Bloodborne: Won't focus on Punishment to appeal more to a wider audience

From Software, came out and told VG24/7 that BloodBorne won't focus on punishment for the game can appeal to a much wider audience of gamers.

   From Software is aiming for a wider audience with Bloodborne, the next game based on the Souls concept, but is mindful there can be no compromise in regards of the series’s difficulty-demanding following.

At Gamescom where (VG247) quoted producer Masaaki Yamagiwa who spoke about how the team will offer a more accessible game while maintaining an experience that souls fans will enjoy. Quote is below:

 “In terms of who the game is aimed at, and who we want to capture in terms of the audience, obviously we can’t betray or disappoint the fans out there,” said producer Masaaki Yamagiwa, speaking at gamescom today.

“They’re very, very important. They’ll be the main ambassadors of the game.”

But “we do want more people to share in this experience,” he admitted.

While he couldn’t expand on it, Yamagiwa said that Bloodborne’s “new online concept and experience… will capture a wider audience.”

 he continues suggesting that gamers will not die as frequently as the previous Souls games: 

“You died a lot in the previous games, and you had to persevere, but one of our main goals with this game is that we don’t want to focus on punishing the player,” he said.

“We want to deliver a game that gamers love. If the gamer likes the game they’ll definitely like it enough to have that bit of perseverance, but the way in which we’re making the game? The sense of punishment is much less.”

BloodBorne is due to release early 2015 for PlayStation 4. Could the hype die down because of this statement? Or will gamers still be looking forward to this game regardless if its going to be less punishing versus the other 2 souls games. Tell us your thoughts in the comments. Because I personally am still looking forward to BloodBorne, I just hope they don't change it a whole lot where its nothing like a Souls games.