Does the outside world care about Bloodborne that much?

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#1 Salt_The_Fries
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Well as much as the select 5 cows on here?

Nah, just kidding, I know Souls series has a strong following however it falls way way short of a blockbuster status, so that Dark Souls 1 sold 375k in Japan and 1.3m worldwide - PS3 & X360 combined.

How well would you say Bloodborne would do, though? It doesn't bear the Souls name - which might be either positive or negative. Negative because it will dilute the awareness of a franchise even further, but positive if it'd somewhat discourage others that weren't so fond of Souls games before.

Truth to be told, though, I can't see it being a higher seller than Dark Souls, especially that it is exclusive and there are only like 10-11m of PS4 users right now vs 50-something back when Dark Souls 1 was released.

Not that it matters for me, though, I don't play sales, but on the other hand, a lot of people here act as if it was meant to be a saviour and messiah and a guaranteed smash hit, and I'm just merely pointing out that in fact it isn't a guaranteed smash hit.

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#2  Edited By DEadliNE-Zero0
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Souls game are niche. Bloodborne will, hopefully, be a great game, but it won't sell that much. Around 1 million, give or take, and that's probably how much it needs.

Besides, i don't see anyone hyping sales. The hype is mostly because of the gameplay, and the studio/series it's associated with. I don't think i've seen anyone actually state it'll sell millions upon millions.

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#3 FoxbatAlpha
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I don't think this game resembles Souls that much. The jumped the shark and went COD to attract casual masses.

Still the game looks good but should not be associated with Souls at all. That respect you mention might be gone after this game gets here.

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#4 RR360DD
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I wonder will cows hype this one A as well

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#5  Edited By MlauTheDaft
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I guess? I mean Demon's Souls was succesful enough to warrant a sequel AND make Sony think that there was franchise potential. Forum hype alone rarely manages that.

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#6 silversix_
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Will probably reach 1M but that's about it

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#7 Elpresador-911
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so do lems care about sales or not???

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#8 Lulu_Lulu
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If this is Stat Free then I care. :)

FYI, 1.1 Million is a big success, considering the type of game this is.... I didn't know they were so many Masochists out there.

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#9  Edited By KratosYOLOSwag
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It's going to easily outsell Dark Souls. I don't think any of the Souls have even been advertised so far. Yoshida views Bloodborne as Demon's Souls redemption. Guaranteed to get the core that follow the Souls series from both Playstation, PC, and Xbox, as well as people new to it.

It's also going to easily sell more than every Xbone exclusive combined in the first half of 2015.

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#10 PapaTrop
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Dark Souls 2 sold a lot faster than the first one though, and anyone who liked that game will probably eventually get a PS4 for Bloodborne, so I'm guessing 2 million+ lifetime.

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#12 GhoX
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The power of the niche is that it will generate console sales, when all the other mainstream games on the console do not attract the particular niche market.

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#13  Edited By SolidTy
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Uh, No? What kind of thread is this other than a pattern of Sony fascination-trolling again? (You also created an Uncharted is the messiah sarcasm thread today)

The soul games have always been niche... In fact, Sony didn't even want to bring their own IP, Demon's Souls to the west at all.

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#15 freedomfreak
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Niche.

Even explaining this game to friends turns them off. It's for an audience that has been playing games for some time. And of course, youtubers looking for an excuse to turn their face-cam on.

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#16 ominous_titan
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its niche and not casual enough. its going to depend on marketing. the few people i know that game couldn't get into the souls games they were too hard. i hope im wrong but i think this one is going to be a watered down prettier souls game more devoted to action instead of the slow burn grind of the souls games.

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#17  Edited By funsohng
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I actually don't know what Bloodborne is.

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#18 chikenfriedrice
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I've never played a Souls game but this is a buy for me....love everything about it and besides I need a game for my PS4.

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#19 BldgIrsh
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As stated before. Its niche and actually pretty dumbed down from the souls mechanics. So associating it with souls isn't necessary.

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#20 foxhound_fox
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They will once the marketing campaigns start. And it will sell well... but the majority of the casual community they want to grab up will leave once the next flash-in-the-plan game hits. Sony exclusives have a huge problem with community death.

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#21 tacoma1972
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It will sell more systems than lets say M$ giving away two free games....................... hahahahah

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#22  Edited By mems_1224
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no, its a niche series

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#23 aroxx_ab
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Does cows and other Ps4 gamers care if "outside world" care about the game? does it change the game in anyway if they do or not?

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#24 FoxbatAlpha
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@freedomfreak said:

Niche.

