chameleoneel
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It's most likely From looking at the console makers and saying "how much are you willing to pay us to keep this off the PC for # months?" Dark Souls has kind of become a really great game on all platforms and as much as I hate it, I can't fault them for trying to squeeze some money for exclusivity on consoles.
I would say it is most likely a translation error or the leaker trolling for attention.
It is very likely that the deal for Bloodborne was inked before From had any real idea of how well received Dark Souls would be, on PC. They made a barebones, direct port, to honor a petition. That port of Dark Souls released on PC in August 2012. In February 2013, the PS4 was revealed at E3 and there were off-record quotes about a "Demon's Souls successor", from a closed doors dialog, during that same E3.
Dark Souls went on to beat the odds and become a successful game on PC.
From have said that they were surprised and very happy with the great response from the PC community. Therefore, they did the PC versions of Dark Souls 2 mostly right.
Sony probably payed very well. But, I doubt it is well enough for From to keep all of their games exclusive.