Sony: We Didn't Expect Bloodborne To Do This Well

No damage control required, the game killed itself in two weeks and fell off into oblivion.

It shot itself in the foot by being hyped and geared to the mainstream who would inevitably reject it like every other Souls game before it, it killed itself by attempting to convince the masses that they were going to like it and failed because of what it is. The drought and hype built this game up to be something for everyone, people needed something to play but when they actually got it they genuinely questioned what in the hell they spent their money on.

It killed itself by not exactly misrepresenting what it was, but rather by trying to appeal to a larger demographic who was naive to what they were getting into by purchasing it.

The hype died when everyone finally figured out what this was all about, that mainstream crowd went away and this shit died.

The drought and hype built this game up to be something for everyone, people needed something to play but when they actually got it they genuinely questioned what in the hell they spent their money on.

I believe the appropriate way to enjoy Souls game is a technique called 'gitting gud'

http://gearnuke.com/bloodborne-sales...sony-surprise/

I hope this :

• Puts to rest any notions about the game being a 'niche' game. The damn thing is a million plus seller at this point, if it is niche, almost every single (non Nintendo) exclusive franchise would also be niche
• Leads to us getting a full on, Dark Souls/II styled expansion

A full fledged sequel and or expansion not to come out on the Xbox one and thus serving as further ownage on the pitiful competition.

Never forget the proper context for the discussion of AAA exclusives on sw.

No, sorry, I don't care about pointless brand related ownage as much as I care about having some neat games to play. The only thing that is pitiful is slavish allegiance and loyalty to a piece of plastic.

Do and say as you like, but that particular brand of consoles and its fanbase will endure bitter ownage for this entire generation. Look around you charizard.

Do you think my comrades will be denied their revenge? After the ordeal they went through back in '06 and '07?

Viktor Reznov explained the situation greatly in COD WAW. Sometimes brutal pwnage is in order so they never forget before they post garbage and hatred towards gaming systems.

nah, Souls games aren't about being good and more about preparation and maybe a bit of trial and error. On Dark Souls I have beaten every single boss the same way. I just use a ring for defense and a ring for quick stamina regeneration. Then I get close and start mashing the heavy attack till it dies. No strategy, no nothing, just pure old button mashing.

@nyadc@charizard1605@Gue1

Dark Souls was no longer niche after its original niche audience boasted the title over the internet in an explosion of "git gud" and "praise the sun" memes. Souls vets, as smug as they were, popularized the series themselves.

And now lo and behold the consequence of their actions. In becoming mainstream, Dark Souls II became dumbed down for the CoD generation and Bloodborne is the wretched, shallow continuation of the former.

I can't advocate for the new "casuls" that have just hopped on board to the soulstrain, but naturally, their opinions don't matter and will be discredited.

Casulborne (Bloodborne) is probably the most reviled game within the souls vet circle. Hardcore stream/tubers like EpicNameBro, Yukas and Limit Breaker dismissed it as "disappointing" and "meh." The dudes that defended souls games to the end over on the neogaf and Gfaqs are all starting to piss all over this game. Don't take my word for it, go check. Nefastuss is one of these educated gentlemen.

It's not dead yet, but I give it about a month. (Accurate) Truly saddening :-(

@freedomfreak: In that case, wouldn't his getting used to it also be wrong?

Seems wrong to me.

Do and say as you like, but that particular brand of consoles and its fanbase will endure bitter ownage for this entire generation. Look around you charizard.

Do you think my comrades will be denied their revenge? After the ordeal they went through back in '06 and '07?

Viktor Reznov explained the situation greatly in COD WAW. Sometimes brutal pwnage is in order so they never forget before they post garbage and hatred towards gaming systems.

this is quite possibly the most pathetic post ever in system wars, and we have no shortage here.

Nah, I see worse every time I come here I just don't want to expend the energy to point it out.

Do and say as you like, but that particular brand of consoles and its fanbase will endure bitter ownage for this entire generation. Look around you charizard.

Do you think my comrades will be denied their revenge? After the ordeal they went through back in '06 and '07?

Viktor Reznov explained the situation greatly in COD WAW. Sometimes brutal pwnage is in order so they never forget before they post garbage and hatred towards gaming systems.

n an interesting interview with MCV, which we highly recommend to check out, the boss of the UK branch of Sony Computer Entertainment, Fergal Gara admitted that the highly acclaimed PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, exceeded their expectations in terms of sales.

It did surprise us, we had expectations to do well. We looked at the Souls series as a frame of reference, and we thought we could do better than that. We did – and then some. Relative to some of our sister territories, we were being quite ambitious, but even that proved to be conservative.

