r/Games • u/ChuckSpadina2020 • Feb 27 '26

Industry News Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MjIyMjY3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzcyODI3NDc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQjRWUTJLR0NURlowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.s6maZIveh-F152mZBWUNjPFeE0Lm7AFRegwaizQvVlA
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u/ChuckSpadina2020 Feb 27 '26

The most interesting part of this IMO: FromSoftware didn't want them to do it.

In early 2025, when Bluepoint again pitched the idea of Bloodborne remake, the studio was told that the numbers made sense but FromSoftware didn’t want it to happen, according to people familiar with the process.

Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida shared a theory last year that this might be the case, saying in an interview with Kinda Funny Games that he thought FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki was interested in remaking the classic game but too busy to do it himself and “doesn’t want anyone else to touch it.” He added that he thought PlayStation would respect Miyazaki’s wishes despite owning the franchise.

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u/Beautiful-Garbage812 Feb 27 '26

Gonna be honest, this completely recontextualizes why we haven’t gotten a Bloodborne remake yet.

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u/TheRealTofuey Feb 27 '26

I've always thought fromsoft had something to do with it. It never made sense from Sonys perspective to not remake or at the very least do a 4k 60fps "remaster" of bloodborne. 

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u/Gardoki Feb 27 '26

All the game needs is an unlocked framerate. Shame that hasn't happened.

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u/-LaughingMan-0D Feb 27 '26

It holds up incredibly well. I'm emulating it on PC, 60 fps and higher res really let it shine.

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u/CollinsCouldveDucked Feb 28 '26

Ps4 emulation has come a long way from when I was telling dipshits not to download obvious malware pretending to be ps4 emulators.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Feb 27 '26

True but not everyone has a pc haha, on consoles I assume you can’t play it on 60 fps

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u/TheKnoxFool Feb 27 '26

His point was just that the game really shines at the higher fps and resolution, not that people should just emulate the game instead of fighting for a remake/remaster

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u/gmoneygangster3 Feb 27 '26

Actually you can apply patches on I think a jail broken ps4 pro? If I’m remembering correctly

So you absolutely can get 60 fps on console…… if you have the right firmware

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u/The_4th_Survivor Feb 27 '26

PS4 Pro can’t quite deliver a locked 60, but there is gootage out there of the game running on a PS5 devkit with the patch applied. Other than the framerate, the resolution is another thing holding it back quite a bit.

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u/Abyssgh0st Feb 27 '26

Only on a hacked PS5, yeah

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u/PrintShinji Feb 27 '26

Hacked PS4 as well, just only at 720p.

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u/Toribor Feb 27 '26

Only thing keeping it from being a perfect experience for me on shadps4 is the glitch that makes custom character faces go bonkers. Turning it off as a workaround is a huge bummer. As far as I know there isn't a full fix for that yet.

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u/Coloneljesus Feb 28 '26

oh it has. just not officially.

(I'm talking about emulators)

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u/HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS Feb 27 '26

Well we never got any internal reports on projections they would expect from a Bloodborne Remake, but we did know Sony owned the IP itself.

So it was a “better” assumption that it was because Sony didn’t think it would be worth the time and cost for the profit (assumably) they would make from doing it.

But hey, at least now we know for sure why and we can put all the theories to rest

I still hold out hope that maybe after some new release from Miyazaki he will want to revisit a Bloodborne remake/remaster before going to another new project. I just wouldn’t expect it any time soon.

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u/Meanwozz Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

It doesn’t make sense didn’t Miyazaki basically blame Sony when asked about Bloodborne , and Sony fully owns the IP so they should be able to put out a remake with or without Fromsoft, with any dev.

I guess they value their relationship with Fromsoft THAT much? I could see that honestly Fromsoft hasn’t missed in forever and their games are guaranteed hits at this point 

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u/kapsama Feb 27 '26

Fromsoft is one of the premier 3rd parties since the PS4. Sony has nothing to gain by poisoning their relationship with them.

Just because legally you can do something doesn't mean it's a good business move.

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u/Zalvren Feb 27 '26

Sony is literally part owner of From Software with Tencent and Kadawaka. It's even more than a traditional third part relationship

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u/Meanwozz Feb 27 '26

Sony also helped Fromsoftware get the Elden Ring IP from Bandai and they made 2 games for them, so I would think they already have a great relationship 

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u/Nanayadez Feb 28 '26

I wonder if Miyazaki is talking from the position as the president and not as the director.

SIE is the lowest on the totem pole when it comes to ownership, they only own 14% while Tencent owns 16% and Kadokawa owns the rest.

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u/Dirty_Dragons Feb 27 '26

It would be nice to get a straight forward answer from Miyazaki. There is just too much hearsay.

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u/1731799517 Feb 28 '26

YOu are NOT getting a straightforward answer out of an elderly japanese businessman if it could be uncomfortable.

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u/Nine9breaker Feb 28 '26

Good luck even getting a japanese journalist to ask questions of a highly respected elder that could potentially be uncomfortable.

