What went right?
Everything
>>334789397
Marketing.
Memes.
Not giving people what they wanted with DaS2 so they would eat that shit up when DaS3 came out
Source? And it doesn't count before the merger?
It's a great game. Good to see a good game sell well for a change.
>>334789397
I don't care about that shit. Give me my DBZ:BT4
http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/18/dark-souls-iii-becomes-bandai-namco-americas-fastest-selling-title/
It also exceeded DaS2's sales by 60% in Europe.
it just shows how powerful marketing is. normies and dudebros flocked to it
PREPARE TO DIE LEL
>>334789397
They used the name "Dark Souls" in the title. Also the marketing, I mean look at all the merch.
Still a pretty good game though.
>>334789397
Sliders.
>>334789784
goddamn
that extra obnoxious marketing really worked
>>334789397
Great, now Bamco will push extra hard for a DaS4.Or we get lucky and they let From make a new Armored Core.
It's a great game, only real issue is the shit game balance (which is a problem in every fromsoft game since forever) and the bloodsouls inspo
(which is a personal opinion, I got sick of the "fast aggressive humanoid enemy with numerous clothe effects hanging off its body that screams loudly with a high pitched voice and has extremely fast attack chains and infinite stamina" enemy type about twenty minutes into BB)
like seriously, every area in 3 has an enemy that pretty much fits that exact description (or generally multiple). I'll take cool knights over the same SCREEEEEEEEEEEE monster thing any day
>>334789397
casuals love mediocrity
They threw alot of money to Miyazaki's house. DO IT.
No games to play on ps4
You need something to justify your 400$ blueray player
>>334793410
Expensive rig, cant even run BB.
>>334793410
This.
Also i'm curious to see if DS3 will outsold BB on ps4. It seems that DS3's marketing is much more effective to appeal normies.
>>334789397
Can I get an armored core game now? Please?
is that gwyndolin?
is it a trap again?
>>334793410
But it's on PS4, PC, and Xbone?
it was gud
They didn't leave it to the B-team to develop it without Miyazaki.
>>334789610
Wow nice graphics downgrade
>boring, safe rehash sequel to a normiecore franchise with an absolutely ludicrous marketing campaign just happens to sell a lot
>>334794947
Prepare to Dine
>>334789541
>>334792572
It's just Bamco America famfam, not bamco in general as OP was being a trickster dickscratcher leaving out the America part.
Normies love coming together and playing the last entry in a fan favorite franchise. I'd assume a lot of these sales are coming from the PC platform. Nearing 700k. Likely surpassing a million by next tuesday.
>>334793410
>>334793527
>>334793539
Fuck off with your console wars you faggots
>>334795562
What a strange thing, seeing mustards actually buy a multiplat game instead of just pirating and whining about optimization.
>>334789397
>%new game% is released
>%new game% is %whoever%s fastest selling game!!!!!!!!
every time
>>334789784
>Many of the company’s other gaming series are based on anime like Dragon Ball Z or Naruto. These games still have an audience in the U.S., but it’s niche compared to the appeal the Souls series has
Murricans hate Tekken so much they forget Bamco makes it. Why is USA the only country that refuses to acknowledge Tekken?
>>334789397
How can a boy look this cute and girly?
>>334795881
More like the dumb writer forgot about Tekken. Tekken sells better than DBZ and Naruto.
>>334795959
demon cum
>>334789397
Game had no right to be so good.
But it was
Please give me a easy-mode. the normie like me is cant beat this game!
>>334796051
So do I swallow it or smear it on my body? How does it work?
>>334796246
Just summon. It's basically the game on easy mode.
>>334796336
You must cover yourself in as much as possible both inside and outside.
>>334796246
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR7MYGPR6c
>>334789397
About 7 years of good credit + aggressive marketing.
>>334796246
I felt that this game was easier than the previous 2
>>334796604
That was a fun montage.
>>334795806
tell that to street fighter or asscreed
>>334789397
It's not Dark Souls II
>Best guess for this image: girl
Wasn't there supposed to be a patch today?
I'm on PS4, and I'm still at version 1.03.
I hit check for update, and nothing.
>>334789452
>>334789459
These. Not that it isn't a good game in its own right, I wouldn't know. But the marketing has been effective and I see it fucking everywhere. The casual normie word of mouth is real too.
can i use my pirated save on steam ? will it get me banned ?
