For as long as there has been aPlayStation 5, players have begged for a remaster ofBloodborne. And, for as long as there has been a PlayStation 5, Sony has given those players everything except the one thing they want most badly.Days Gone, which isreportedly getting a PS5 remaster, is just the latest example.
Sony Has Remastered And Ported Many Of Its Games. Not Bloodborne.
Bloodborne is an all-time great action RPG that, for more serious Souls players, is compromised by its 30 FPS frame rate. The game’s many fans have begged for a PC port so they could play the game at 60 FPS, or with an uncapped framerate. Despite Sony having brought several of its PS4 and PS5-era games to the PC, Bloodborne has never made the leap. And, though fans have endlessly requested a remaster, Sony has made no indication that it will ever release one.
You can currently buy 21 PlayStation-published games on Steam, includingHelldivers 2,Horizon Forbidden West,Ghost of Tsushima, andGod of War RagnarokonSteam. No Bloodborne, though.
When the PS5 launched back in 2020,Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Moraleswas one of the first games available. As a bonus for buying the deluxe edition, fans could also getMarvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, a slightly better version of the PS4 originalthat, for some reason, replaced Peter Parker’s face.
Most recently,an ESRB leak indicated that a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster is coming to PS5 in the near future. Like Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn is a recent game. It’s also already available on PS5 with a 4K 60 FPS update. It’s an incredibly unnecessary remaster, and a waste of resources that could be going to new games, or remasters of older games that aren’t currently playable on PS5, or really anything else.
In between those two titles, Sony has remastered a whole bunch of very recent games, myopically focusing on its recent third-person narrative action titles from Western developers at the expense of all else. The Days Gone remaster represents the apex of this trend. Instead of remastering Bloodborne — one of the best games Sony has ever published, beloved by fans and critics alike — Sony is remastering Days Gone, which launched to middling reviews and never got a sequel because of its poor reception. Both Bloodborne and Days Gone reportedly hadsales numbers that were in the same neighborhood, so it’s unclear why Sony would opt for the less well-liked game for an unnecessary remaster, rather than the more well-liked game for a necessary remaster.
Why No Love From Sony For Bloodborne On PS5?
The question I’m left with is: why has FromSoftware’s massive success not led to Sony giving Bloodborne more love? FromSoftware is bigger than ever in 2024, withElden Ring only being unseated by Call of Duty for 2022 sales numbers. Bloodborne sold well at launch, how much better would it sell now that FromSoftware is among the biggest developers in the world? The game’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki hasexpressed support for a remaster.
Sony has remade FromSoftware’s other PlayStation exclusive,Demon’s Souls, and it was even the marquee PS5 exclusive game at the console’s launch. So it doesn’t seem like Sony and FromSoftware have a bad relationship. Seriously, what’s the hang up? And why are so many mediocre recent games line-jumping an older all-timer?
Only Sony can answer that. And if Days Gone is indeed the next game up for a remaster, it seems the publisher has no interest in answering our questions anytime soon.