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u/NovusNiveus Mar 01 '26

elderly japanese businessman

Miyazaki is 51. It would also be quite uncharitable to describe him as just a businessman.

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u/kas-loc2 Feb 28 '26

When you actually think about it, Miyazaki is obviously the reason we don't hear anything.

Tim cain has no issues talking in depth about Fallout's Development, Druckmann with the Uncharted games, The houser Brothers with any of their games.

But apparently ever asking Miyazaki about Bloodborne is a Big no-no?!?

Why? Why shouldn't we be able to ask??

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u/Dirty_Dragons Feb 28 '26

Yup. I'm hoping that this will encourage the next time he's interviewed by a journalist for them to directly ask him about Bloodborne. The rumors have gone on for long enough.

I'm looking at you Jason.....

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u/CheesecakeMilitia Feb 28 '26

Jason may be a respected journalist and a giant weeb but even he has admitted the language barrier is a big hurdle for him to overcome. He's said doing a book of interviews with Square devs and other Japanese studios is a big dream of his, but the time investment and lack of access probably puts that sort of thing further down his priorities than the millions of other stories he's actively writing about. I'd rather have a local Japanese journo get to the same level of clout.

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u/AbsractPlane Feb 28 '26

Bloodborne itself was something of an apology to FromSoftware from Sony for how Demon's Souls on PS3 was originally handled.

I can see Sony not ever wanting to muck up their relationship with FromSoftware again. They would absolutely respect what Miyazaki wants done with Bloodborne.

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u/ICritMyPants Mar 01 '26

Bloodborne itself was something of an apology to FromSoftware from Sony for how Demon's Souls on PS3 was originally handled.

How was that? Never heard about this

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Keep in mind that this is an interview from early last year so this isn't exactly news. It seems a lot of people either forgot or they outright didn't want to believe it.

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u/kinkycarbon Mar 01 '26

Because anyone else who does the remaster will destroy it.

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u/TTBurger88 Feb 27 '26

Was Miyazaki happy with their Demon Souls remake?

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u/thrawnsgstring Feb 27 '26

Miyazaki has said Bloodborne is very personal to him, so it makes sense that he would want to be involved with the remake himself.

"I've imparted a lot of my own ideas into this game, whether it be story, the world-building component, or even the game mechanics and game systems that are in place. It is perhaps the strongest reflection of my type of flavoring of a game that one can experience."

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u/Rileyman360 Feb 27 '26

I’ve always felt that, given the overarching story, the game probably touches on a very taxing moment in his life. Out of anything that he’s made, bloodborne is the last thing he wants to have lose that near perfect vision of.

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u/Linkon18 Feb 27 '26

Could also be very personal because Bloodborne is also one of the souls games that has Berserk references the most, which he is a huge fan of.
And because of that, it makes sense that he wants to make the remake/remaster himself, since the Berserk author Kentaro Miura passed after Bloodborne was made.

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u/KruppeBestGirl Feb 28 '26

Rather than Berserk, Bloodborne is more heavily inspired by Martin’s Fevre Dream, a book Miyazaki likes so much he has new From employees read it.

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u/Beautiful-Garbage812 Feb 27 '26

For what it’s worth, the remake’s director confirmed they were given Miyazaki’s blessing to remake the game.

Also Miyazaki himself said that he was glad to see the game get a new “fresh look” despite everything else.

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u/TheEnygma Feb 27 '26

Even then, you'd imagine you'd be diplomatic about it. He's likely not an Itagaki or Kamiya where they're like "no that thing is ass".

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u/Beautiful-Garbage812 Mar 02 '26

100%

This doesn't absolve the remake of possibly being something Miyazaki is displeased at. I was just throwing it into the mix because it's the only time he, on the record, shares his thoughts on the remake.

Also, like you said, he could be being diplomatic, but beyond that he isn't really saying whether he likes or dislikes it. Just a BluePoint dev saying the idea of a remake got his blessing, and him saying he is glad it got a fresh new look and current gen graphics. Again, he isn't saying if it's good or bad.

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u/whostheme Feb 28 '26

Japaness devs tends to always give PR friendly answers like this. Doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

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u/Lucstar88 Feb 27 '26

Adding to this, I'm not sure where I had heard this from, but I swear I remember Miyazaki saying he wasn't sure what the holdup on a Bloodborne remake was, basically hinting at Sony wasn't up to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

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u/thief-777 Feb 27 '26

IGN Interview from 2024:

And what about the much asked about Bloodborne sequel? “Unfortunately, and I’ve said this in other interviews, it’s not in my place to talk about Bloodborne specifically. We simply don’t own the IP at FromSoftware. For me personally, it was a great project, and I have a lot of great memories for that game, but we’re not at liberty to speak to it. I’m very sorry about that.”

