Dark Souls II Announced! - New Info up!

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#351 BPoole96
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] well, there's, you know, pokemon.hayato_

That's on handhelds though and isn't really in competition with the 3 consoles. That is in competition with the Vita and smartphones

lol wut???

Not alot of people care Demons Souls existed either. Niether Demons Souls/Dark Souls nor Xenoblade are system sellers as well

They aren't system sellers in the same notion that Halo or Uncharted are system sellers, but both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls sold around 2 million copies each (not including PC sales for Dark Souls), which is much more than many PS3 exclusives sell. To say the series would not make a Sony platform a more attractive buy is just silly. Having one of the most critically acclaimed RPG series of this generation exclusive to a platform would definitely move consoles for those RPG fans.

Imagine if Dark Souls was a PS3 exclusive. A game that got a 9.5 on GS, GOTY awards at other sites, petitions by other platforms begging for the game, etc. You don't think a game like that would move any consoles?

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#352 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Xenoblade isn't a system seller though. Although it is good, most gamers do not even know that it exists. Both Souls games sold pretty well globally and Sony securing one exclusively would be great for them. If Demon's Souls 2 was a PS4 launch title I would buying one right away. Xenoblade, while good, is very niche in comparison.

Demon's Souls is also a jrpg so I can't really bash that genre.

BPoole96

well, there's, you know, pokemon.

That's on handhelds though and isn't really in competition with the 3 consoles. That is in competition with the Vita and smartphones

if you ignore the pokemon games that come out on consoles too (the wii was rather weak in this aspect though), apparently nintendo has exclusive rights to monster hunter. and THAT is a system seller. tri was the most successful western monster hunter to date and it did move units (as well as sales of an improved version of the cIassic controller).
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#353 jg4xchamp
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[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

None of the big 3 have a really good first party RPG,

BPoole96

Xenoblade.

Inb4 something something jrpg something something.

Xenoblade isn't a system seller though. Although it is good, most gamers do not even know that it exists. Both Souls games sold pretty well globally and Sony securing one exclusively would be great for them. If Demon's Souls 2 was a PS4 launch title I would buying one right away. Xenoblade, while good, is very niche in comparison.

Demon's Souls is also a jrpg so I can't really bash that genre.

Demon's Souls/Dark Souls wouldn't be system sellers though. Either way you had a fair point. Sony had a chance to lock up a very good franchise as an exclusive, but didn't. On the other hand in their case the money they would be putting forward for a game that wasn't going to do gangbusters top of the charts sales is justification enough to just let them go multiplat.
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#354 Venom_Raptor
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If there's no difficulty settings, I don't care for the game.

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I'm not a noob just because I like to enjoy games, setting a game on very hard and making death incredibly punishing is a poor design choice.

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#355 percuvius2
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Dark Souls was part of the cream at the top of this gen so I'm definitely getting DSII. I hope it's for neXtBOX though instead of 360.

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#356 percuvius2
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[QUOTE="Riadon2"]

[QUOTE="Venom_Raptor"]

If there's no difficulty settings, I don't care for the game.

Venom_Raptor

I'm not a noob just because I like to enjoy games, setting a game on very hard and making death incredibly punishing is a poor design choice.

Game wasn't made for you, it's for old-school hardcore style players who also deserve games written for them just as much as the casuals do.

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#357 Thefatness16
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Dark Souls was part of the cream at the top of this gen so I'm definitely getting DSII. I hope it's for neXtBOX though instead of 360.

percuvius2

Already confirmed for 360, PS3, PC.

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#358 percuvius2
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[QUOTE="percuvius2"]

Dark Souls was part of the cream at the top of this gen so I'm definitely getting DSII. I hope it's for neXtBOX though instead of 360.

Thefatness16

Already confirmed for 360, PS3, PC.

Could be a neXtBOX version they're not allowed to announce it before MS officially announces the console though. From Software failed miserably on the PC so I'll keep a close eye on that version....