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

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KylieDog said:

blkfish92 said:
Guys for realz adding a lower difficulty wouldn't even make sense. Like would they split the online then for co-op/invasions? Would you have less items being dropped and less souls being given from the easier difficulty? It seriously cannot be done without huge repercussions!

An easier mode could disable invasions.  Problem solved.

Thus lessening the online community as invasions is part of what makes the Souls series what they are.