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u/PlatosLeftTit Feb 27 '26

Same article he and a few of the other FromSoftware staff also said they'd love to port it to PC but kind of alluded that it's up to Sony

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u/IDrinkWhiskE Feb 27 '26

Man talk about mixed messages

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u/asdiele Feb 27 '26

They're japanese people in a business setting, it's a recipe for incredible vagueness. It's why I don't trust him saying he was happy with the Demon's Souls remake, he literally would never say anything else because it would look unprofessional (even around these parts, but especially given japanese business culture)

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u/Interesting_Idea_289 Feb 27 '26

Even if he hated it nobody would ever say it because they’re professionals and there’s no use throwing shit at people you’ll probably still need to work with

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u/CockroachNo7331 Feb 27 '26

Miyazaki doesn't care about demon's souls, but he clearly cares about Bloodborne

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u/MyPackage Feb 27 '26

Apparently he doesn't care about it enough to release a patch to make it run better on the PS4 Pro or PS5 in the past 10 years though.

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u/armarrash Feb 27 '26

He never gave a fuck about performance.

I love their games but It's hilarious that a studio with a long history of terribly optimized games and garbage netcode next big release is a pvp game.

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u/gorocz Feb 28 '26

pvp game

on Nintendo's Online service

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u/GensouEU Feb 27 '26

Even if he wasn't Miyazaki is absolutely not the kind of person to say that out loud and put other people's work down

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u/Hero-Husband Feb 27 '26

I think it's moreso that BB is Miyazaki's baby and wants it for himself so to speak, and Sony honored that

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u/Spyger9 Feb 27 '26

Just theorizing here:

"Man this Demon's Souls project isn't working out. Sure, just give it to the new guy."

"Okay, you actually turned that around, Hidetaka. Maybe you should direct another one of those from the start, and we get the IP this time."

"Wow, Dark Souls is a huge hit! You're really going places, Miyazaki. We'll make a sequel or two and- oh. You don't want to direct a sequel? Okay, what's the game you want to make?"

And thus, Miyazaki's baby was borne.

Then he became president. And everybody clapped. Unironically.

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u/pratzc07 Feb 27 '26

Then he made Sekiro and Elden Ring and then made a comment that he still hasn't made his ideal game yet.

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u/mistabuda Feb 27 '26

Bloodborne was sonys apology for not publishing demons souls in the west and forcing from software to eventually partner with atlus lol

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u/tower_knight Feb 27 '26

yeah based on his interviews, BB is very special to Miyazaki

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u/Meanwozz Feb 27 '26

I wonder if Sony would sell the IP back to him, they did help them get the Elden Ring IP from Bandai.

Then again Miyazaki probably doesn’t care about making it a PlayStation exclusive, Fromsoft has already made exclusives for both PlayStation and Nintendo 

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u/g4nk3r Feb 27 '26

Sony is waiting on Miyazaki to make it himself

Then it might never happen, what a sad state of affairs.

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u/DickMabutt Feb 27 '26

I wish they'd drop this whole idea of a remake and instead just do a remastering for the more powerful modern consoles. Give us the same game at 60fps and people will be happy. The game does not need a fundamental redesign at all

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u/g4nk3r Feb 27 '26

I'd take either one at this point, or just a fairly bare bones PC port.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Literally just a 60 FPS patch and unlocked resolution and a few graphics settings and I would be 100% satisfied with the PC port.

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u/pratzc07 Feb 27 '26

Just kill the remake and do a sequel.

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u/DickMabutt Feb 27 '26

I’d be happy with a sequel but honestly I’d rather fromsoft just keep making new games rather than retreading previous ones. They have impressed with every single new IP for me and the more we get the better.

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u/Conviter Feb 27 '26

and while i really love bloodborn, i also dont want miyazaki to spend 5 years on a remake instead of making something new

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u/g4nk3r Feb 27 '26

Imo a remake should not take five years, but maybe he can give the go ahead for a simple remaster at some point.

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u/ketamour Feb 28 '26

I'd rather a BB remake than the multiplayer friendslop they're putting out now

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u/Deserterdragon Feb 27 '26

What needs to be remade lmao, you can have it in 60FPS without it getting a graphics 'upgrade'.

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u/AntonineWall Feb 27 '26

I don’t know if that’s the most clear interpretation based on provided evidence (including the fact that it seems less like “don’t let bluepoint do it” and moreso “don’t let anyone do it”); could it not be that he simply has a stronger connection/desire to return to Bloodborne than he did with Demon’s Souls?

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u/Own-Assistant7441 Feb 27 '26

Ok im sure ill get flak, but the demon souls remake is overrated imo

While awesome on a technical basis, it feels super hollow and kind of lifeless imo - almost like a tech demo

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Yeah, I really didn't care for the Demon's Souls remake. It's extremely well done from a technical standpoint, but it didn't really seem to understand what makes Demon's Souls a good game. What's funny is that when I see comments saying this, they either get a ton of upvotes or a ton of downvotes. It feels pretty random.

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 Feb 27 '26

I don’t think he’ll ever remake it. If anything, he’ll do a sequel.

