have it release in 2024 or beyond.
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
Who knows what their timing and quantity of PC games are in the future. But it has changed fast in just two years.
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That's my entire point. The other poster selectively took Hulst's "at least one year" to mean "one year" which is pretty flimsy interpretation. Yesterday is not today and today is not tomorrow.
 
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Three said:
You mean on PC? Well probably not but if you mean PS5 then Asobi would likely want to buy that bridge. What with PSVR2 slated for 2023 and all.
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Not just PC. I'm saying no label, branch or division of Sony will publish a game developed in Japan in 2023.
 
EDMIX said:
I'd rather do neither.

Its why I own both lol

Who the fuck out here spending money to wait and beg for shit? smh. Even for some of the titles that come to PC, it doesn't even mean those versions are even good as I only buy from a um...select amount of developers on PC lol I don't give a shit how good someone set up is, you can't do much with something unoptimized, trash ports etc. So I'd rather have the game with no patch, then not have the game at all begging for generations or some shit. So I'm sure Demon Souls will come to PC btw, but those that are actually fans of that team would be silly not to already own a PS.

How many more years is someone really waiting for that shit? I enjoy the shit out of Bloodborne and couldn't imagine waiting damn near 10 years to play a fucking game lol PS4's are fucking dirt cheap and my time isn't getting refilled or something, I'm not getting any more of it..
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You own both, I own both but a lot of people don't as almost every thread is filled with posts like "CURRENT-GEN PATCH PRETTY PLEASE".

Edit: You know, people like S0ULZB0URNE S0ULZB0URNE for example:

S0ULZB0URNE said:
This game needs a 60fps/HDR patch badly.
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S0ULZB0URNE said:
Is GOT and TLOU2 getting enhanced patches?
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:messenger_grinning_sweat::messenger_grinning_sweat::messenger_grinning_sweat:
 
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Almost three years later and nowhere to be seen. With Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring moving huge numbers on steam i guess it would make too much sense for sony to get some extra milage out of this game.
 
SantaC said:
Almost three years later and nowhere to be seen. With Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring moving huge numbers on steam i guess it would make too much sense for sony to get some extra milage out of this game.
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I mean are you that hard up on playing the game on pc? Or do you just don't want to buy a PlayStation?
 
It already is, at 60fps, higher resolutions and with functional multiplayer. Just rip your own iso.
SantaC said:
I dont believe sony at all when they backtracked on the initial PC announcement. The fact that this was their big PS5 exclusive probably made them pull PC version.

However now that PS5 has other games to play i see no reason to not port it to PC considering they are releasing other exclusives
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After the rubbish sales of previous Playstation games on PC I wouldn't bother.

Small market with rampant piracy and no one willing to pay full price for a game cause they have blown all their money on a rig.
 
SantaC said:
Almost three years later and nowhere to be seen. With Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring moving huge numbers on steam i guess it would make too much sense for sony to get some extra milage out of this game.
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Why would you get my hopes up by bumping this dead thread?
 
asdasdasdbb said:
It was on the Geforce Now leak list. It's def coming... just a matter of when.
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The list was for sure real and predicted a lot of stuff.
But we still don't know what the list was.

It could be that you know... ANY game is developed on pc, probably with nvidia tools... so it is int he system no matter if we are talking about pc or console version.
Could be traces of dev
 
Alphagear said:
After the rubbish sales of previous Playstation games on PC I wouldn't bother.

Small market with rampant piracy and no one willing to pay full price for a game cause they have blown all their money on a rig.
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You compare a niche platformer to a souls game?
 
The remake is still leagues below Elden RIng in every regard. Just play that. The gameplay has not much improved since the PS3 version, so if you want to experience its levels just emulate it.
 
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Maybe years old ports aren't on the top of people's lists considering the year we've been having. Acting like Ratchet is even a top playstation franchise.

I just finished Days Gone actually. Great port. I don't just drop money on shit ports because Sony gave me a pittance. I'll wait to buy The Last of Us 1 when it's fixed. A steady release of ports you have to wait months to actually play because of bad performance maybe isn't the best release strategy.

I'll buy Ghost of Sushi day one.
 
Senua said:
It's not pointless, the point is it will make Sony money, and they will port it in due time, much to your chagrin.
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Make Sony money? Not with poor sales. Not to forget a 30% cut to Steam and Epic.

Sony would be better off porting these games to Xbox and Switch if they want to make more money.
 
NeverYouMind said:
If they want to make money they should port Bloodborne! The original game is a technical mess.
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Said it in another thread but I'm not sure what's with Sony's attitude towards this game. Infamous second son, a damn launch title, got better PRO support from them than Bloodborne. I'm not sure what's with their negative attitude towards this game but I don't like it, it's the only true sequel to demon's souls IMO because it changed the gameplay entirely vs playing whack a mole with the enemies.
 
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GhostNTheBashShell said:
Said it in another thread but I'm not sure what's with Sony's attitude towards this game. Infamous second son, a damn launch title, got better support from them than Bloodborne. I'm not sure what's with their negative attitude towards this game but I don't like it, it's the only true sequel to demon's souls IMO because it changed the gameplay entirely vs playing whack a mole with the enemies.
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I actually think Infamous 2 and Second Son could have a sizeable audience on PC as well.
 
Alphagear said:
Make Sony money? Not with poor sales. Not to forget a 30% cut to Steam and Epic.

Sony would be better off porting these games to Xbox and Switch if they want to make more money.
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The fact they keep making those ports despite apparent "poor sales" tells me they must be profiting
 
You guys keep talking about money, but it's more about expanding the user base / brand for way in the future when consoles no longer exist and everything is a service.
 
Hudo said:
Which is probably why they haven't touched it.
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It is a mess due to weak hardware. Dark Souls 3 used a similar engine and had a high quality PC port. Also, graphic effects like anti-aliasing and chromatic abberation are post-processing effects that can be toggled and altered with relative ease.
 
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RoboFu said:
You guys keep talking about money, but it's more about expanding the user base / brand for way in the future when consoles no longer exist and everything is a service.
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Well if hardly anyone is buying their games then they aren't exactly expanding their userbase.
 
Alphagear said:
Well if hardly anyone is buying their games then they aren't exactly expanding their userbase.
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Well they aren't really trying are they. Ports years later at full price. It's obviously just a thing out there as a low risk starting place. Not something in dire need. But they do see the big transition coming as technologies advance at a super rate. And no one can really guess that time frame so it's better to be ready.
 
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SantaC said:
Almost three years later and nowhere to be seen. With Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring moving huge numbers on steam i guess it would make too much sense for sony to get some extra milage out of this game.
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"Sony, if you release X game on PC, you'll make so much money"
Sony does.
No one buys it.
"Well, that's because of reaaons."
Repeat.
 
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Holammer said:
SteamDb estimates min/max between 2.13M - 5.87M copies sold and SteamSpy 4.52M.
Since Sony isn't giving any numbers, they are educated guesses. I think it's 3.8M
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No one takes those estimates seriously.

Sony have confirmed it sold less than a million.
 
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