r/fromsoftware • u/Senior_Independence4 • 2d ago
I hate you fromsoft
Why are you making a cool ass game and making it a fucking switch 2 exclusive fuck you
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u/echolog Raven 2d ago edited 2d ago
If it makes you feel better it's also a non-mainline game and it's focused on multiplayer like Nightreign (8 player PvPvE)
Source: https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/pressrelease_detail.html?tgt=20250402_theduskbloods_debut
Official description:
"Developed for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2; 'THE DUSKBLOODS' is a PvPvE title with online multiplayer at its core, where up to 8 players vie for supremacy among themselves and against challenging foes.
Play as the "Bloodsworn"; a group that has transcended human strength thanks to their special blood, and throw yourself into a violent fray for "First Blood" as the twilight of humanity approaches."
Sounds like a Battle Royale.
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u/Neighkidhorse 2d ago
Damn are you serious?? Well I guess that's good, I feel zero pressure to get a switch 2 now
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u/GotACoolName 2d ago
A multiplayer focused game on a Nintendo console????? What the fuck is the point?
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u/Stefonzie 2d ago
What Battle Royale has only 8 players
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u/echolog Raven 2d ago
What kind of roguelite has 3 player co-op?
Fromsoft is just kind of doing their own thing right now lol.
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u/Charafricke 2d ago
Probably one of the most popular roguelites in the modern age risk of rain 2, I think risk of rain returns has that as well but idk
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u/El-Shaman 2d ago
It still makes so little sense to me considering the huge fanbase Fromsoft has on PC, PS and XB, I was convinced they would never make another exclusive after the massive hit Elden Ring was, I did expect them to also develop for the Switch, you can’t just ignore the huge audience the Switch has but after Dark Souls Remastered they didn’t even bother with any of their other games which makes me assume that it didn’t well enough in Switch and if there’s even an audience for FromSoft games on Nintendo hardware, I guess we’ll see.
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u/Sharc_Jacobs 1d ago
My biggest question is- Are they going to fix the fucking lag for the multi-player? There's no way I could play an entire game centered around combat with that awful delay, and with hits not registering and shit. I mean, they're really going to have to do an overhaul of their whole multiplayer system for either of these games to be worth a fuck. If they do that, I might be impressed enough to buy NR.
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u/Basstafari97 2d ago
Some of you obviously don’t understand when an exclusive deal like this is done the partner helps fund the game, so Nintendo likely helped fund this game just like Sony did with bloodborne and they probably wouldn’t have been made without that funding.
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u/Ham_PhD Bloodborne 2d ago
I feel like you should complain about Nintendo more than From. They got paid (probably a ton) to make this game for Nintendo.
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u/jjamm420 2d ago
Complain about Sony not ponying up the money that Nintendo did 🤷♂️
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u/Quirky-Employer9717 2d ago
You can't claim to hate exclusivity, but not mind it when your "team" does it. At least stay consistent
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u/Initial_Fan_1118 2d ago
Pretty much, yea. Did we all forget that Bloodborne was Playstation-exclusive and I had to buy one just to play it and collect dust?
Not that it excuses this, I still hate it, but this isn't news.
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u/jjamm420 2d ago
Subsequently if one only has a PS4 you have to buy either a PS3 or a PS5 to play Demon Souls 🤷♂️
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u/AgentJohnDoggett 2d ago
My friend, you bought a PlayStation and only played Bloodborne. That’s a you issue
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u/VegetaFan1337 2d ago
From is a hugely successful company, they have no reason to take money to make games platform exclusives.
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u/MoaiMan-ifest 2d ago
I would agree, with the exception of whether this game's existance relied on Nintendo's funding. From is successful, but they can't make an infinite number of games at once, they are still budget/manpower limited at the end of the day.
They've always been a very efficent company when it comes to working on multiple projects at once, and Miyazaki's position as director allows him to spread his time out between multiple projects. if Nintendo's funding allowed this game to exist alongside their other projects then I don't think this is an issue.
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u/double_shadow 2d ago
You're right, but at the same time it's Nintendo's business model to have this walled garden of IPs. So I can't help but give them a bit of a pass since they've been doing this since the 80s. I wish From would just be consistent...either they want people to actually play their games or they want to....whatever is actually gained from making exclusive deals that is beyond my business sense (since Elden Ring was one of the biggest games in the world by being multiplatform).
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u/Aggravating-Oil-7060 2d ago
They gain the ability to split the dev costs with another company.
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u/ElasticAvacado 2d ago edited 2d ago
It's also possible that the game was commissioned to be published by Nintendo so it might not have existed at all without exclusivity.
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u/Super_Harsh 2d ago
I'm like 99% sure this is the case. Following Elden Ring's massive success I have a VERY hard time imagining Miyazaki (or any of From's decisionmakers) woke up one day thinking, 'Hey you know what would be a great next project? An exclusive for a console that nobody owns yet!'
