via CVGFrom Software 'discussed going next-gen'
"Discussions of next-gen did actually come up briefly," Dark Souls 2 producer Yui Tanimura admitted in an interview with us. "But if we were to develop for next-gen we wouldn't be able to deliver the game for a lot longer. We wanted to deliver something to fans as soon as possible."
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Tanimura also played down the possibility of a cross-gen release: "Right now there's no intent to have Dark Souls on next-gen."
A common complaint about the first Dark Souls is its inconsistent frame rate, and according to Tanimura the new engine was also created to address this issue.
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via ShacknewsDark Souls PC was 'half-assed,' but Dark Souls 2 director promises more 'care'
[...] From [Software attmited] they were having a "tough time" making the transition from console to PC development. The end result was a direct port that required user-created mods to live up to PC standards.
"A lot of it was not very well done, sort of half-assed," Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura told Shacknews via translator (Tak Miyazoe), while promising a much better experience for the sequel.
"Yes, we will definitely put more priority on the PC. Last time, we started working on PC after the console version was complete," Tanimura explained. "This time, because we are considering the PC from the beginning, you can be sure there will be more care put into PC development."
Whereas the PC version of Dark Souls came out months after the console versions, Dark Souls 2 will launch simultaneously on all platforms. The hands-off demo of Dark Souls 2 that we saw was also running on PC hardware, as well.
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Übrigens, was ich noch nicht wusste, Interessant, dass die Gameplaydemo auf einem PC lief.. lässt ja vermuten, dass das Spiel auf der Konsole nicht so gut aussieht.