Ex-Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida calls Bloodborne's PC absence 'a complete mystery'

Shuhei Yoshida, former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, went on record at Japan's CEDEC industry event saying he's "a huge fan" of Bloodborne — and has no idea why Sony and FromSoftware have done nothing with the game since The Old Hunters expansion in November 2015.

Yoshida structured his keynote around memorable games from his nearly 40-year Sony career, including his first time playing Demon's Souls and Sony famously passing on publishing Dark Souls. On Bloodborne specifically, he was blunt: "This game has a lot of fans all over the world, and it still doesn't have a PS5 version. PlayStation's first-party team is releasing a ton of remasters, so why don't they release this one? There's no PC release." He added: "I am often asked why these haven't been released, but it's a complete mystery. Maybe they'll come out in the future. Maybe they won't. Maybe they'll make a special edition. Maybe they won't. As a huge fan, I hope it will come out."

There's an obvious irony in a former Sony executive shrugging at Sony's inaction, though Yoshida moved to head PlayStation Indies in 2019 — four years after Bloodborne launched and before the PS5 era — so the decisions around a potential remaster or PC port likely fell outside his direct remit. The situation is made stranger by the fact that Bluepoint, Sony's go-to remaster studio behind the PS5 Demon's Souls remake, was redirected to a God of War multiplayer project that was subsequently cancelled. Bloodborne has never received so much as a 60fps or 4K patch for PS4 Pro, PS5, or PS5 Pro — an omission that's baffled the community for years.

For now, PC players chasing a smooth Bloodborne experience are pointing to PS4 emulation, which has apparently reached a surprisingly solid state — though it demands a powerful rig and rules out Steam Deck. With Yoshida retired since 2025 and Sony showing no public signs of movement on the title, the mystery he described doesn't look close to being solved.