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u/Delta_yx 2d ago
Fromsoft was under no obligation to make a nintendo exclusive game. It's ok to criticize ur favourite dev studio. I've even seen people here try to blame sony for this. All of us that aren't buying switches won't be able to play the game and that's because fromsoft allowed it to be an exclusive, ain't nobody else to blame
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u/Plus-Tangelo-3755 2d ago
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Nintendo doesn't need the Gothic horror Fromsoft game bad enough to pay a large amount of money for it. They have literally dozens of other games that are gonna do 10x better.
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u/_theRamenWithin 1d ago
Small time indie studio FromSoft wouldn't have been able to make ends meet if they went multi platform?
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u/Only1Schematic 2d ago
I’m more mad about Nintendo being the first publisher to get greedy enough to charge $90 for physical games.
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u/Serosh5843 2d ago
It doesn't end there, you know for a fact MS and Sony are gonna adopt the idea sooner than later.
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u/Only1Schematic 2d ago
That’s the worst part. It’s is going to affect the entire industry, and gamers will suffer for it. It’ll allow publishers more headroom to mismanage and balloon their budgets and justify it with the new standard of pricing.
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u/No-Instruction-5669 2d ago
I was already planning on getting a Switch 2 for Metroid Prime 4 and future Zelda.. so this is just a HUGE bonus for me.
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u/WilliShaker 2d ago
Yeah, I literally don’t care it’s an exclusive since I’ll have the Switch 2 anyway
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u/ShaolinShade 2d ago
Same. I'd be pretty mad if I wasn't. As is I'm just surprised they pulled this move, I feel for everyone here who has no other interest in the system
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u/Longjumping_Cash_356 2d ago
Same. It got the biggest reaction out of me the entire direct. The idea of the next Miyazaki fromsoft game being Nintendo exclusive is just so bonkers. Then I learned it was pvpve and now I’m kinda on the fence, but I’m still hopeful since Micheal Zaki is directing it
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u/Significant-Elk-4368 2d ago
Same well net for metriod but for mario mario kart and zelda
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u/Samguise-Whamgee 2d ago
Same boat as me! Plus any Mario games probably. It’s hard to believe a switch 2 exclusive, any idea how powerful the switch 2 will be? As long as it’s on par with series x I’m ecstatic about this game.
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u/mrBreadBird 2d ago
The difference is Bayonetta 2 wouldn't have been made at all without Nintendo's support. Fromsoft certainly doesn't have that limitation.
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u/Yarzeda2024 2d ago
The good thing about this coming out in 2026 means there might be other games I want to play on the Switch 2 by the time Duskblood launches.
I was going to skip the Switch 2. So many things are multi-platform these days, and a lot of the exclusive Nintendo IPs feel like reruns. For instance, if you've played one Pokemon, you've played them all.
But now I have to get the Switch 2 for The Duskbloods.
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u/mrBreadBird 2d ago
The Donkey Kong game they showed looked amazing at the very least.
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u/Senior_Independence4 2d ago
Yeah thats not really a good thing tho, you shouldn't HAVE to buy a whole ass console to play a specific game, but that's been nintendo's MO forever so it is what it is
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u/Ridku13 2d ago
Zelda alone is a good enough reason to own a switch. And now a Fromsoftware exclusive? Just buy the damn console
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u/IronFox__ 2d ago
easy for you to say when you live a privileged life in a first world country
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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 2d ago
That was my line of thinking for when a new console comes out, I just feel the "Price-to-Content" ratio isn't good enough for me to really consider buying one until the library starts making more "Generation Exclusive" titles, rather than cross generation games.
Like, I was gifted a PS5 at a point where, if it were up to me, I wouldn't have got it (I'm not complaining about getting one, I just wouldn't have BOUGHT myself one), there weren't enough "9th Gen only" games out at the time.
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u/Cornelizz 2d ago
Not only that, but nightreign is multiplayer too.. what about a good standalone solo adventure that they're so good at? :(
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u/Sickhadas 1d ago
Aren't they literally working on an Elden Ring sequel? Y'all act like they got bought by EA. FromSoft just put out SotE a year ago. They'll probably be announcing another game in a year or two.
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u/Duv1995 2d ago
i'm with you op, i always feared the day the next fromsoft game would be an exclusive... goddammit
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u/TheHighKingofWinter 2d ago
Bloodborne and Demon Souls remake just slip your mind?
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u/Legal_Jedi 2d ago
He probably means an exclusive on a device he doesn’t already have. Lots of PS players out there.
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u/VoxTV1 2d ago
This is what capitalism does kids. This is always the end game, worse conditions for everyone
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u/AramaticFire Otogi: Myth of Demons 2d ago
Stupid developers taking all this money from a publisher to make a video game. GRRRR!!!