>>334797802
did that end in full homo lust?
>>334796883
...that's because you've already PLAYED the first two and became better as a result. Dumbass.
No seriously, where is the patch
>>334796451
Not him, but where do I find some? I'm willing to cover every inch of my body, I wish to be cuter.
>>334789397
nothing
>>334789397
everything
Bloodborne barely outsold Dark Souls 2 on PC alone. From Software will never ever want to go back to exclusivity after DaS3.
I want Aldritch to stick his slime up my ass and use me as his puppet while he digests me!
>>334799840
That's because gays want straight men to treat them like girls, it's why fags become so effeminate.
Can't wait for /v/ to start hating this game because it's popular.
>>334792702
>>>334793561
Asking From to make another AC game is like asking Rare to make another Wizards and Warriors. They already found their cash cow
>>334798080
That's a shit excuse and has never worked. You're basically implying that the game is reusing the same situations and setup as the previous games and fails to present the player with anything new. The controls in this game don't make it difficult so "mastering" them isn't a concept.
How much did Witcher 3 sell in the same period?
The marketing was on point this time around.
Even normies at work that barely like video games were talking about it constantly.
>>334800062
Well I find it curious, anyway I suggest choosing partners not based on your sexual limits, those can be changed pretty easily, there should be enough tops out there anyway.
And again, I can't even imagine a situation like that occuring.
>>334800162
Just report fag posters. Fucking cocksucker moot had to make a faggot board and attract them to this site.
>>334800187
*unless its your dad raping your ass, but int hat case I'd say there are still better options
>>334789397
It's a meme series. Not that it isn't good but it has an excess of normalfags as its audience which usually doesn't happen with good games. A bizarre situation.
>>334800129
>The marketing was on point this time around.
I didn't see anything marketed for this. Where do you live? In Europe, I saw The Division posters everywhere. Nothing on DaS3.
>>334800295
>which usually doesn't happen with good games
But that is factually wrong
>>334800334
Straight people don't like guys, cute or not, you stupid shit. If you believe you know better than straight people then you are one that is, again, pretending to be a faggot so you have an excuse for being a fuck-up with a dry dick - worse, a faggot that's super picky and against banging dudes.
>>334800379
Good games don't tend to sell well. DaS3 is an anomaly.
>>334800379
No, it has the memers and byproducts similar to something like Minecraft or MOBAs but is actually a good game.
>>334800416
I'm trying to say I could probably pass for a girl if I was a bit cuter. I like being fucked in the ass, did a bottom bully you or something Anon?
>>334789397
Literally everything except the western marketing campaign. It's a GOAT game.
>>334789397
>niche
>competence
>decent marketing
based nips, good on them
>normies
>normies
>normies
Can you please go back to your containment boad and whine about your mummy issues there, /r9k/?
>>334800560
>pass for a girl
Even in the unlikely chance that you can ensnare a straight guy in your trap, he'll jump off the ride the second he realizes you're not a girl.
Don't base your expectations on mentally ill people like yourself, the only people who'd do you are bisexual.
>>334800476
Those are also good games on their own terms anon, plenty of us played the original Dota and minecraft before it went mainstream and got its popularity-pull that its running off of today.
At its core - the initial game is good, cod 4 was a good game too despite the 10 rehashes of shit that followed it.
Be glad that DaS is taking its sweet time selling out - DaS2 was already a gigantic red flag.
>>334800731
>plenty of us played the original Dota and minecraft
You're not really good at driving your point home with me when you have such bad taste in vidya.
>>334800729
Mentally ill? Why do you think I am mentally ill, Anon? Is it because I have said I like things you do not like?
>>334800731
Minecraft is a fucking shit game though
Having a somewhat novel game idea that entertains for a few dozen hours doesn't make for a good game if everything around it is mediocre or downright bad rushed bullshit
>>334800673
t.normie
>>334800884
Minecraft is not 'not perfect', it's ass
>>334800203
>moot makes a board for fags
>he doesn't take this perfect opportunity to call it /fag/ and instead gives them the first 4 letter board
>>334800673
Since when did people stop calling it 'normalfags'? Was it not politically correct enough for Facebook or something?
>>334800801
I don't mind homo/bisexual people, I've actually got a good friend that's gay and many people in my local fighting game community, which I play competitively, are gay.
