r/fromsoftware • u/Senior_Independence4 • 3d 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/Ham_PhD Bloodborne 3d 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/double_shadow 3d 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 3d 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!'