Namco on Dark Souls 2 marketing: "treating it as a massive AAA title, would be nice to attract Skyrim players"

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Wagram said:
Too much accessibility will ruin the series.

It really doesn't have to.  Accessibility could be as simple as adding in a different mode.  The only people that would feel the series is ruined are those who are too uptight about games having to be so hardcore that no one else can play it.