Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I'm sure Sony would be quite happy having an exclusive Souls game, but from a 'creative' standpoint, I'm still struggling to think of a reason why the game needs to be made. I think it suffers from a fundamental redundancy, in that Dark Souls is a continuation of the original ideas and design concepts of Demon's Souls. Whether you prefer DeS over DaS is neither here nor there, the question is whether there is enough of a difference between the two to justify the game being made.
It seems to me that any new idea they could think of for DeS 2, could quite easily fit in the Dark Souls universe. So then, why not just make another Dark Souls game rather than keeping two franchises going that are essentially the same?
Dark Souls universe is getting stale. If you look at DS2 and see the amount of enemy types, weapons, armour, heck even bosses and lore is re used its clear they are running out of ideas.
DeS on the other hand still has many areas where its lore can be explored and to many it had a more intriguing world.
Anyway, I will repeat it again. The game could very well be a new IP or Souls series.
Okay, but is it well known outside of the fanbase? Take into account that as of 2013 the PS3 worldwide user base was something like, what, 77 million or so? That's not really that great a seller in terms of total market penetration. I really don't think the brand is a system seller quite yet.
A next gen Souls game will definitely be an attractive exclusive to the existing fanbase as well as rpg fans.