I've played a lot of Demons Souls....like a lot of Demons Souls. And there's no way the control scheme would translate well to a PC without using a game pad. It just wouldn't happen. Keyboard inputs are so awful for a game like this, where precise character control is super important and analog sticks are vastly superior.

Or you can just wait for a PS3 emulator in 5-10 years time.

The game is Japanese. As such, it will not appear on PC.

Personally I can't even begin to imagine this game controlling well on a keyboard.  It was designed from the ground up to use a gamepad.  As for the rest?  Considering that From Software has never even attempted or discussed a pc port of any game they have ever made.... I don't see it happening.  Other than graphics I don't even see this game being improved on the pc, in fact I feel safe in saying it would likely control worse.  Like I said, it was designed from the ground up for consoles.

@Sooty said:

@McShank: My PC never has random lag spikes or "hiccups" that was a pretty dumb thing to say. You make it sound like PC gaming is prone to such issues which is simply not the case.

I am so happy for you and your pc being so perfect. I wish everyones computer and internet were as awesome as yours. Internet cuts out during a game, your game freezes and either kicks you to main menu or lags for a minute to change to single player. Most games dont wait for you to fix your problem which means you will probably die.

@KillyDarko: yes, my the name is a combo of my love for Iron Maiden and Tool :p

@Enigma777 said:

It has nothing to do whether it's a viable and financially-sound venture and everything to do with the cultural, philosophical and ideological differences.

Can you elaborate on these "cultural, philosophical and ideological differences" you refer to that outweigh earnings?

Japan isn't really into PC gaming.

Maybe not Dark Souls, but more and more games are coming to PC. And Japan is starting to follow the trend as well. We can only hope for more releases to also come to the PC (which they would because of the resurging digital market) .

I'd love to see it. I hope Namco Bandai do this.

@McShank said:

@Sooty said:

@McShank: My PC never has random lag spikes or "hiccups" that was a pretty dumb thing to say. You make it sound like PC gaming is prone to such issues which is simply not the case.

I am so happy for you and your pc being so perfect. I wish everyones computer and internet were as awesome as yours. Internet cuts out during a game, your game freezes and either kicks you to main menu or lags for a minute to change to single player. Most games dont wait for you to fix your problem which means you will probably die.

Every thing you have just said goes for the console versions....

@McShank said:

@Sooty said:

@McShank: My PC never has random lag spikes or "hiccups" that was a pretty dumb thing to say. You make it sound like PC gaming is prone to such issues which is simply not the case.

I am so happy for you and your pc being so perfect. I wish everyones computer and internet were as awesome as yours. Internet cuts out during a game, your game freezes and either kicks you to main menu or lags for a minute to change to single player. Most games dont wait for you to fix your problem which means you will probably die.

I solve that problem with these two solutions:

1) I don't buy games that require you to be online when playing them.

2) If I did buy games with that sort of DRM I would just use a crack to get around it. Or more likely the developers would release a patch to remove it after the inevitable shit storm from gamers.

What the fuck are you dribbling about? "Most games don't wait for you to fix your problem which means you will probably die." Uhm, OK. Firstly if you mean dying during a multiplayer game then that's irrelevant as if your Internet cut out you wouldn't be connected for somebody to kill you. The exact same would happen on console. Secondly if your Internet cut out on a game with always-online DRM you will either be forced to pause or kicked back to the main menu. Neither of these problems you've cooked up result in you being killed.

The funny thing is you are clearly grasping at straws by bringing up the always-online DRM; a system hardly any games use as it's constantly lashed back at whenever a game uses it. See the From Dust PC version drama which resulted in them removing that DRM from the game.

I don't know why I bother, you are clearly clueless and incredibly biased. I won't reply to any of your silliness further.

Everybody knows PC gaming is dead, they announced that in 2005. Is it dead yet? How about now?

I'd buy it on the PC and play with my wired XBOX controller without a second thought if I could.

I think this would control horribly on a mouse.

Japanese devs don't seem to like the PC that much.

@FancySoapsMan said:

Japanese devs don't seem to like the PC that much.

unless they're square, who hate the PC a little less

well they put TLR on it anyway

I feel this is a Pc game. I know it's not, and I am not being rude or such. But man it has that Pc feel!. I might play it also, the Ql did some damage to me..

@iDarktread said:

PS3's are like $250 now. You have no excuse not to own one, bro!

My TV is terrible. There.

Back to topic. Yes. YES!

YES.

Japanese devs don't seem to like the PC that much.

It wouldn't be the first time for FROM SOFTWARE to release a RPG on the PC.

I would never be able to stay honest playing Dark Souls on PC. The temptation to cheat my way past difficult spots with a trainer would be too much.

Ha take that PC elitists

@Laketown said:

@FancySoapsMan said:

Japanese devs don't seem to like the PC that much.

unless they're square, who hate the PC a little less

well they put TLR on it anyway

Actually its Capcom that loves the PC. They try to get everything over to it.

@iDarktread: Are you kidding me? That's absolutely ridiculous. $250 is a LOT of money.

@plaintomato said:

Everybody knows PC gaming is dead, they announced that in 2005. Is it dead yet? How about now?

Is it now?

Is it REALLY?

@FancySoapsMan said:

Japanese devs don't seem to like the PC that much.

You'd be surprised to find that there are tons of PC games (SHMUPs, RPGs and Dating Sims) which are sold in Japan exclusively to the Japanese market. The console market, while burgeoning and definitely trendy still hasn't killed the PC market at all in Japan. Japanese devs love the PC, it's just that Sony has gone out of their way to promote exclusivity for premiere developers to only develop for the Playstations. Hell, Japan's PC gaming history even goes back to a time when they made some of their best and biggest brand products pretty much exclusively for PC (would you believe there was a Thunder Force on the IBM PC JX?) even when there were competing Japanese consoles like the Master System and NES available.

@Luigi8922 said:

@plaintomato said:

Everybody knows PC gaming is dead, they announced that in 2005. Is it dead yet? How about now?

Is it now?

Is it REALLY?

Yes. It's truer even than true religion...jeans. And much like those fancified jeans with the girlie pockets on men's pants, if the evidence isn't sufficient to convince you of the trueness (or convince you to wear men's jeans with women's pockets), you are just going to have to accept it on faith.

Demon's Souls was for PS3 Dark Souls is going to be for PS3 and 360 So, just wait for Doomed Souls which will be PS3, 360 and PC. That's right, you heard it here first!

I would love to play a PC version myself.

wonder what it would look like with dx11

@dungbootle said:

I wish everything had a PC version

This.

I'd buy this right away if it was released on PC. I have a PS3 but it just sits there.