FromSoftware fans have been on the edge of their seats in recent weeks following PlayStation’s move to acquire the company.
If successful it could change the way future FromSoftware games are made and released, including sequels to Bloodborne and Elden Ring to name a few.
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To be clear PlayStation wants to buy Kadokawa Corporation, FromSoftware’s parent company, and has since entered a business partnership with it but not acquired the full business yet.
Now on the one hand this could be good news. After all, PlayStation has the finances to support and promote whatever FromSoftware decides to do next, and it could open the door to a Bloodborne sequel or remake.
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Fans however are not pleased with the idea at all, mainly due to the obvious negative of PlayStation potentially screwing everything up.
You can find loads of Reddit threads saying the same thing, FromSoftware must not be owned for the good of future soulsborne titles.
“This doesn't end well. I'd really, really like to be wrong, but I don't believe this ends well” read one fan's reaction to the idea.
Other fans were a bit more dismissive of the acquisition though, suggesting that whatever happens PlayStation was never planning on touching the Bloodborne IP again outside of maybe a remaster or Easter eggs in other games.
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“Bloodborne fans need to stop being like that dude who has a haircut that went out of fashion 20 years ago” said one user.
“I just pray to the elder gods Sony isn't going to do Bloodborne Lego or a Games As a Service version of Bloodborne. But I don't think Sony cares that much about From Software, they are much more interested in Kodakawa's stake in the Anime sector” added another.
Who knows what the intention is behind the proposed acquisition, but if it makes Bloodborne fans feel any better I don’t think we were ever going to get that sequel anyway, in fact I don’t even think we should.
Topics: Bloodborne, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Fromsoftware