(Editor’s note: the interviewee was originally listed as Director Hidetaka Miyazaki, as that was the name on the interview schedule, among other circumstantial communication oddities. That aside, here is the interview with Mr. Yamagiwa)
Possibly one of the biggest PlayStation 4-exclusive games to come early next year is Bloodborne, and with good reason; given From Software’s excellent work on the Dark Souls franchise.
Speaking to PlayStation LifeStyle in an interview at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, we asked Bloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa why the action RPG is a PS4-exclusive and here’s what he said:
I always wanted to make a game set in the Victorian era, but to make it look good — with all the clothing and the architecture and things — required a console more powerful than the ones that were around. the arrival of the PS4 finally gave us that. Bloodborne isn’t a game that could have been cross-generation, it was only possible on PS4.
Make sure you also read our hands-on impression Bloodborne at TGS. Or if you prefer to see some actual gameplay, go watch this 30-minute clip of the game in action.
Bloodborne will be out on February 6, 2015 exclusively for the PS4.
TGS Bloodborne
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Above the booth.
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People waiting in a line. That's not all of them, even. The rest are to the left, around back behind the platform, waiting where they sadly can't even see the action.
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Outside of the viewing area.
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The rest of the people waiting to play Bloodborne (and other PS4 titles)
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Estimated wait times per game. You can see that Bloodborne (along with FFT0, DriveClub, Until Dawn, Destiny, and The Order: 1886) has already given all its tickets out, as of about 1:30pm. The show closes at 5:00pm.
