Back in January, Bandai Namco revealed that the PC version of Dark Souls Remastered would be discounted to all owners of Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition. However, PCGamer stated that there wouldn’t be any discount, despite Bandai Namco’s previous report. And today, we are happy to report that the publisher has officially revealed that there will be a discount.
Owners of the PC version of "Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition" will be able to upgrade to "DARK SOULS REMASTERED" at a discounted price. Please feel free to take advantage of this campaign. pic.twitter.com/A3mEXG2tmi
— FROMSOFTWARE (@fromsoftware_pr) April 24, 2018
Bandai Namco did not reveal whether the game will be discounted by 50% as was advertised back in January. The game will be discounted by 50% as its Japanese website reveals. In addition, the publisher has just revealed the official PC requirements and released the first gameplay trailer for this remastered version of Dark Souls that you can watch below.
Dark Souls Remastered is currently scheduled for a May 25th release!
Dark Souls Remastered Official PC Requirements
Minimum system requirements
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64 bit, Windows 10 64 bit
- CPU: Intel (R) Core (TM) i5 2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz
- memory: 6 GB RAM
- graphic: NVIDIA (R) GeForce (R) GTX 460, 1 GB/ATI Radeon (TM) HD 6870, 1 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- hard disk: 8 GB free space
- sound: DirectX 11 or higher compatible sound card
- network: Internet connection environment necessary for activation activation at the first start and online play
Recommended operating environment
- OS: Windows 10 64 bit
- CPU: Intel Core i 5 4570 3.2 GHz / AMD FX (TM) 8350 4.2 GHz
- memory: 8 GB RAM
- graphic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660/ATI Radeon (TM) HD 7870, 2 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- sound: DirectX 11 or higher compatible sound card
- controller: Xbox One Controller, Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
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I’d rather have the orignal port fixed.
This is the original port fixed.
Exactly, except you have to pay for it lol
I honestly am baffled that you had to point this out. What the hell is wrong with common logic these days?
Another ‘opinion stated as fact’ comment from you following you having berated another site member for having done the same thing. gg
From explicitly stated what the PC port was when they released it. If you bought it expecting more, it’s your own fault.
On the other hand, when they pushed it out they expected moderate sales figures, at best. Instead, they got serious revenue, and decided to sit on it instead of spending some of it as a “thank you” to the community.
And now, this.
They likely didn’t have the staff at the time with the know how to even fix the issues. You have to remember, they were at the time a fairly small console centric developer. They’ve grown s ince.
The funding they got from that poor port is likely what resulted in better PC support down the line, which has been pretty good. I’m thankful for that. Continue to support their PC releases and the quality of their ports will only improve.
Offering the remake at 50% off is a good gesture. If you don’t like it, don’t partake. You still have the port you paid for.
Sure, they probably didn’t know how to make a good PC port at the time, agreed, but that was years ago, now. And yes, they did better with the Dark Souls 2 and 3 PC ports, but sadly I never cared for either of those games, so that doesn’t really do much for me, and there’s no guarantee I’ll be supporting their next endeavour, either.
Regardless, my point was, they never bothered to go back and fix the port even after scoring big, and now they want money from a cheap cash-in re-release disguised as a “remaster.” Yes, I don’t have to pay for the “remastered” game (and I probably won’t bother with it, since it seems to be another one of those “didn’t even bother to fix half the old bugs” “remasters”), but seriously, 50% off for existing owners isn’t a “good gesture”, it’s expected; discounts for existing owners always are, unless the re-release is priced at $10 or less.
dirthurts really is something ‘special’.
While I appreciate the remaster of DS1, how about a PC version of Demon Souls?
Sony owns the IP for Demon’s Souls (and Bloodborne), not Bandai Namco. The closest we’re going to get is emulation on RPCS3.
I’m split with this decission.
I never buy remasters If I already own the original
But I always buy QLOC ports (I know, it’s not confirmed that they did the port)
Only 50%? GTFO
Time for Sony and Microsoft to adopt a similar feature. Cheaper remasters for players who have the original game on their tag get a discount. It could be ‘abused’ but it’s also highly unlikely it would be largly abused.