Dragonborn
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Yea, no, I'm pretty sure PS has the biggest share of Souls fans.... you know, given that half the series is exclusive.
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Bloodborne sold through more than 1 million units worldwide as of April 5
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Yea, no, I'm pretty sure PS has the biggest share of Souls fans.... you know, given that half the series is exclusive.
I laughed.
Also, congratulations are in order. Bloodborne is probably my game of the generation at this point.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Going from a measily 40k first week in Japan for Demons Souls to eventually selling +1,000,000 first week ( +3 ) WW is pretty incredible. This is basically the Guitar Hero of the ARPG world. Starting with little to no fanfare, and through word of mouth and positive reviews/impressions/youtube videos and such it eventually turned into something pretty big.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Definitely can. Its the fastest selling FROM game.
FairXchange
Member
Very well deserved, best game this gen thus far.
Make it with Vampire Hunter D art style and i will be all over it
Congrats to From! I'm yet to beat the game, but BB has made me feel emotions that i haven't felt since my battle with False King in DeS.
He will probably be more involved than in DS2. He don't want Matthewmatosis to do another 1hr legit criticism video on YouTube.
shinobi602
Member
Curious to see what happens with From and Sony in the future now. They're selling gangbusters just by being on a single platform. I wonder if they'll see the results as being profitable and lucrative enough that Sony could bring Miyazaki on board while they fund anything they need...
thekiddfran
Member
No I am pretty sure the numbers prove it isnt niche.
Are you reading the same thing I am?
PS4 1 mil in 10 days vs 1.2 mil in 3 weeks on PS3, 360 and PC = Souls Fanbase on PC.
ok sure...
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
says who. Maybe he wants to work on something new. He did say how his dream was to work with even larger budgets lol
John Bender
Banned
Already done
Awesome news. Hope it continues to blow everything else out of the water.
I think people will take "full power of the PS4" the wrong way. I don't think that he is referring to the overall graphical fidelity. To me, it's one of the best looking games there is, minus the occasional hiccup or weird AA/reflections, but obviously a game that's out in the first year or two of a console's life cycle isn't going to be perfectly optimized and legitimately push that console to its limit. That said, what I find most impressive is the loading time. Everyone keeps bitching about it to the point where even mentioning Bloodborne brings at least one idiotic "DAE Loadborne lel" reply, but nobody seems to be talking about how AMAZING it is to have a game that never loads if you don't die or warp.
Seriously, think about it. You spend 30-45s loading the entire world. If you don't die or awaken, you can literally run from one end to the other in one load-free experience. Demon's/Dark were the same way - Demon's being slightly worse due to the hub.
As for the framerate, I came in expecting no better than 30fps.. I'm pretty amazed that I've yet to really encounter any significant lag. Upon entering two boss fights, I got some crazy Armored Core V-style 1fps dips, but they lasted no longer than a few seconds right as I entered the battle. I'm wondering if people experiencing these dips more often are suspending/resuming their game, or running Bloodborne while 10 other games/apps are suspended in the background. Still can't excuse their 30fps cap, especially considering DS2 is 60fps on PS4 (iirc) and appears to be essentially the same engine, really hope From actually addresses this next time around, it's getting old.
I just am so in love with this game. Still haven't beat it, playing through as blind as possible and trying not to read anything online. Feels good man.
I think people will take "full power of the PS4" the wrong way. I don't think that he is referring to the overall graphical fidelity. To me, it's one of the best looking games there is, minus the occasional hiccup or weird AA/reflections, but obviously a game that's out in the first year or two of a console's life cycle isn't going to be perfectly optimized and legitimately push that console to its limit. That said, what I find most impressive is the loading time. Everyone keeps bitching about it to the point where even mentioning Bloodborne brings at least one idiotic "DAE Loadborne lel" reply, but nobody seems to be talking about how AMAZING it is to have a game that never loads if you don't die or warp.
Seriously, think about it. You spend 30-45s loading the entire world. If you don't die or awaken, you can literally run from one end to the other in one load-free experience. Demon's/Dark were the same way - Demon's being slightly worse due to the hub.
As for the framerate, I came in expecting no better than 30fps.. I'm pretty amazed that I've yet to really encounter any significant lag. Upon entering two boss fights, I got some crazy Armored Core V-style 1fps dips, but they lasted no longer than a few seconds right as I entered the battle. I'm wondering if people experiencing these dips more often are suspending/resuming their game, or running Bloodborne while 10 other games/apps are suspended in the background. Still can't excuse their 30fps cap, especially considering DS2 is 60fps on PS4 (iirc) and appears to be essentially the same engine, really hope From actually addresses this next time around, it's getting old.
