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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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Good idea to not shut down the servers. I thought it was a stupid idea.

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Demon's Soul is D Best RPG this generation ..... lol at you Square-Enix and FFuniverse

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can please some one answer my questions?

does it come to the EU ps store?

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@thequickshooter No, since Atlus don't have an EU division. But it's possble Namco Bandai (who published Demon's Souls for Europe) will follow suit and put it up for download.

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@popyea thx for the info

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@thequickshooter usually late .... lol at EU

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Long Live Demon's Souls! Speaking of, I should do another playthrough sometime. So glad the servers are alive and kicking!

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glad I got my physical copy for 10$, deff holding on this masterpiece.

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@GamerOuTLaWz 10$? You mean $10.

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@JBStone1981 Im from quebec,here we put the dollar sign after the numbers

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does that really matter so much?

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This game went from "Gonna shut down the servers" back up to "Selling it as a download!"

That's pretty friggin' awesome. Anyone that owns a PS3 and has yet to play this game is simply doing it wrong.

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another question, is it gonna be in the UK and european PS stores?

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so 20 bucks and the online will 100% work?

same price for retail, only on retail you can sell it back or lend it to your friends

still it's nice to have a downloadable game, but it needs to be ported to the vita

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Release it on the damn Vita and it'd be the best time-waster ever.

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@Falru

If they did they would have to add an actual pause funtion, or I will die a thousand pointless deaths.

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It's not From Software's. It's Sony's IP. Of course, it would be proper to say From Software's and Sony's Demon's Souls.

Gosh, Gamespot get it right. This kid Eddie...

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@SolidTy such nitpicking.

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@shadow580 "According to lead director Hidetaka Miyazaki, before the start of the two-year development period, the studio had previously ruled out the following game to be a new installment in the King's Field series. Instead SCEJ producer Takeshi Kajii described the game as a "spiritual successor" to King's Field, where he stated "I am a fan of From Software, but naturally that also means there are parts of their games I'm not satisfied with, too," explaining the development choice as an opportunity to be more creative and potentially innovative, stating "If this was a new King's Field game, there would be areas we wouldn't be able to touch since they're part of the series; working together like this, we can try to make something really new."

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This game wouldn't have existed without Sony. It's a Sony IP. That's the problem with a bad article like this, it only serves to confuse more souls.

He didn't take the time to educate the masses despite the forum to do so. He's the professional, we are just the uneducated masses. We shouldn't provide more 411 than him. Yes, nitpicking that's rightfully deserved at any huge website be it Giantbomb, IGN, Yahoo, or even Gamespot.com.

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@SolidTy Nothing was misread by me. I never claimed Sony wasn't a developer as well. It's not wrong to state that the game is developed by From Software and simply not mention Sony. Saying that Demon's Souls is From Software's doesn't necessarily mean that it's their intellectual property. It can mean it's their work. If you look at a ditch dug up by a worker, you say the ditch is his. Strike two by you. Nitpicking, as I said originally.

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@shadow580 Posting due to EDIT. Now you know that SONY and From Software are the developers of Demon's Souls.

With regards to the article header :

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

The author (who is wrong) incorrectly calls this game From Software's. That's ownership and when talking ownership he's wrong. It's Sony's game.

If we are talking developers, then he should have said "Sony and From Software's 2009 RPG..."

Long story short, the kid writer GS hired is wrong again. It's his job to be right, he gets paid for this. He should do better.

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@shadow580 Look, From Software and SONY are the developers of Demon's Souls, which is what I was talking about. You failed to read.

From Software is the sole developers of Dark Souls, which I also said and knew. ;)

Looks like we have another Mr. Wrong here. :P

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@SolidTy *Demon Souls.

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@SolidTy I see we have a Mister Right here. Look, From Software is the developer of Dark Souls whether you like it or not. It is therefore theirs in the sense that it's their creation. He didn't even mention the owner of the IP, YOU made that assumption all by yourself.

