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Bloodborne on PC somehow looks even less likely as director suggests we might be waiting for PS6 first“I think having new hardware is definitely a part of what gives these remakes value”
“I think having new hardware is definitely a part of what gives these remakes value”
Image credit:Sony/FromSoftware
Image credit:Sony/FromSoftware
Find room to squeeze one more nail into the coffin scrawled with “Hopes for Bloodborne on PC”, as the head of developers FromSoftware has suggested that aBloodborneremake might need to wait on another generation of console hardware.
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“I think having new hardware is definitely a part of what gives these remakes value,” Miyazaki said. “Things you weren’t able to achieve on previous generations of hardware, ways you weren’t able to render specific expressions - [new hardware] sometimes makes it possible.”
The obvious comparison here isDemon’s Souls, which saw a complete remake for the PlayStation 5 in 2020, over a decade after it established theSoulslikegenre. Alas, both Demon’s Souls gamesstill remain console-only, though the PS5 remake slightly preceded Sony’s warming to putting their previous PlayStation exclusives out on PC in recent years.
While hardware is a factor, Miyazaki offered some assurance that it wouldn’t be the “be-all and end-all” when it came to deciding whether to remake Bloodborne one day.
“Purely from a user perspective, modern hardware also allows more players to appreciate all the games. And so, it ends up being a simple reason,” he continued. “But as a fellow player, I think that accessibility is important. I think that can be the driving force between bringing an old game to a new platform.”
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The suggestion of taking “accessibility” into account offers a thin glimmer of hope (or perhaps rings hollow) for those of us on PC who’ve been waiting on Bloodborne now for, oh -checks watch- nine years now. Never say never, though - after all, this year will seeUntil Dawn come to PC, having also been exclusive to PlayStation 4 since 2015.
Of course, Bloodborne wouldn’t need a complete remake to justify coming to PC in some form, either - but as the game still hasn’t been patched to run at a smooth 60fps on even PlayStation 5, it could be that we’re holding out for a total do-over at this point. And that, it seems, might take until the PlayStation 6.
“Put simply, it makes me very happy to see it’s a title with a lot of specific memories, both for me and the staff who worked on it,” he said. “And when we see those passionate voices in the community, of course it makes us feel thrilled, it makes us feel very fortunate to have that and to have those memories.”