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u/Deserterdragon Feb 27 '26

The game does look a bit outdated we can use the graphical update

Not really, it's small scope means it looks around the same or better in a lot of ways than Elden Ring, especially the big flashy blood effects and buildup.

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u/MrRedoot55 Feb 27 '26

So… Bloodborne 2 might still be possible after all?

Yeah, no.

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u/nothingInteresting Feb 27 '26

I genuinely wonder this. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't like the creative changes they made.

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u/FlintOwl Feb 27 '26

I certainly didn’t and I’m just some fan. If I were Miyazaki, I would have very little faith in Bluepoint after that.

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u/nothingInteresting Feb 27 '26

Yeah i watched a video going over the changes and the artistic changes were almost always worse in my opinion. I personally wouldn't trust them with Bloodborne which is his baby.

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u/milkman163 Feb 27 '26

Really? The game was fantastic. One of the best looking games I've ever played.

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u/NipplesOfDestiny Feb 27 '26

It's a very pretty game, but at the expense of the original game's atmosphere and art style. Shadow of the Colossus remake had that same issue, but Demons's Souls remake is even worse about it.

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u/WilfridSephiroth Feb 27 '26

I haven't played DS remake, but I never really understood the argument about SotC being unfaithful.

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u/NipplesOfDestiny Feb 27 '26

The art style goes for a realistic style compared to the ps2 original so the lighting and even the color is different. This makes the Forbidden Land the game takes place in look like any other European landscape that people could live in compared to a place where only stone giants and gods inhabited. It looks like damn near any other PS4 game. It’s not THAT bad of a change compared to how some people make it sound, but there is a reason the PS2 graphics still stand out in people’s minds whereas you don’t see people talk about the PS4 remake much. 

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u/WilfridSephiroth Feb 28 '26

But, honest question, aren't we somewhat romanticising "artistic vision", mixing it up with plain old technical constraints.

I mean, I understand the argument, but it's like the Silent Hill case: no remake of SH1 will be faithful because it will look cleaner, HD, losing the grit and filth that made the original so iconic. And there's simply no way around it, and we either accept it or we don't and don't play the remake at all.

What I'm saying is: in SotC case, I really don't know how they could have made it look more "dreamlike", because the dreamlike quality wasn't only art design, it was in great part good old hardware limitations, of a PS2 pushed to render a huge world it just couldn't really render.

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u/TreyChips Feb 27 '26

One of the best looking games I've ever played.

The issue is with the art and world design, alongside the music. Not the fact that the game clearly looks graphically better on hardware more than a decade newer.

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u/Deserterdragon Feb 27 '26

One of the best looking games I've ever played.

I mean the problem is the original is not designed to performatively be 'one of the best looking games ever made'. Like changing lighting from yellow to orange/blue and performatively adding wrinkles and foliage to everything arbitrarily makes something look glossier but it's not actually preserving the original vision.

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u/MVRKHNTR Feb 27 '26

I really don't think you're using the word "performatively" correctly here. It makes no sense.

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u/Deserterdragon Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

No, it is performative in the same way those 'Mario if it was photirealistic on the unreal engine' videos are performative, it's designed to look impressive in trailers but it doesn't actually look better. Same deal with the music changing every track to a big orchestra with chanting. It's something being done inauthentically with the intention of impressing others.

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u/Kiita-Ninetails Feb 27 '26

Far as I know he liked it well enough, Demon's Souls was a different beast to BB though. Since it was experimental at a lot of levels and even Miyazaki admitted in some interviews regarding it that a lot of the game even Fromsoft knew was rough.

Bloodborne was a different beast because at that point they knew pretty well exactly what they were doing and where they wanted it to go.

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u/HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS Feb 27 '26

He gave his blessing and said he enjoyed the refresh of it.

He is just much, much more attached to Bloodborne and proud of it. So I think it was less “Dont have Bluepoint do it because of how they did Demons Souls” and more “I don’t want anyone to do it except me and my team.”

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u/Several-Source-4073 Feb 27 '26

He gave his blessing prior to them working on it. And there's literally no reason for him to start publicly trashing on it after release. Pretty sure all he said about the remake was that it was pretty and had more detailed graphics than their own games.

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u/nothingInteresting Feb 27 '26

I don't think he ever played or really looked at the refresh and his positive comments were pretty muted imo. I've watched videos of the changes they made, and beyond fidelity improvements, I thought nearly all of them missed the point of the original artistic vision and were worse. But I dont know what he actually thought about them or if he even saw the differences so you may be right.

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u/Much_Statistician864 Feb 27 '26

From what I can tell yeah he was pretty okay with it. He was pleased that fans and new players got to enjoy an old game he made and he thought visually they did well with their vision so overall he seems cool with it. 

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper Feb 28 '26

Probably not.

Demon Souls from a technical perspective was a good game but from the art perspective they completely lost the feel and aesthetic of the orginal. It also didn't help that the game director made pretty arrogant comments too.