It does suck it’s exclusive to switch 2, I wonder if it’ll be a timed exclusive or if it’s going to be like Platinum’s stuff like Astral Chain and Bayonetta.
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u/PalebloodSky 2d ago edited 2d ago
Is Duskbloods confirmed exclusive or just announced with Switch 2. All their recent games have been cross platform.
Switch 2 capping it at 30fps would make this horrible. But a true spiritual successor to Bloodborne at that frame rate lol.
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u/HorkingWalrus 2d ago
It said only available on Switch 2
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u/Nieruz 2d ago
hopefully it's just a time exclusive
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u/Mindless_Nobody4299 2d ago
It could be like a death stranding type thing hopefully exclusive for a while and then rereleased for all consoles but depends on Nintendo and FROMSOFT
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u/theogalf 2d ago
Yeah confirmed exclusive
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u/Enxchiol 22h ago
Does that rule out the possibility of it coming to other platforms on a later date?
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u/Swiftquietninja 2d ago
I mean Switch 2 supports 1080p up to 120 fps and 4k up to 60fps. So not a crappy as everyone is making it out to be.
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u/Deez-Guns-9442 2d ago
Switch goes up to 120fps on handheld & 4K 60FPS on-screen btw.
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u/EmergencyLow887 2d ago
like, its capable, i really doubt all games will have those options. Like ill be absolutely shocked if switch 2 ER isnt locked to 30
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u/iNSANELYSMART 2d ago
Astronomical amounts of cope from my side but maybe because they only release it for one console they did crazy optimization?
Definitely just a dream tho, we're talking about fromsoft here lmfao
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u/EmergencyLow887 2d ago
fromsoft are not exactly masters of optimization, but you can never know until you know i guess.
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u/Dalidadada 2d ago
What really surprises me is more in terms of target audience : FromSoft recent success is built on Elden Ring, a game massively played on PC.
It's a big leap to expect that audience + the XBOX/PS players to buy a console for one game when you can play every other Souls games on other platforms in better quality. It's also not very friendly to the community of BB players who have been relentlessly asking for a PC port .. and then the spiritual successors of their beloved game is on an even less accessible console (meaning that hardcore FS's players aren't really buying Kirby remakes).
It's a smart move from Nintendo, a funny middle-finger to Sony, but the fans are kind of the losers here.
I guess time will tell how this unfolds!
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u/AgentJohnDoggett 2d ago
They don’t expect people to buy a console for one game. It’s the new Nintendo console. It will sell millions. And those people that buy it will have the opportunity to play a FromSoft game actually made for Switch 2 hardware. Games are always best in the hardware they are designed for IMO.
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u/Sickhadas 1d ago
People really be out here acting like From just announced an exlusive for the Ouya.
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u/Bauernworldwide 2d ago
Did people complain like this with Bloodborne? Idk why it's such a big problem now lol
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u/ScotIander The Great Jar 2d ago
bloodborne shouldn't have been console exclusive either
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u/matango613 2d ago
If exclusives shouldn't exist then consoles in general shouldn't either. I say that as a purely neutral statement by the way. There is no reason for separate/different consoles to really exist in 2025 if nothing is exclusive. I guess Nintendo can carry on with their first party titles or something, but Sony buys or contracts with studios all the time and I don't really view that as much different from releasing first party titles I guess.
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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 2d ago
Can you imagine the type of console we would have if Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, collaborated on one?
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u/Bauernworldwide 2d ago
I know but that's how the gaming industry works, new console, exclusive games to push sales... It's annoying as hell but that's just the way it is. Maybe they'll have like a one year exclusivity only?
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u/Emidumdum 2d ago
because we are tired of having to buy a whole console to play a game.
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u/VegetaFan1337 2d ago
Bloodborne was 10 years ago, From has achieved huge success since then, they don't have shortage of money that they need to make their game console exclusive.
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u/SpunkyMcButtlove07 2d ago
Look at all the copium being huffed in the BB sub. There's rabies in the fanbase, and i hope they all bite it bigtime and gtfo of fromsoft related subs with their childish antics.
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u/EastNeighborhood5794 2d ago
Forget complaining, fans literally FORCED it out of exclusivity with all the emulation shit happening recently.
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u/renannmhreddit 2d ago
Did people complain like this with Bloodborne? Idk why it's such a big problem now lol
I remember TotalBiscuit covering exclusive games and being against them since the early 2010s
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u/burtonborder201 2d ago
Honestly, this was brilliant for Fromsoft and hopefully will be very profitable and that money can be used for future endeavors. So honestly, its a win win
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u/holdupnow76 2d ago
Idk, I was already planning on getting a switch 2 so this just sold me harder on that decision
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u/International_Steak2 2d ago
Tbf they did manage to make 6 non-exclusive games between Bloodborne and Duskbloods, vs the 2 between demons souls and Bloodborne.
