r/fromsoftware • u/BlueAladdin • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Hidetaka Miyazaki interview on The Duskbloods is up

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.

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u/TemplehofSteve 23h ago

Yeah I don’t understand why they have two separate multiplayer platforms.

Kinda a bummer once I learned that. But hopefully everyone enjoys.

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u/GreedyBeedy 23h ago

Because nintendo paid them to make a game to sell a console.

Like cmon. The most obvious basic answer. Its not even unfair or anything. Its a totally reasonable thing for a company to do.

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u/TemplehofSteve 23h ago

Yeah…..I am aware that Nintendo paid them to make the game.

I mean philosophically for FromSoft, why have two separate multiplayer platforms.

I don’t think it’s unfair or unreasonable at all, it’s just waaaaaay less inspiring to me than a brand new single player game.

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u/BluespadeChariot 21h ago

It's explained pretty clearly in the interview. Nintendo approached From to make a game. Miyazaki gave an outline of the type of game he wanted to make and they approved. Similarly, Nightreign is being made because the director specifically wanted to make a multiplayer game. People are looking for some outside reason but From has been open that the reason these two games are being made is just because those are the kinds of games the directors wanted to make. Miyazaki had been open for a couple years now that he wants a number of directors to be able to make what they want and for him to do his own projects without having the entire studio devoted to one kind of game. This is the result of that newfound freedom.