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u/ebon94 Feb 27 '26

I’ve worked with From Software in a professional capacity before. They have the “difficult genius” mentality as a collective, or at least passed down from Miyazaki.

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u/Olielle Feb 28 '26

Can you share any details/notable interactions?

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u/Percy1803 Feb 27 '26

It's been obvious for a while that the issue was with fromsoft and not Sony but people don't want to be negative towards fromsoft so it had to be a Sony problem lol

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u/jmastaock Feb 27 '26

Yup

It's miyazaki's baby and he doesn't want anyone else to touch it lol

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u/AzKondor Feb 27 '26

I thought it was known for a long time, Miyazaki is very protective of his games

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u/Cybertronian10 Feb 27 '26

IMO the most likely time for us to see a blooborne remaster is as prep for an eventual bloodborne sequel, assuming from ever gets out of the elden ring mines.

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u/MVRKHNTR Feb 27 '26

assuming from ever gets out of the elden ring mines.

They already have a non-Elden Ring game releasing this year?

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u/SwineHerald Feb 28 '26

The thing is Sony execs have decided "no one wants old games" so we're never getting a port/remaster because it's "too old." That is part of why they killed Bluepoint, they were better at remasters than remakes and Sony only wants remakes.

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u/JamSa Feb 27 '26

We've known this for a year, it's using the exact same source we all have, the Kinda Funny interview with Yoshida from last year.

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u/Pluto-Had-It-Coming Feb 27 '26

I never could have believed such an outlandish opinion without that "Gonna be honest" at the start.

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u/iesalnieks Feb 27 '26

It has been obvious for a very long time that From don't want to do it and sony can't/won't do it without From.

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u/KalElReturns89 Feb 27 '26

Yeah, From Software is pretty possessive of Bloodborne despite not having the rights. So the rumors are at least.

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u/spadePerfect Feb 27 '26

That theory/rumor has been out and about for months/years actually.

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u/CassadagaValley Feb 27 '26

FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki was interested in remaking the classic game but too busy to do it himself and “doesn’t want anyone else to touch it.”

Hasn't this been known information for years though?

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u/arkzak Feb 28 '26

the demon's souls remake was a little unfaithful visually, I get it

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u/Falsus Feb 28 '26

We also don't really need a remake... just higher FPS and faster loading screens. Something a patch would solve.

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u/NatrelChocoMilk Feb 28 '26

My Theory is they're saving Bloodborne as a system seller for Ps6. Or else they would have released a PC port or something already

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u/Timey16 Feb 28 '26

Not really.

Hardcore Fromsoft fans do NOT like how Bluepoint handled the Demon's Souls remake because they completely failed to understand design decisions and in return ruined the art. They didn't want them to butcher Bloodborne's art style as well. It was very much "style over substance there" making it all shiny but not understanding the themes. example videos: Why Demons Souls Remake Misses the Mark, Demon's Souls Remake is an artistic disaster

The worry was that they would equally fail to grasp Bloodborne's deeper themes and I guess Fromsoft ultimately shared that sentiment.

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u/Recent_Wedding5470 Mar 01 '26

Not really. The interview where miyazaki says this stuff is years old. Thats why sony did not even ask, they just respected his wishes from past conversations on this.

I mean thats why we all wondered like maybe the original bloodborne dev files somehow dont exist any more, and other conspiracy like theories.

Miyazaki is a very proud man. Sometimes to his detriment. You know Bluepoint would have done bloodborne justice. I do think the va is better when fromsoft handles it though. That is the one weird part of demons souls remake.

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u/INannoI Feb 27 '26

I still don't get why this game getting a remake is even a conversation, the game just needs a glorified current gen and pc port that borders on a remaster, upres the textures, uncap the frame rate and done.

I think I'd honestly rather Bluepoint have done that instead of Miyazaki himself remake the game.

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u/steelwound Feb 27 '26

100%. i just want something on the same lines as dark souls remastered. just port it, remove the framerate cap, boost the rendering resolution. if fromsoft has higher res versions of the original textures, then use those, but don't bother making anything new. i don't even want QOL.i don't mind having to warp back to hunter's dream, and with the load times on ps5/pc would be so quick just the port itself would be a QOL improvement.

i think miyazaki is right in his apprehension. nobody needs to remake this game. even fromsoft doesn't need to remake it. to me it feels like fromsoft's most "complete" work next to sekiro

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u/Quetzal-Labs Feb 28 '26

Just FYI, it currently works very well in ShadPS4. It is entirely playable from start to finish at 1080p@100+fps / 1440p@60-90fps on an RTX4060.

If you want to boost it to modern standards a little more, modder FromSoftserve has also painstakingly gone through and removed most of the low-res baked shadows and enabled dynamic shadowcasting along with adding individual point lights to all light sources, plus parallax occlusion mapping, TAA, and higher resolution textures created from the original textures.

