User blog comment:Warden-Cypher/Dark Souls III/@comment-16047389-20150622132840

If it were only being developed by the team that made Dark Souls II, I would have said that it was just an oversaturation of the series in an attempt to squeeze out a few more dollars. But the fact that Hidetaka Miyazaki is fully on board with the project has me completely baffled. For the longest time, I actually believed that he didn't believe in direct sequels, which is why he worked on Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, then Bloodborne while being only an off hands advisor for Dark Souls II.

My hope is that this means we'll see a return to a lot of the basic core aspects of Dark Souls returning in Dark Souls III.