Demon’s Souls is a prickly issue for From Software fans. While the title is a From Software creation the whole way through, as an intellectual property, it is actually owned by Sony, so From, and From’s creative lead Hidetaka Miyazaki himself, has no control on remaking or rereleasing the game.
The original Demon’s Souls released for the PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2009. At the time, there was no talk of a PC port, of course. Sony was not in a position where they needed to sell their games on PC again to recoup their investment on it.
Even with the issues the PlayStation 3 had, the smaller budgets from 15 years ago, even when they could balloon, were compensated by the high sales, even on what many gamers considered the worst platform Sony ever ran.
In 2020, Sony decided to finally make that Demon’s Souls remake, but just to show how they truly held this IP in the palm of their hands, they had BluePoint Games handle this instead of FromSoft. Perhaps there’s a logic to that decision that FromSoft fans can also appreciate, as FromSoft was in deep on several projects already. To expect FromSoft to remake their old games is to relegate them away from making entirely new, original games.
It’s now 2024, and fans clamor for that Demon’s Souls remake to move from PlayStation 5 to PC. Fans have good reason to expect it as well, as everyone knows Sony’s current software strategy already includes PC ports as a given.
Now, Silknigth shares new insight on the possibility of Sony porting this remake in a tweet replying to this very question:
“It’s a port that requires a lot of dedication, but it will arrive at some point.”
So we don’t have a release window, but it looks like Siknigth has it on good authority from within Sony that they hope to make it sometime down the line too.
For all we know, Sony already has a team working on this PC port now. But Sony already has several PC ports planned for this year, and those other titles are likely easier to work on and finish and get released. Bluepoint Games chose not to move forward with some additional features to change FromSoft’s vision, but perhaps on PC, that could change?
There are several potential explanations for why Demon’s Souls on PC hasn’t happened yet, but what’s important to know is everyone expects it to come, eventually. That’s just a surefire hit that Sony can’t leave lying on the table, unattended to.