Fergal Gara goes on saying what one of the reasons is behind its success:

I think Bloodborne might have just landed just at the right time; it was a relatively quiet time, it was a very high quality title and a great platform differentiator for us. We were caught a little bit behind in terms of the volume, but we were able to chase it and maximise its potential.

http://gearnuke.com/bloodborne-sales...sony-surprise/

I hope this :

• Puts to rest any notions about the game being a 'niche' game. The damn thing is a million plus seller at this point, if it is niche, almost every single (non Nintendo) exclusive franchise would also be niche
• Leads to us getting a full on, Dark Souls/II styled expansion

@nyadc@charizard1605@Gue1

Casulborne (Bloodborne) is probably the most reviled game within the souls vet circle. Hardcore stream/tubers like EpicNameBro, Yukas and Limit Breaker dismissed it as "disappointing" and "meh." The dudes that defended souls games to the end over on the neogaf and Gfaqs are all starting to piss all over this game. Don't take my word for it, go check. Nefastuss is one of these educated gentlemen.

It's not dead yet, but I give it about a month. (Accurate) Truly saddening :-(

Surprising given how little effort they've put in bringing out other high quality exclusives like Bloodborne from the beginning of the PS4's life till now. You'd think they'd have realized that a large part of it's success aside from it's quality comes from the massive drought PS4 owners have been facing.

You really try hard to intrinsically tie things together as if they're one thing, that is a common trend with people on these forums and it's a huge annoyance...

Some guy said he couldn't bear to play past the first few hours and I said that's exactly how it was for me, then I said I don't understand how anyone could enjoy this game. After that the discussion shifted completely unrelated to that and went to niche, the definition of it, what we all think it means and then finally we got onto sales, fall off rates and mainstream abandonment.

God you suck...

35% is the bulk of 100%? Is it opposites day?

So let me get this straight... you're basing all your bullsh*t out of a couple of youtubers and random comments on some forums?

top lel

let me tell you a secret... real world =/= internet

I am basing it on my own personal experience.

The fact that most (all) true souls fans hate this DMC poop merely supports my claim.

What can I say, the game took 1 step forward in the action department and then 7 steps back as an RPG.

Yet, it's RPG elements are better than Dark Souls.

I Agree that Demon's Souls is still superior but if you are talking all souls games it defiantly has a leg up in RPG elements and lore compared to Dark Souls. You don't seem to know very much but talk a lot. Bloodborne lore is much deeper and complex than abstract and pieced together Dark Souls, and any "souls fan" who played the games could tell you this.

Hahaha! Yeah right more Sony bullshit! That's why Bloodborne is a copy/paste of the souls games also, there was really nothing else to play on the PS4 except for a steaming pile of shitty indie games. got to laugh at that. Lmao!

@slim70: ...

I am basing it on my own personal experience.

The fact that most (all) true souls fans hate this DMC poop merely supports my claim.

What can I say, the game took 1 step forward in the action department and then 7 steps back as an RPG.

Hahaha! Yeah right more Sony bullshit! That's why Bloodborne is a copy/paste of the souls games also, there was really nothing else to play on the PS4 except for a steaming pile of shitty indie games. got to laugh at that. Lmao!

@Vatusus:

Demons: 4 times

DKSII: 5 times

DKSI: 10 times

BB: 1.5 times

Across different characters and NGs of course.

Not to mention all the countless hours put into PvP. Though, that probably doesn't mean anything to you. If you like BB there's no way in hell you could have ever cared about souls PvP since it's been fucking butchered in BB. It's simple really, From wanted to reach out to a larger audience and they simplified their game down to DMC so they could rake in as much cash from the new demographic. In doing so they stabbed their once niche fanbase in the back with a buffed +10 shadow dagger.

Demons >= DarkSoulsI >>>> CashCowSouls2: Scholar of The First Profit >>> CasulSouls2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Casulborne

A console has no games... but plenty of owners... new game comes out... owners need something to play. Logic FTW.

Not to say Bloodborne is a bad game, far far from it. Just... logic.

Well, if Bloodborne plays like DMC then I might actually be interested in it. Is there any truth to that statement?

So let me get this straight... you think I'm a lesser fan than you because I havent beaten the games as much. lol get the fvck out of here and quit being so pathetic.

You have an opinion, fine, but dont try to pass it as fact. In mine BB was the breath of fresh air the series was desperately needing (if you want to count it as a souls game which I dont cause its different enough to be considered its own IP and should be judged by its own merits not in comparisson with other souls games)

but keep crying that nonsense of yours

@Vatusus:

Demons: 4 times

DKSII: 5 times

DKSI: 10 times

BB: 1.5 times

Across different characters and NGs of course.

Not to mention all the countless hours put into PvP. Though, that probably doesn't mean anything to you. If you like BB there's no way in hell you could have ever cared about souls PvP since it's been fucking butchered in BB. It's simple really, From wanted to reach out to a larger audience and they simplified their game down to DMC so they could rake in as much cash from the new demographic. In doing so they stabbed their once niche fanbase in the back with a buffed +10 shadow dagger.

Demons >= DarkSoulsI >>>> CashCowSouls2: Scholar of The First Profit >>> CasulSouls2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Casulborne

so, you're saying people only play exclusives?

just... logic