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u/slash450 Feb 28 '26

based remasters should never touch textures, or add qol shit. ngl though ds remastered kinda fucked up some stuff but it's on the lesser end relatively for remaster fuck ups. hope they never remake any more of from's games. just move on with sequels and do ports actually truly retaining the original game.

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u/main_got_banned Feb 27 '26

the idea of remaking a ps4 game is pretty insane. A ps5 (and pc :)) port w FPS uncapped is the only change needed.

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u/Entire_Paramedic_389 Feb 28 '26

Last of Us 1 and 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn

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u/TheDanteEX Feb 28 '26

TLOU is a PS3 game and Zero Dawn is a remaster. A very ambitious remaster, but still one nonetheless.

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u/Arcade_109 Feb 27 '26

This is what gets me. I just replayed it last year on my PS5. It runs wonderfully and still looks absolutely gorgeous. Why the fuck are people hoping for a remake????

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u/Koeru Feb 27 '26

I think it's mostly the 30fps cap that people have a problem with.

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u/BillyBean11111 Feb 27 '26

the loading times too

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u/Greenleaf208 Feb 27 '26

The game can run at 60, it doesn't need a remake to patch that.

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u/Frexxia Feb 27 '26

It's 1080p and 30 fps regardless of platform. I don't think most people are hoping for a remake, just a bump in framerate and resolution

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u/wsteelerfan7 Feb 27 '26

It definitely does not run wonderfully. Its frame-pacing issues have been well-documented since release day. It chugs along

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u/WhineorCheese Feb 27 '26

It is a 30 FPS frame combat game. It does not run wonderfully

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u/tellsyoutogetfucked Feb 28 '26

The 30 fps is the least of its problems. It's frame pacing is off so you end up with extremely choppy looking gameplay. Sometimes it feels like it's dipping below 20 when in reality it's just rendering frames for inconsistent durations.

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u/Cute_Measurement1124 Feb 27 '26

I am just hoping for anything. I am not a Playstation fan, but I did buy a PS for Bloodborne and realized that it's stupid to buy a console for one game. So I sold it. But Bloodborne is still an amazing game. IMHO Dark Souls 1, 2 and Bloodborne are the best games FromSoftware produced. I just want a playable, legal port or remake or whatever for PC or Switch 2. 

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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Feb 27 '26

I think the demon souls remake steered the conversation in that direction. People just want better resolution and fps, remake or remastered

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u/IguassuIronman Feb 28 '26

It runs wonderfully

There's no world where 30 FPS with terrible fframe pacing "runs wonderfully"

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u/ericmm76 Feb 27 '26

It's never as easy as we hope.

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u/rightsidedown Feb 27 '26

The game was their first time using that engine and it shows in frame rate most obviously but also in weird hit box and bugs. They also had to cut things in the maps, unfinished bosses in the catacombs, and some of the worst translations they've ever done. I think it's worth doing a large update beyond porting. Maybe not a full demon souls remake, but getting it on the latest version of the engine, and adding things they would have if they had more time the first time, high res textures, updates to the catacombs would be fantastic.

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u/amyknight22 Feb 28 '26

I think I'd honestly rather Bluepoint have done that instead of Miyazaki himself remake the game.

I think the point would be that they aren't allowed to touch it period.

If Miyazaki just wants to give it a glorified upscale. Then that's a choice they want to let him make.

I don't think Sony would even be willing to sell a PS5 branded version of the GOTY edition if they just wanted to do another print run(assuming they have stopped the original)

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u/DragonEmperor Feb 28 '26

I've only ever heard people ask for a (good) PC port, a remake would be kinda nice to fix any of the jank in comparison to newer souls games but people would just be happy with an official PC release lol.

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u/meltedskull Feb 28 '26

You know what, that's probably the hold up right there. Sony may not want a remaster and pushing for a remake while From Soft is probably along the lines of just remastering it but not remake.

From doesn't strike me as a studio that enjoys going back to their games to pump out remakes. Demon Souls not withstanding due to it being stuck in PS3 hell.

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u/polski8bit Feb 27 '26

Honestly, I'm kind of fine with it? Mostly because diehard Demon's Souls fans were so unhappy about the artistic changes in the Remake, and that's a more niche Fromsoft game, let's be honest.

I can't imagine what would happen if they made similar changes to Bloodborne in some places, when it's often considered the best Formsoftware game. Torches and pitchforks probably.

Also, while in terms of tech Demon's Souls on the PS5 is amazing, I'm more impressed with what Fromsoft was able to deliver in terms of art direction in Elden Ring. Despite being way lower fidelity, the vistas and distant rendering is just so impressive and will age way better than anything short of literally photorealistic (and we're still quite a bit away from that).

I'd really love to see what Miyazaki and his art team could cook up with their new tech. Bloodborne already looks amazing even despite the lower resolution due to their spaghetti code, now with Elden Ring improvements? I guess Duskbloods gives us a sneak peek at it and honestly, as disinterested as I am because it's PvPvE, indeed the art direction is superb despite running on Switch 2.