I just am so in love with this game. Still haven't beat it, playing through as blind as possible and trying not to read anything online. Feels good man.
Yeah no.
The Souls fanbase has always been primarily PS at least from what I've seen, since Demons was PS exclusive a lot of the fans stuck to that platform.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah 1 million copies sold is niche as fuck, just like those other obscure japanese RPG and dating sims. Bloodborne did extremely well considering it's an exclusive PS4 game and a new IP, damn i can't believe this game sold so well considering it's so niche
Also guys Neil Druckmann beat Bloodborne which i find pretty cool.
https://twitter.com/Neil_Druckmann/status/584282733532188672
ethomaz
Banned
I guess it didn't reach 1 million yet.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
I'm curious: Are there two From Software teams now? One that makes Dark Souls and another with free reign?
LMFAO Yea man you're totally right I'm sure they are absolutely wrecked that it only sold 1 million copies in 10 days. Surely this is a joke post.
FF Seraphim
Member
Holy shit... I knew it was going to get a 1mil+ but didn't expect it to hit that number so soon. Just got to wait now to see how it did in the US. Hopefully this means more From/Sony ventures in the Future.
thats my gut feeling as well. he is the president of From now, i imagine he would "miyamoto" around the company a bit more. not sure thats a good or bad thing now that i think about it.
IAmRandom31
Banned
He was not involved in any way with Dark Souls 2
He basically just made sure the development of Dark Souls 2 was on schedule. He supervised. Thats all, thats it, wasn't involved with production in any way shape or form. He was I'm sure pretty busy developing Bloodborne lol.
Grimgrillz
Banned
When does the NPD tracking for march close. April 5th right? If so We'll be able to see the breakdown of percentage between NA and EU/ROTW
Of course we'd have to factor in Digital sales but from memory, EA said it was 10% Either way it'll be interesting.
Of course we'd have to factor in Digital sales but from memory, EA said it was 10% Either way it'll be interesting.
Risk Breaker
Member
Wonder what happened to Miyazaki's 'warm and fuzzy' game he had in mind?
I liked to entertain the idea that Sony's deal with Miyazaki was this "Exclusive Souls series for the PS4 in return for funding any whacky side-projects Kadokawa wouldn't let you work on"
ethomaz
Banned
The team that worked on DS2 was a different team... so yes... Miyazaki for example didn't worked on DS2 but instead was working in Bloodborne.
SerTapTap
Member
Great news, here's hoping for 3+m lifetime, should have long legs.
Which Insomniac games? The mainline Ratchet and Clank games and all Resistance games were critical successes.
Probably (not sure I would put it quite that way though). It's probably sort of like how Naughty Dog has two teams. You need to do stuff like that be able to work on multiple projects most of the time.
Which Insomniac games? The mainline Ratchet and Clank games and all Resistance games were critical successes.
Probably (not sure I would put it quite that way though). It's probably sort of like how Naughty Dog has two teams. You need to do stuff like that be able to work on multiple projects most of the time.
LiquidSolid
Member
Funny part is that there are AAA games that baby you through the game with worse completion stats than that.
What. No. Bloodborne's the fastest selling Souls game so far, I seriously doubt Sony were expecting any better than that.
Anyway, congrats From and Sony. Great game.
Dead Prince
Banned
congrats to Sony and From. well deserved
But lets be real. it's preemp for March NPD where it's #1 for console and game <3
But lets be real. it's preemp for March NPD where it's #1 for console and game <3
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
very sold numbers for this type of game. i think it outsold the order
Hot damn.
Mass Effect
Member
Great news. Well deserved for an amazing game.
He's listed as supervisor. I guess that makes him involved to some extent.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
FROM probably has several teams. Concerning Souls:
Team A - DkS + DeS + BB
Team B - DkS2
Of course there's plenty of overlap between the two teams but if your looking at the notable positions of director, level designers etc its different. DKS2 brought in more staff that worked on Armoured Core.
Krusenstern
Banned
Honestly, I expected more. At least 1.5 million by now. Or maybe I've got unrealistic expectations.
Either way it's good. From Software created a must have title and they deserve the success.
Either way it's good. From Software created a must have title and they deserve the success.
That's what he said...lol
Seems kinda silly to be on that platform if you're a souls fan, it's like being a big CoD fan and then buying a Wii U.
Sephiroth_GR_
Member
Uncharted 4 will be an extremely hard and niche game confirmed!
LiquidSolid
Member
From Software have had 3-5 teams for years, they merely took the Another Century's Epsiode team and put them on Dark Souls 2, while the Demon's/Dark Souls 1 team started work on Bloodborne.
Krusenstern
Banned
Viewing it this way it's indeed impressive.