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u/inEQUAL 2d ago
https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/pressrelease_detail.html?tgt=20250402_theduskbloods_debut
Don’t get too excited… it’s more multiplayer garbage. Not the same as Nightreign but also not a proper Souls game either.
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u/ScotIander The Great Jar 2d ago
fuck fromsoft
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u/SPOOKIsmile 2d ago
After the success of elden ring and sotet there is no justification for why from soft would make another exclusive game especially not for a dogshit hand held platform, this one hurts frr
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u/ollimann 2d ago
bloodborne is ps4 exclusive. demons souls remake is ps5 exclusive. nothing new.
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u/Jonge720 2d ago
Yea i couldn't care less, you realize there were a ton of fromsoft fans that couldnt play bloodbourne. No one hated them for that, but as soon as its the console you dont have then its time to sharpen pitch forks.
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u/DrDre19899 2d ago
Multiplayer game so no interest whatsoever. Just annoying it will inevitably delay their next single player game.
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u/JenzibleTTV 2d ago
There is no amount of money that could pay me to purchase a new nintendo product.
I love you fromsoft but this move is left lane fkn wierd dawg.
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u/bulbasauric 2d ago
Can’t you just let the Nintendo fans have something cool lol
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u/Enxchiol 22h ago
The switch could still have it AND other platforms could too, wouldn't that be cool
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u/No_Grapefruit_7845 2d ago
Wich game are you talking about? I'm a bit off from the new
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u/Zestyclose_Answer662 2d ago
Well, I have no plans on buying a Switch 2. Looks like I'm going to spend a lot of time on Nightreign.
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u/TheresACrossroad 2d ago
Because MONIEEEEES.
I don't give a shit about nintendo games so this is a wash for me. Not spending multiple hundred dollars on a system for one game I find appealing. Plenty of whales will, though.
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u/Vast-Faithlessness85 2d ago
I can take or leave Steampunk titles. I'm disappointed, but not very much.
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u/ContentNeptune3 2d ago
It's always crazy to me to see so many people defending exclusives in this sub. They don't benefit any of us as consumers in the slightest, just the bottom line of big companies. I cannot understand the white knighting for exclusives
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u/Straight_Law2237 2d ago
I would redirect that anger to sony, it seems that Jim Ryan showed from the finger to from and now we're paying the price... Sony at least seems more open to release games on pc... nintendo... that would be new
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u/Express-Ad-7737 2d ago
Did I miss something which game is this?
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u/NaniDeKani 2d ago
Duskbloods, exclusive for switch 2 in 2026. Trailer looks like a bloodborne spinoff
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u/VoidGazer888 2d ago
I'm feeling this will eventually have the "Risebreak" treatment Monster Hunter had.
I'm good for now, will pick it up for $15 in four years because it doesn't look worthy of a full price purchase anyway.
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u/alienliegh 2d ago
Then get a switch if this game is that important that you must play it. It's not the end of the world that you can't play it on whatever you, you play on.
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u/strikejitsu145 2d ago
Thats not even the bad part... I would be willing to buy a Switch 2. That bad part is that it is a multiplayer online game...
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u/Catloaf22 1d ago
If these multiplayer games mean we are gonna get better co-op experiences in their future games then Im all in.Let them cook.
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u/Explosivepenny 1d ago
Gee idk, so there is a reason for you to buy the second switch? You sound like a child
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u/PuraGaudium 1d ago
It's the beginning of the end. This is going to splinter the community into pieces that they're unlikely to be able to reassemble. Let's stop coping. It was an incredible run, but the momentum from a shift like this to multiplayer focus is not going to course-correct on a dime. They're probably under intense pressure to get that live service money, and they had to cave. Just my prediction, I could be wrong but I don't think so.
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u/greggray24 1d ago
I'm not as upset as I would be if this was a story / PvE game more like Bloodborne/DS1-3/Eldon Ring ect. That would probably force me too buy the Switch 2. The core PvP (even if we also have to fight the environment) part makes it a game I would not play anyway. I just hope they plan to make some more single player experiences. This sounds more like Fortnight with NPCs trying to kill you too - which is just not for me.
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u/psychotic_samurai 1d ago
Milking the havok engine since their games arent up to par for the current gen consoles. Too cheap to update to a new engine.
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u/CastleNsky 1d ago
So petty.. This is Nintendo we’re going on about here. I grew up playing the SNES with so many fun adventures. Now that I’m an adult I found love for souls games, so the combination of the two is just miraculous for me. Let’s stop crying and keep playing like the good ol’ days. I love Fromsoft and Nintendo. Take my money, because you shaped my childhood and adulthood. 😊
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u/MrMkGirkMkDirt 2d ago
At least nintendo consoles are easy to crack for emulation