So no, the reason I'm calling you mentally ill is because you are absolutely in denial about how the world works.
If you manage to pass as a girl which is very unlikely in the first place, a STRAIGHT guy would not want to fuck you or have a relationship with you because he's STRAIGHT.
You wouldn't be very appealing to gay guys either, you'd be a "bisexual only" consideration and unlikely to find someone to settle down with, as you're not able to have children.
You are mentally ill because you need a reality check, the real world isn't online forums of people thinking alike you.
>>334800943
It was new, and it was fun in the beginning.
That means its a good game compared to 90% of anything else that brings nothing new or fun.
But what can I say, you people most definitely haven't been around when it was in alpha, you'll hate the shit out of games that gone mainstream, few more years and you'll be calling the souls games utter dogshit too.
>>334800985
I also miss the term
>>334801050
>But what can I say, you people most definitely haven't been around when it was in alpha,
Try again faggot
One of the main reasons why I'm shitting so hard on Minecraft is the sheer amount of wasted potential the game represents
We're still running on placeholder textures and endless liquid sources for fuck's sake
>>334800801
Probably because you've convinced yourself that if you crossdress well enough that you'll not only be able to trap people, but also that these """""straight""""" people will still stick with you after the gig is up. This brings us back to the point that those people are not straight to begin with. Unless your plan is to exclusively hang out at clubs and try to just get loads of one nighters from extremely drunk people.
>>334789397
>Make game popular with casuals
>Sells a lot
>This is somehow a surprise
A lot of people just buy DaS because it's a fad, 50% of them never finish the game.
>>334801154
>50% of them never finish the game.
I'd guess the percentage is much higher. Fine for me. Their money keeps the series afloat.
>all this gayposting
HOW BOUT DEM VIDYA RIGHT
>>334801016
You're just displeased that I the idea of what I want doesn't line up with what you think I should want. I think it'd be cute to end up with a "straight" guy and have him end up liking me regardless. I am aware it is unlikely and I think it'd be wrong to just suddenly spring it on someone when my dick pops out, I would definitely be sure to tell them ahead of time. It is no reason to insinuate someone is mentally ill, Anyan.
>>334801097
Then you admit theres a lot of potential that actually was realized in the beginning.
Sure its gone to shit and developed exactly the opposite of what we wanted, but it was good because it was new and gave us a lot of freedom.
There are thousands of games much much shittier than it is, that brought nothing new, did nothing well, provided nothing of value.
Leave yourself room to call those shit, while minecraft is good, just not nearly as good as it could've been.
>>334801154
I've played since DeS and only finished that. It's not that they end up "becoming too hard" I just start losing interest once I get the gear I want and stop feeling that sense of "adventure" from them, so I usually bear to the last quarter of the game and just stop at some random point, usually not even at a boss or anything specific.
>>334800009
change "game" to "series" and you'd realize it's already been happening
>>334801285
It's not "unlikely" it is factually by definition an impossibility, a STRAIGHT male cannot be romantically or sexually attracted to another male. That literally defies the DEFINITION OF HETEROSEXUALITY. You find it "cute" because it's exactly what he's describing, an unreal wish that clashes with the real world and that you are outright denying is the factual truth of the matter. You're sitting there pretending real life is like your hentai doujins on sadpanda.
>>334801327
>Leave yourself room to call those shit, while minecraft is good, just not nearly as good as it could've been.
I don't throw around compliments like 'good' willy-nilly. The game could have been good, even great or amazing, it started out mediocre, but promising, improved for a few patches, became successful, and then took a straight dive downhill. I can not call any Minecraft version after 1.7 or so good, since it's certainly lost the 'it's a beta' newbie protection, due to the immense success potentially allowing Notch to hire a birron people to unfuck his mess. He never did, and the game still has the same fucking flaws it had 4 years ago, and a bunch of new ones have cropped up too.
It's a very mediocre game, not a good one, and due to its history I sure as hell am going to call it a shit game for all eternity.
>>334801285
>I think it'd be cute to end up with a "straight" guy
You really have to use the word straight here, even if you " " it
>>334801464
I extra special put straight in quotes for you in my last post. I find it cute because I find the idea of a "straight" guy coming to terms with not just liking girls cute, that is all, it has nothing to do with porn Anon.
>>334801661
You can throw quotes onto anything, you're still using the word incorrectly. You want a bisexual to fuck you, not a straight person.
