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Demon's Souls going downloadable on PSN

From Software's 2009 role-playing game coming to PlayStation Network January 8 at $20.

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Demon's Souls is going downloadable. Publisher Atlus has announced via the PlayStation Blog that the 2009 role-playing game will be available through the PlayStation Network from January 8 at $20.

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In addition, a Pure White World Tendency event for Demon's Souls will be held January 8-14 and will "slightly reduce" the game's difficulty.

Atlus had previously planned to shut down online game servers for Demon's Souls last May. This is no longer the case.

Atlus editor Nich Maragos also revealed that Demon's Souls is Atlus' highest-selling title ever. Demon's Souls spiritual successor Dark Souls was published by Namco Bandai. Other major Atlus-published games include Persona 4, Catherine, and Game of Thrones.

For more on Demon's Souls, check out GameSpot's review.

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Too hard, want to love it but just can't pass certain parts.

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@sleepnsurf There are so many ways to cheese past so many parts of the game that if you actually like the game but get frustrated at a certain area you can practically skip it. e.g. maneater is too hard? kill the first one before entering with a bow. Bow n Arrow makes everything in DeS easy.

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Must-Own for any ps3 owner out there who is a game worth his salt.

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@Plasmid_king @NTenseify

1. no one cares that you dont care about what other people have played its just pointing out that you are not the only person on the planet so overal a pointless point

2.i prefer physical media myself but if i can get it digital for less money and lewss effort then im get it that way, as for taking up "MASSIVE" ammounts of HDD space most PS3s come with most than enough space and if you have an older model with a smaller HDD (like mine is) ia bogger HDD is cheap as hell for the PS3 i got a 500g for £40 and also yeah i agree the effort arguement is laughable but it is true you can play different games with out having to move and find discs :P

3. well thats the problem with all digital products a few months ago bruce willis was having an arguement with apple over his itunes account since he has a huge music libary on their store he wanted it transfered to his daughter when he died which aparently their T&Cs dont allow

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I think Demon's Souls was only published by Atlus in the USA. So does that mean that this will only be going on the North American store?

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@SimonSiThornton Nope. Namco Bandai said that it would be available for download January 23 in Europe. You already know Japan is getting this if they haven't already so that's not an issue.

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@horizonwriter That's good. Thanks. :-)

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Pure White Tendency is the only way to get some armors and weapons (specially on world 2), don't miss your chance.

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What do I win? I hope it's cookies...

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@Plasmid_king @NTenseify Like Plasmid, I too have a problem with item 3. With that said I prefer digital over physical now days and consider them superior to my tastes and necessities (particularly regarding space, I have too many games now).

As for item 1? The more people that play the Demon Souls and like it, the more secure will be Dark Souls 2 from all that accessible|straightforward talks which might kill the franchise. I say, let it come, I see no harm in it being available on-line. So NTenseify wins on the 1st item.

Cheers!

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Great !!! i will love to invade the newcomers!!! I played Demon souls after dark souls, and in my opinion , its harder, and consequently , better.

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@Plasmid_king lol, amen.

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@Plasmid_king Ohh, my mistake then.

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@Plasmid_king I do prefer physical copies, but try to buy this one new so Atlus and From Software get the benefit!

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@Plasmid_king I guess people like use who collect our games are far and few.

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@brgreen @Plasmid_king I collect games. I like owning the physical games. It makes me get up from the couch, sure, but it also doesn't take space on my HDD. 320GB is too little when you have PS+...

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Demon's Souls... Still one of my top 3 games of all time.

DMC3 and FFVII are the others.

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@M3o5nster Oh, DMC 3, that game... How I wish I could load my PS2 save on my PS3. Would get the HD collection now...

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@DiamondDM13 I actually picked up the HD collection not along ago. I forgot how tough it was ^^ it's great.

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@Plasmid_king

1. Some people haven't

2. Physical copies can be scratched, lost, broken and require more effort to insert and change. How is that superior, let alone FAR superior?

3. No

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I played this after Dark Souls and ended up liking it even more. Exploring the world is amazing.

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So one can still play this game Online?

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@goranilic Yup, it's still full of people... I love seeing all the bloodstains and watching their last moments. I know it sounds dark, but that's part of what makes this game great. :)

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@goranilic Yup. I played the game yesterday, and the online was still as functional as ever.

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Nice game but being almost 4 years old, the price for this digital game is too high.

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Edited By SimonSiThornton

@ScreamDream I would agree, but look at how much classic PS1 games cost on the store. Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Spyro, etc. they all cost like £10 each.I think the problem is with the pricing across the board on Sony's store. They need to take a leaf out of Steam's book.

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@SimonSiThornton @ScreamDream That I agree. I would get RE 1,2 and 3 right away if it was 2,5-5€ each. At 10€, it's too much. Same for AC: Bloodlines...

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@ScreamDream I'd still play full price for this game, if I didn't have it already... It's better than paying $60 for another COD expansion.

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A legendary action/dark RPG for twenty bucks!

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Or you could drop by Gamestop and get a physical copy for $15.

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Got it. Get it. Good.

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OK

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