Anyone else find it weird that we haven't seen Patches in this game when he's been included in plenty of prior fromsoft releases in some form or fashion?

Armored Core: For Answer
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Bloodborne
Dark Souls 3
Elden Ring

Reference/Alluded to in DS2 as well (Pate)

It feels weird that such an iconic character hasn't appeared yet, what do you guys think? How would he even show up if they DID include him?