>>334800016
Miyazaki is the president and he already made a statement saying he don't want to keep milking Dark Souls and want to explore the others settings FROM has history with.
I just want to see what new games Miyazaki has in mind for From. Hes helped them get out of mediocrity.
>>334801748
you never played a fromsoft game before Dark souls
>>334801661
>I find the idea (cute) of a "straight" guy coming to terms with
....not being straight?
That's what you're saying here and nothing else
>>334789397
I hate them for killing my waifu (male), but can't blame them because it fits into the world and is consistent with the entire game.
>>334800443
But those games also cost from dozens to hundreds of millions.
If you take AA you'll see that good games sell. Example...Paradox published games and FROM software. People tend to forget that FROM don't actually make triple A games. It's just that they managed to create a popular franchise thanks to Demon's Souls.
>>334801701
I do not think it would be wrong to say someone is straight if before this point in time, they were only attracted to the opposite sex. After they come to terms with it, it is different, but if someone had only been interested in dating the opposite sex, would you not consider them straight?
>>334801879
Yes, that is correct.
>>334801807
All I know from From is how they completely ruined Tenchu. Were the AC games good?
>>334801716
That's bullshit and you know it, bloodborne 2 is coming so they are still milking the souls series.
>>334801910
So what you're basically saying is, you have a very very very specific kink and you're ready to chase it for your entire life because the likelihood if it ever happening like that outside of fetish-fiction is near zero.
Okay, good luck with that
>>334801952
Bloodborne is a partnership with Sony to be a system seller. Offcourse it'll happen because only an idiot president would refuse a risk free, Sony funded, endevour like that. I was referring specifically to Dark Souls ip. Bloodborne and everything Sony related has it's own legs.
>>334789397
Normalfags.
>le praise da sun XD
God I hate facebook so fucking much.
>>334802017
I have been saying I think it's cute. I merely wish to explain my reasoning to you, Anon. I probably should have stopped by now since you're just already convinced I'm mentally ill.
>>334802074
After DaS 3 no one with half a brain can say bloodborne is not a souls game.
DaS 3 was more bloodborne than dark souls in the gameplay department.
>>334802203
That's besides the point. I'm specifically referring to IP's. Not subjectve analysis and gameplay comparisons.
>>334796883
tru
>>334797979
It's server-side.
>>334796604
>get summoned for Wolnir
>fuck is this taking so long
>host just watching me kill the boss from the back while doing nothing
>mfw
>>334789397
I'd let Aldrich devour me.
>>334802789
I was surprised to how easy that boss is considering the suffering i had with the bosses prior to him. Still, it was a nice subversion to the fight you had with Gwyndollin in the original where getting close to him and hidding behind pillars was the main deal.
>>334800009
I hate that you're completely right.
>>334802203
If Bloodborne 2 comes out and happens to be multiplat, do you expect it to still sell as well as Dark Souls 3 did though? Do the mainstream Dark Souls fans even like Bloodborne?
>>334795161
>Yorkshire tea the Dark Souls of tea
>>334789397
We need Gwyndolin corruption smut. NOW.
>>334792923
Yeah, the SCREEEEE did get pretty old, but I never really felt any enemies were way too fast, except perhaps the Grus (sp?) in Farron/Lost Izalith and those Crucifiction jackasses.
>>334789397
Because the past games were good and people have faith in the franchise. That's how sequels sell.
/thread
>>334796246
Heavy-Infusion Dark Sword.
You're welcome.
>>334800062
Are you a house boy anon?
>Bandai Namco's fastest-selling game
Beating the likes of licensed animu fighting game: extreme edition, terrible uguu JRPG series and car racing game
>>334801095
Seconded, Famydala.
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_zDZYrIUgKE&start1=3&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC_k6hAVmn8Q&start2=&authorName=Ayarkhaan+Enemy
Mute Dark Souls
>>334789397
What happened Bloodborne bros?
>>334789397
>Souls series
>started off as a niche game that catered to a couple of hardcore gamers
>kept building on this by improving the game and never pandered to casuals or tried to "appeal to wider audiences"
>built it's name up as a great game
>now incredibly popular and well known around the world
If only other developers like Nintendo would learn from FromSoft and apply this to core franchises that appeal to a niche audience that they keep ruining by appealing to a wider audience all the time.
