Sony don't care at all. From at least unlocked the framerate of Dark Souls III with PS4 Pro update and now is running with 60fps on PS5. Bloodborne is the only Souls game stuck in 30fps frame-pacing hell for forever.
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So why do you think Bloodborne hasn't received a 60 FPS patch yet?
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They definetly own the game, but they might not own the engine. Even if they do, they wouldn't understand it, so it would require a Bluepoint like effort to properly figure out the code to make a 60 fps patch. It's not trivial especially if you put a western developer on a Japanese code base lol. So either approach would be pretty costly.
I've said it already on here but I believe they didn't want to 'overshadow' demon's souls release. Think Sony will release the patch over the Xmas period maybe even on Xmas day as a gift to the ps5 users!
I'm half serious!
If your console bricks due to some rare issue with the one guy's code, he won't give you another console, you modded your system and game, it's your responsibility. Sony doesn't get to get away with it this easily if PS5s start blowing up because of the patch. It's a commercial product, new code means testing. New work means new contract, and money exchanging hands.
That's not how game development works..lol.
One guy changing some lines of code and getting a possible 60 fps version running does not negate the need for a full QA pass and cert and a whole bunch of other stuff to make sure something didn't go haywire somewhere.
A fan patch having an undiscovered bug that enables 60 fps but possibly nukes your console if you do five different things in a row might be acceptable, but that's not acceptable for a fully developed and released title.
So? Lance also was willing to do it for free. You think Sony has coders willing to do the same for free in between their other projects? There's no comparison between these situations.
Sure, but unless you do a full remake it's simply not cost effective to not involve the original developer again. Sony has no documentation on the From engine and a team would have to work themselves into it first, which is expensive. Not to mention companies have all kinds of build tools and pipelines Sony would have to re-create locally first to even create a new build of the game themselves.
If Sony can patch it themselves, they might be slowly dripping out new updates to keep interest high. Do it for a few games at launch (Days Gone, Sushi, etc.) and release patches every several months for games like TLoU2 or Bloodborne to get people talking about the system again. I mean isn't it even weirder that no Naughty Dog titles have been upgraded to 60 fps?
Bloodborne Remastered is coming to PS5 and PC according to HZD PC leaker Rumor
60 fps Bloodborne?
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Yeah and the game was running sub 720p lol. People neglect to talk about that a lot more has to go into it.
I don't think it's worth the time/energy/money. Sony would have to either get from software back when their busy working on other projects or get an internal studio to work on an unfamiliar codebase. They could do it, but it would cost a decent amount and by then nothing but good will.
I get that, it would obviously take money to put some employees on the project and then go through the QA process. Bloodborne is my favorite ps4 game so I'm just annoyed that sony doesn't put any resources into fixing the framepacing or boosting the game to 60fps when a bunch of other games from sony/ms have done so. It's a popular game so a ton of people would love for that to happen.
It's my favorite game as well, bought a PS4 for it. I share your pain, I'm just not convinced Sony cares.
At least Demon's Souls getting a remake did give me some hope that they may care a little. Gravity Rush 2 and The Last Guardian will never get anything, though.
Damn, I thought the validity of the Bloodborne PC release rumors were confirmed by Mods here?
the best hope would be an eventual PC port that'd allow the team working on it to do a remaster for PS5 at the same time.
Remastering it just for PS5 ain't worth it for Sony considering you can just play the PS4 version already.
and even a PC port wouldn't guarantee anything considering Horizon Zero Dawn didn't receive anything for PS5 despite the PC version being made beforehand.
Remastering it just for PS5 ain't worth it for Sony considering you can just play the PS4 version already.
and even a PC port wouldn't guarantee anything considering Horizon Zero Dawn didn't receive anything for PS5 despite the PC version being made beforehand.
It comes down to money. It wasn't a super hit with 10+ million sold. And they probably need From to make the patch since they would have tech expertise.
No money is in it for Sony. It's a $10 game that has peaked in sales and the total number of people who would buy a PS5 for a 60fps patch are probably the same amount posting in this thread.
However, we know they value souls games. The more likely scenario at this point is that they change/improve it in some way that allows it to be completely re marketed and re-sold. I think that is far more likely than a patch.
However, we know they value souls games. The more likely scenario at this point is that they change/improve it in some way that allows it to be completely re marketed and re-sold. I think that is far more likely than a patch.
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It helps that a lot of those games were newer/developed by internal studios. Bloodborne unfortunately is a pretty specific case that makes any additional work incredibly expensive.
I'm hoping a remaster is in the works. I believe they probably don't care enough to bother though.
Because it's a lot more work than most of the expert era posters realize.
Not really much more complicated than that, i reckon
Not really much more complicated than that, i reckon
Sony can't even get a lot of their own first-party games from the PS2/PS3 era onto the PS5. They just don't care about "old" games.
I think July 13 was the PS5 design and price unveil presentation. They showed few games there, but no BB.