A fan petition successfully convinced publisher Namco Bandai and developer From Software to bring Dark Souls to PC. Unfortunately, the final product wasn't particularly polished, with From admitting they were having a "tough time" making the transition from console to PC development. The end result was a direct port that required user-created mods to live up to PC standards.

"A lot of it was not very well done, sort of half-assed," Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura told Shacknews via translator (Tak Miyazoe), while promising a much better experience for the sequel.

"Yes, we will definitely put more priority on the PC. Last time, we started working on PC after the console version was complete," Tanimura explained. "This time, because we are considering the PC from the beginning, you can be sure there will be more care put into PC development."

Whereas the PC version of Dark Souls came out months after the console versions, Dark Souls 2 will launch simultaneously on all platforms. The hands-off demo of Dark Souls 2 that we saw was also running on PC hardware, as well.

This should come as good news to PC fans of the franchise disappointed by the lackluster port of the first game. That release sold "over 300,000 downloads on PC," according to Namco Bandai VP Carlson Choi. Figures like those likely made it incredibly easy for Namco to consider

http://www.shacknews.com/article/78672/dark-souls-pc-was-half-assed-but-dark-souls-2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

That sounds nice, I really should go back to Dark Souls at some point I got bored about 30 hours in. Sorry if this already got posted I couldn't see a thread on it. 300k units isn't bad for such a half assed late port.

http://www.gamekult.com/actu/zoom-dark-souls-ii-A108297.html

google translated 

"The graphical trend is yet evident, and not just because the game runs on a good PC at 60 fps. Version as a basis, we are assured we, the adjustments on consoles - with a frame rate divided by two, you can not change an aging hardware. Officially, nothing is planned for the next generation consoles."

"The demo shown during the event was running on PC. Does this mean that a PC version is also developed in-house?

The version of this interview shown before actually turning on the PC. If the first Dark Souls was adapted from consoles to PC, this time, it's the opposite. The PC version serves as a base from which the warranty is consoles adaptations. Clearly, the game is being developed simultaneously on different machines directly internally."

Sounds like the Pc version will actually be playable now without mods to fix it. I still enjoyed Dark Souls on my Pc, however it could have been better. Lets hope that they don't limit things like framerate or graphics because of the consoles, going to be a great game no matter what though!

Watch Dogs' lead dev platform is PC as well. Could it be that, from now on, the majority of multiplats will be developed for PC first?