Even explaining this game to friends turns them off. It's for an audience that has been playing games for some time. And of course, youtubers looking for an excuse to turn their face-cam on.

You leave Sean McClaaughlinssss out of this!!!

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#25 ccagracing
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I've watched the hour of gameplay footage that was posted on here and I don't really see anything special about it. I'm not saying it's bad, but I think the order looks more interesting than this and this game is getting overhyped. I understand that the game is far from complete and limited information is available but what I have seen wouldn't entice me to buy a PS4/XB1/PC to play this game.

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#26  Edited By ButDuuude
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I'm buying Bloodborne because of Demon's Souls, not Dark Souls... and I've never heard of this "outside world" game you're talking about.

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#27 Chutebox
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@elpresador-911 said:

so do lems care about sales or not???

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#28 jg4xchamp
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Does it matter?

If you're an enthusiast of this medium, the stuff the Souls series does is genuinely admirable in this medium. As such the enthusiasts should treat Bloodborne like its a big deal.

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#29  Edited By Kusimeka
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What exactly is a 'niche' series anymore? They have managed to draw in 1M+ sales a couple of times now, and the growing fanbase surely are not all hardcore gamers. As long as Bloodborne manages the 1m milestone it'll be considered an success, however considering the lack of top quality Ps4 exclusives, hopefully Sony go all out advertising this one, it would be great if it could get closer to 2m than 1m. These games deserved to be played by many.

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#30 ReadingRainbow4
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It's gonna be a bigger hit than Titanfall and forza horizon 2 combined.

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#31 jsmoke03
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probably a million or 2 gamers would care

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#32 cainetao11
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@RR360DD said:

I wonder will cows hype this one A as well

Nah, I think this will get AAA.

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#33 hehe101
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the outside world pretty much is cows now... so yes

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#34  Edited By speedfreak48t5p
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What's Bloodborne?

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#35 Shewgenja
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I remember then Final Fantasy was just a "niche JRPG" and then the PS1 happened. I think BloodBorne might just have that same Spear of Destiny or at least the potential.

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#36 blamix99
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@Salt_The_Fries: i remember Software thanking fans when they sold 2m+ copies of Dark Souls back in 2012. and Demon Souls 1.5m before Dark Souls was out

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#37 Krelian-co
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LOL not even out and lems are already damage controlling

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#38 deactivated-5ebea105efb64
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@bldgirsh: It looks harder than any souls game to me.

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@jg4xchamp said:

Does it matter?

If you're an enthusiast of this medium, the stuff the Souls series does is genuinely admirable in this medium. As such the enthusiasts should treat Bloodborne like its a big deal.

Yea, lets treat Mafia 2 like a big deal while we're at it.

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#40  Edited By princeofshapeir
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It really doesn't matter whether this game has mainstream appeal or not. The mainstream is going to keep buying PS4s out of hype, quality exclusives or not. All Bloodborne needs to do is appeal to the Souls fans.

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#41  Edited By jg4xchamp
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@mems_1224 said:

@jg4xchamp said:

Does it matter?

If you're an enthusiast of this medium, the stuff the Souls series does is genuinely admirable in this medium. As such the enthusiasts should treat Bloodborne like its a big deal.

Yea, lets treat Mafia 2 like a big deal while we're at it.

Mafia 2 is a big deal, here is an example how not to make a video game.

Good video game design=100% opposite of Mafia 2's design.

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#42 SecretPolice
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Personally does nothing for me but I know others including my son who love these games soo, different likes for different Mike's I suppose but to the question at hand, I do consider it a niche type of series so no, I don't think the casual gamer out there really cares too much.

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#43 Lulu_Lulu
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@Krelian-co

I Didn't knew you were a fanboy.... :o

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#44 pelvist
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I never liked any of the Souls games.

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#45 2Chalupas
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Lems logic:

PS4 dominating XB1 in sales: "Who cares, you can't play sales, where are the games"

PS4 has what is arguably THE hardcore/niche exclusive of next year: "Who cares, it isn't popular, it won't sell, it's too hard".

LOLZ.

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#47  Edited By dommeus
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@Salt_The_Fries:

might do better than its predecessors due to the fact the new consoles dont have that many exclusive games yet

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#48  Edited By Cloud_imperium
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I don't care . I found Souls series decent enough but found it extremely overrated at the same time . From Software is not the company that will make me want to get a PS4 .

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#49 Bigboi500
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Jelly much? Bloodborne is soo much more interesting than any Xbox done exclusive and you know this.

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#50 REKThard
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@Cloud_imperium said:

I don't care . I found Souls series decent enough but found it extremely overrated at the same time . From Software is not the company that will make me want to get a PS4 .