>>334796604
Pretty good mage gameplay there.
>>334797984
What marketing? It didn't get 1/10 of the marketing games like Witcher 3 and FO4 had.
>>334805551
In b4 shitposters say it is pandering to casuals. The actual gameplay itself has never truly changed, just the manner in which the game is marketed. DaS2 is the only one that really felt like it was pushing the PREPARE TO DIE LEL thing.
>>334806010
Well DaS2 was the worst game simply because of that and because it was made by people who didn't understand that the appeal of the soul series isn't DYING LMAO but having to slowly struggle through a fantasy world filled with hopelessness.
Tough but fair was what the people behind DaS2 didn't understand.
>>334803867
Bloodborne is in a really interesting spot where I can easily see a multiplat Bloodborne 2 being From's best selling game to date.
>>334806010
>DaS2 is the only one that really felt like it was pushing the PREPARE TO DIE LEL thing.
There's also PREPARE TO DIE EDITION for Dark Souls 1.I do think that marketing angle was retarded but I guess it worked and set the kind of expectations that casuals would be dealing with
>>334800009
They already are. Note how much of its popularity is being attributed to normies and casuals in this thread alone.
>>334804124
Thanks for making me laugh.
How would dark souls be if there was bgm not just for boss fights?
>>334789397
Firekeeper, and Priscilla's feet
>>334802074
>>334801952
has bloodborne 2 been actually confirmed? this is literally the first news I'm hearing of this and google gives nothing, or are you just exaggerating and making shit up to prove a point?
>>334805551
What's funny is that for newcomers, DaS3 is also the hardest Soulsborne game. So not only did they not make it easier, they actually made the games harder. FromSoft is going the opposite direction of western AAA publishers.
>>334789397
Its name and reputation
>>334789397
They took everything that is crap with DaS II
>>334807054
Its not confirmed.
>>334806010
Dark Souls 2 took a very carefully balanced gameplay system and whacked it with a wrench a few times, then called the resulting unrefined mess a game. It delivered death, that's for sure, but it was mostly pointless death with some very demotivating consequences. The third game has its share of consequences too, but combat is set up to be winnable and getting killed too many times won't leave you in a state where you die in two hits to standard enemies.
No matter what /v/ says, it's a good thing that a fairly hardcore Japanese ARPG is selling well.
It could kickstart more Japanese games of this calibre and it could also bring some challenge to the oligopoly created by a few AAA western publishers. It's also a game where the director is given a lot of freedom instead of being under the command of the publisher. And it's not a massive AAA bloated production either.
>>334807436
DaS2 wasn't rewarding. DaS1/BB/DaS3 are rewarding. The way you die isn't cheap. It's most often the player's fault. And overcoming challenge is due to becoming better, therefore rewarding.
>>334807651
One of the biggest troubles in Dark Souls 2 is that death seldom teaches you anything. You could fight the same enemy fifty times and still not know anything more about how to defeat them.
>>334807756
What does that even mean? Please give some examples.
>>334807756
If you fought the same enemy 50 times I would hope you could not get hit at all by the same 4-5 attacks they have.
>>334807451
>29 years old
>decide to work in video games
>gets thrown in a project that was doomed and asked to salvage it
>it turns out to be a sleeper hit
>work on a multiplatform new game
>massive success
>now president of the company after a few years
What went right?
>>334807951
I mainly refer to how some enemies are just speedy little fucks who can spin 180 degrees and feed you the business end of a broadsword before your shield finishes raising. That's not the sort of thing that experience can teach one to work around except through inhuman reflexes and/or patience, and since rolling in DS2 is more or less useless (at least until you've put a lot of points into adaptability), it's often a matter of luck whether you get hit or not. The game isn't worth the effort because the fights in it aren't a learning experience, they're just the level designers dumping groups of enemies on your face repeatedly and hoping a challenge-addicted player community won't mind getting put through that kind of meat grinder.`
Any new FromSoftware projects coming out in the near future besides Dark Souls and Bloodbourne franchise.
>>334809273
They're working on two Playstation exclusives.
Sony signed a contract for three games. From is going to take that money and experiment with new stuff since they're sick of souls.
>>334810575
I hope they return back to the mecha franchise with Armored Core or something much better like Metal Wolf Chaos
>pic related, BandaiNamco should work with this potential franchise