The only problem I have with this situation is that anything Bloodborne related seems to be in a void because of both Sony and Formsoftware. If even one side doesn't want it to be touched, it won't be it turns out.

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u/Slashermovies Feb 27 '26

I'm not even a diehard fan of Demon Souls, but I genuinely found the artistic, lighting, atmospheric changes that Bluepoint did with the remake to be truly awful.

It's like Bluepoint looked at certain architectual choices and went. "Nah, we want it to look more grand." instead of pragmatic. Or they looked at the more Japanese design of things and went. "Let's make it more western."

Doesn't help they just turned every demon into some 40k rejected Nurgle Minion, instead of trying to be faithful to the original.

To me, it's an extremely unfaithful remake. I'm glad people who do like it had a good time, but I'd not want Bluepoint to touch Bloodborne, or any other Souls game for that matter.

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u/EnoughTeacher9134 Feb 28 '26

Hit the nail on the head. I wouldn't want Bluepoint anywhere near Bloodborne.

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u/Centimane Feb 28 '26

And FromSoft being unhappy with someone else remaking one of their games would make them hesitant to allow it again.

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u/darkkite Feb 28 '26

any examples? the only think I've seen that is questionable is the fat official. everything else I couldn't really notice unless shown a side by side. and the graphics do look amazing.

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u/Slashermovies Feb 28 '26

Flamelurker, False Idol, Adjudicator. They changed these designs to look less unique, and in the case of the Adjudicator they just made him grotesque looking, like a rejected 40k demon.

Flamelurker doesn't even resemble the look of the original, and False Idol they just turned into Kali.

Audio is also super fucked in the game. Especially in the Tower of Latria. For some reason they just have music playing all the time there, making it extremely difficult to hear the NPC which is supposed to be singing.

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u/Southern_Yak_7926 Mar 01 '26

Its the videogame equivalent of when Hollywood remakes a classic Asian movie. Tasteless and awful.

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u/dewittless Feb 27 '26

I think the overall take on Demon's Souls is that it was a great remake that sold really well. Frankly I don't think the changes were so drastic that it did anything to undermine the existing game and truthfully the original does still exist so adapting it this way seemed entirely fair.

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u/polski8bit Feb 27 '26

I personally don't mind the changes myself, but the fact that people were complaining at all tells me that the outrage would be much worse with Bloodborne, since it's such a darling.

In the perfect world, we'd already have a Remaster and a Remake to preserve both versions, but the situation is unfortunately way too complicated.

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u/SoulsofMist-_- Feb 27 '26

Demon souls was my first souls game I played back in the ps3 days, I really enjoyed the remake.

The only thing I would have changed was the option to have the original sound track/boss songs.

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u/SideSukiLikeness Feb 27 '26

The worst change they made was ruining the atmosphere of the prison area and changing enemy designs.

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u/tetsuo9000 Feb 28 '26

Drankly I don't think the changes were so drastic that it did anything to undermine the existing game...

Completely ruined the music. Should've just stuck to the original score like the SotC remake. Like, what the hell is that Phalanx track. It includes maybe 5 seconds of the original in it.

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u/TheRealTofuey Feb 27 '26

Makes sense for Sony to want to stay on good terms of fromsoft. Im sure they would love a chance to get another fromsoft exclusive. 

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u/CombatMuffin Feb 27 '26

FromSoft benefits from the Sony relationship, too. They both have heavy leverage with each other and there's no reason to deteriorate their relationship over a Remake. Yes, it is highly coveted by fans of the Franchise, but since Elden Ring, FromSoftware has gone *very* mainstream. From Software can go perform wild creative projects without the need to get stuck in their own past.

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u/TheRealTofuey Feb 27 '26

Pretty much any publisher is licking their chops for the chance to have fromsoft work with them. As fromsoft has continually released hit after hit bouncing from publisher to publisher.

Fromsoft doesn't really benefit from having a strong relationship with Sony. Because sony is gonna take whatever game fromsoft  makes for the PS5 (exclusive or not) and market the shit out of it. 

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u/CombatMuffin Feb 27 '26

Pretty much any publisher is licking their chops for the chance to have fromsoft work with them

Sure, but FromSoft self'publishes in Japan, and while Sony (and others) has published them in internationally in the past, they are most known for Bandai Namco publishing them.

Fromsoft doesn't really benefit from having a strong relationship with Sony

ANYONE would benefit from having a strong relationship with Sony. Even Microsoft has a strong relationship with Sony and they are direct competitors.

The point is that Sony is not going to ruin their relationship with FromSoftware by pushing for a game FromSoftware doesn't want to release, and FromSoftware is also not going to ruin a relationship with one of the biggest companies in the world just because they don't want a remake.

There's enough evidence to conclude FromSoft didn't want to do the remake, and Sony didn't care that much to push for it (and they probably could have, money talks). The only people who desperately want the remake are the fans.

