There's a timeline where Dark Souls was a PlayStation exclusive, but Sony lost out on the chance because it wouldn't publish Demon's Souls in North America

There's a timeline where Dark Souls was a PlayStation exclusive, but Sony lost out on the chance because it wouldn't publish Demon's Souls in North America Things could always be worse. First reported by 4Gamer (with translation by Automaton), former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida recently spoke about Sony's decision not to publish Demon's Souls in North America, which led FromSoftware to partner with Bandai Namco on its breakout 2011 hit, Dark Souls. Yoshida provided the keynote address at this year's CEDEC industry conference in Japan, where he spoke about some of his experiences working close to the top of Sony's games business. 2026 games: All the upcoming games Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.