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@rasc_bcl Oh man, I want to fight giants! Too bad that won't happen...

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gotta remember to log back into demon's souls for pure white tendency since i killed all my NPCs and my game is pure black:p

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@Plasmid_king @slayerSS-3 you need crappy game That's called Halo? :D

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@Plasmid_king One can only dream...

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@slayerSS-3 @DiamondDM13 get a ps3 emulator in ten years?

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@slayerSS-3 @DiamondDM13 Need to buy only 1 and its the PS3,please tell me what the shitbox has to offer? LOL a 60$/year online service?

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@M3o5nster to be fair, Metal gear is not anymore exclusive for sony the upcoming titles are multi-platform

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@M3o5nster That would go on the futuristic games, that I have no interest in. I do know they are great. But I was mentioning games I enjoy when speaking of PS games. Sorry for that one.

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@DiamondDM13 How dare you forget Metal Gear Solid...

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@slayerSS-3 I know there are more games. I just listed those that I like or have a really good impression of. I don't like Halo or Gears. But I do know they are great games, just not my style. Probably something to look for in a story way, not in a game way. (I intend to check their stories, but have no interest in playing them...)

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@DiamondDM13 Is a longer list and there are a lot of rpg exclusive for each consoles and drivers games too for example, i dont like fps on consoles and i hate yeah i really hate halo and gears of war (not saying that they are bad games but personally i hate them) but again exclusive games are a must for companies and publishers not for the gamers, is the only way to sell their consoles. I know that if there is just one console would be bad too(monopolies) but I just hate exclusive games and have to buy a console just for a bunch of games..

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@slayerSS-3 Well I have to be honest. I am a PS guy. Always have been. I look at PS an Xbox exclusives, and I see...PS

God Of War

Team Ico Games

Uncharted

Infamous

Devil May Cry (which is now multiplatform)

Resident Evil (Same as DMC)

and then Xbox:

Halo

Gears of War.

Now consider the fact I don't like war games, first person games, and space related / futuristic games.

This is why I am extremely fine with the exclusives as they are. There is nothing in MS's library that I want to get my hands on...

But I know, I'm not the only person on the planet. Most people like both exclusives. But exclusives is one of the only ways to distinguish consoles, so they are a must for the companies.

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@DiamondDM13 No they are not, I hate exclusive games, they dont benefit the player in nothing really..just the companies, so why is perfectly fine? Need to buy 2 different consoles just to play some games? How is that fine for you? And no I'm not a fan of sony neither microsoft

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@slayerSS-3 @Plasmid_king the game is published by SCEI and Sony's JapanStudio so thats not gonna happen

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@slayerSS-3 @Plasmid_king Not to be mean, I think things are perfectly fine the way they are...

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Release it on xbox360 god damn it!

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@slayerSS-3 It's a Sony IP. That's the problem with a bad article like this, it only serves to confuse more souls.

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I've been looking for the opportunity to buy this!

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I'm loving Dark Souls on PC right now. If only they'd port this one too...

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Pure white Tendecy? this is taking it too far. I platinum both Souls games but come on FromSoft, bit too much.

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@servb0ts There have been several tendency events before now, both pure black and pure white.

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@servb0ts Just for one week, no big deal.

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@Plasmid_king @NTenseify lol you can put a 1TB harddrive into the ps3 for only $100 and you most have a slow internet connection if it takes you that long to download it takes me under an hour to download ANYTHING onto my ps3 and most of them time it is under 30mins to download it and I know people who would rather just play a different game then get up and find that game and put it in their ps3

and #3 all that is is just a patent and doesn't mean that Sony would actually use it companies do patents all the time and never used it FWI M$ did similar patents has well

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Now bring it to the XBOX, well if they are going to fool with the difficulty than forget it, is this bad news for DS2???/

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@VegasDawg Well pure white tendency already greatly lessens the difficulty. I don't think "slightly reduced" difficulty under those conditions will matter very much at all.

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