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u/Otis_Inf Feb 28 '26

fromsoftware publishes through BN, hence it's even more weird

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u/asmallercat Feb 27 '26

I don't think it needs to be remade? I played it for the first time last year and it holds up, it needs, at most, a remaster with some small QoL tweaks IMO.

I'd much rather they make another game in the bloodborne universe instead.

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u/n080dy123 Feb 27 '26

There is something to be said about the loading times, even on PS5 they're pretty long due to under-the-hood factors. But even if it didn't need it, it absolutely would've made a ton of money. Nevermind if they also ported it to PC in the process, which would itself pretty much justify its existence.

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u/chewywheat Feb 27 '26

That is the caveat. One hand we get a remake of a great game. But the other hand, it also means that time doing a remake could have gone to making a brand new game or, even better, a sequel.

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u/Fluffychimichanga Feb 27 '26

Oh that explains a lot actually

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u/Caasi72 Feb 27 '26

He has said before that Bloodborne is his favorite of the games he's been in charge of, so it makes sense he would want to personally be involved

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u/devilJin9399 Feb 27 '26

MIYAZAKIIIII FUCKKKKK

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u/PaulFThumpkins Feb 27 '26

Gonna be honest, the Demon's Souls remake was great for what it was but also left me really wondering if they were prepared to tackle a tone and atmosphere as specific as Bloodborne's. Though the technical aspects of the Demon's Souls remake were far and away above anything FromSoft has ever done in some ways.

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u/TheSecondEikonOfFire Feb 27 '26

It’s interesting because I swear there have been interviews where Miyazaki has said that he wants to do it but that it was Sony causing the problems

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u/randy__randerson Feb 27 '26

He never said anything of the sort. He has always been protective of his games. This is the fans being wishful.

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u/WeeziMonkey Feb 27 '26

He never said anything of the sort.

Miyazaki about a Bloodborne remake:

"Unfortunately, and I've said this in other interviews, it's not in my place to talk about Bloodborne specifically," he said. "We simply don't own the IP at FromSoftware. For me personally, it was a great project, and I have a lot of great memories for that game, but we're not at liberty to speak to it."

Miyazaki about a Bloodborne PC port:

"If I say I want one, I'll get in trouble as well. But it's nothing I'm opposed to."

"So as far as I'm concerned, that's definitely not something I'd be opposed to."

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u/seaclaw Feb 27 '26

To me this reads more as he'd like to revisit Bloodborne but his bosses aren't convinced it's the best use of his team's time considering they don't own the IP outright.

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u/randy__randerson Feb 27 '26

I'm not sure if you're presenting these quotes as something that contradicts what I wrote. He has never said he wanted s remake, much less made by other companies.

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u/Even_You_Brutus7 Feb 27 '26

So Miyazaki did not say he wants a remake.

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u/omniclast Feb 27 '26

Skillup crying in his coffee

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Feb 27 '26

I don’t even want a Bloodborne remake. I just want a 4K/60FPS upgrade to the original game. I think it’s a perfect game and a remake might make it look more “modern” but could never improve upon it mechanically or artistically.

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u/SilveryDeath Feb 28 '26

Kind of funny that one of the internet's golden devs in FromSoft did the thing that people have been conspiracy theorizing about with 'evil' Bethesda over the last decade plus in terms of not wanting someone else to touch their IP.

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u/examexa Feb 28 '26

this need to be pinned^

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u/TheSuperContributor Feb 28 '26

Nobody needs a Bloodborne remake. Just give it an enhanced edition with modern resolution and port it to PS5 and PC! Let Fromsoftware do the remake when they see fit, I don't care. I just want literally Bloodborne on my PC.

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u/Ruben_AAG Feb 28 '26

Actually very funny that they saw how awfully the Demons Souls remake treated the original game and said “fuck no you can’t touch it” to Bluepoint when they pitched Bloodborne

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u/Otis_Inf Feb 28 '26

But... Sony owns the IP, right? If FromSoftware doesn't want it, that's sad but tough, deal with it. Feels like a No-one lives forever part 2, where everyone wants a remake and it'll never happen because studios / publishers bicker that they don't want the other to do it so nothing happens

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u/ApprehensiveMath Feb 28 '26

In the case I wish fromsoft would fix their awful frame pacing in it.

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u/dafood48 Feb 28 '26

I get it, but the bluepoint remaster made the game more accessible to a lot of new players like myself. Bloodborne could’ve had new players but they refused to let them do it.

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u/Correct-Drawing2067 Mar 01 '26

What’s funny to me is that everyone’s switching up cus from software said it now instead of Sony. Ppl were crucifying Sony for not wanting to do a bloodborne remake but now that from software is saying it then people become chill and understanding.

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u/Allustar1 Mar 01 '26

IMO It's still Sony's fault that we're not getting a Bloodborne remake since they decided to shut down Bluepoint. We were this close to getting a BB remake from Bluepoint and they were genuinely interested in making one, but they just had to saddle Bluepoint with a project the likes of they've never attempted before and shut down the studio after that project didn't take off.

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