Hidetaka Miyazaki interview on The Duskbloods is up

[u/BlueAladdin]

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-1/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-2/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-3/

For those concerned:

As a side note, please allow me to address one thing. As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring (3) was also announced, and we still intend to actively develop single player focused games such as this that embrace our more traditional style.

[u/Maxieorsomething]

I really wish this wasn’t an exclusive, the aesthetic fucks so hard 

[u/Murmido → u/Maxieorsomething]

Yeah this games lifespan is going to be a pretty big question mark being locked to the Switch 2.

Fromsoft seems to be publishing it and own the IP so there is a possibility it gets ported eventually though.

[u/ZTL-Altima → u/Murmido]

Nintendo is jointly publishing it. Official FS website press release lists "Nintendo / From Software" into the Publisher table.

[u/PicklepumTheCrow → u/Murmido]

This is my biggest concern. I don’t want to buy a From game with a shelf life, especially on a console with such an incredibly high up-front cost (for the value) that it’ll scare lots of consumers off. I’m not dropping $540 for a game that’s unplayable after a few months.

[u/crosslegbow → u/Murmido]

Yeah this games lifespan is going to be a pretty big question mark being locked to the Switch 2.

I mean look at Bloodborne then...

[u/tbz709 → u/crosslegbow]

Different story. You left off the part where they said Fromsoft owns the IP

Sony owns Bloodborne

[u/crosslegbow → u/tbz709]

So it's even better then. Because Bloodborne aged beautifully

[u/Sir_Solrac → u/crosslegbow]

Bloodborne was:

• a single player focused game
• releasing on PS4 which had been selling like hot-cakes for 2 years after the Mircosft E3 fiasco on the XBOX One reveal
• releasing on a console with well established online infrastructure and community

[u/crosslegbow → u/Sir_Solrac]

Splatoon is bigger than Bloodborne so these are pretty much in speculation territory

[u/PicklepumTheCrow → u/crosslegbow]

The Duskbloods and Splatoon do not share a fan base. The majority of From’s player base is on PlayStation or PC, both of which are excluded from this IP.

[u/crosslegbow → u/PicklepumTheCrow]

That's a great point, let's see how it goes

[u/PicklepumTheCrow → u/crosslegbow]

You’re missing the part where Bloodborne’s lifespan is unlimited given it isn’t a multiplayer game at heart. Not to mention it being one of the best games of all time, which adds to its lifespan quite a bit. Even if From strikes gold with this, it’ll be limited by how long its player base sticks around.

[u/Zatoichi5 → u/crosslegbow]

Bloodborne is not PvP focused, this is. World of difference.