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Alan Wake 2 Still Hasn't Earned Back Its Budget (techraptor.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] CannonGoBoom 77 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I think a lot of PC players are waiting on the steam release.

[–] SpaceNoodle 40 points 5 months ago

I know I am. Epic is just junk compared to steam.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or epic giveaway. I'll spend actual money if it is on Steam or GOG.

[–] spez_ 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Free isn't worth it on Epic

[–] Damn990099 2 points 5 months ago

Okay, but epic still pays the devs for every free game sold during those promos so I still take them even if I don't ever play them.

[–] NOT_RICK 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It me. Only thing on my epic account is free games and even then I don’t think I’ve ever booted up a single one of them

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

I'm not. The game looks boring af.

[+] Son_of_dad -29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Can I say as a non PC gamer who follows game news. PC gamers all have different machines, isn't optimising the games extra costly? In addition, I can imagine the annoyance of getting bad reviews on steam because some Dingus is trying to play the game on a 10 year old PC.

Also, something like 30% of PC gamers pirate their games, so that doesn't sound like an attractive market to me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

What does this post have to do with anything when it launched on PC the same day as PS5 and XSX? As well, a 10 year old pc would likely have a GTX 1070 or better and that's enough to run the game just fine?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

So you are advocating against user driven reviews the alternative which tends to be corporate relations driven reviews? You don't want consumers to have a voice or user based resources?

[–] ampersandrew 3 points 5 months ago

PC is the largest single platform right now. Even if 30% pirate the game, there are more copies sold for the typical game on PC than PlayStation.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No physical release on consoles and exclusive to Epic on PC. Gee I wonder why they haven’t made their money back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Physical releases wouldn't make a difference on console, not being on steam and gog is a missed opportunity

[–] Bosht 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I saw like no marketing for this game at all, and on top of that didn't they restrict it to Epic? Definitely a dumb choice. Shame because I want Control 2 to happen. Hopefully this doesn't affect that.

[–] tb_ 5 points 5 months ago

Epic funded part of development. Without the EGS restriction we likely wouldn't have had the game at all. Or, at least, not in the current state.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

The marketing has been pretty weird. Lots at release, then basically nothing.

If you want to sell something in a competitive landscape, even high schoolers know this simple fact in one easy step...

[–] prashanthvsdvn 7 points 5 months ago

Release on steam/GoG or go bust being an EGS exclusive. I’m not compelled enough to buy from that shitty platform ever. And I’m not starved for content. I’m having fun w/ Helldivers 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I still havent finished it