Shame it didn’t do well, I thought it was great.
I really really hope they don’t get discouraged. They would have done so much better had it only been on Steam, please Remedy don’t change your ways.
Also it should have been GotY last year, fight me.
Remedy Has Recouped 'Most' of the Development and Marketing Expenses for Alan Wake 2
Submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
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Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 months ago
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
They wont.
Remedy games have been “underperforming” despite rave reviews for a while. Yet they’ve been chugging along doing what they think is neat, instead of caving into the current money-making models.
And in this case, the Epic partnership definitely hurt the game. And they know it did. Before AW2, it was microsoft putting the breaks of Quantum Break despite it being great.
Control was the first time since Max Payne I felt they truly achieved the success that their level of quality deserves (and even then it was a timed epic exclusive).
Now Remedy has set themselves up to finally self-publish the follow-up to Control. I can’t wait.
Remedy has fans, but something always seems to get in the way.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Didn’t they just announce a live service shooter? Isn’t that caving into current money-making models?
limitedduck@awful.systems 11 months ago
Hopefully it’ll come out on steam next year or something as a single complete edition, just like Control.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
It’s published by Epic (Control was published by 505). Unless Epic significantly compromises on their insistence of pushing the Epic store, it wont happen.
Ever.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I thought it won game of the year as well as a bunch of other awards?
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 months ago
BG3 got GotY, though there are debates to be had I suppose over the legitimacy of an “official” game of the year.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Went would it have done better if it were only on steam?
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Bit of awkward phrasing, but the commentator was not talking about Steam exclusivity - rather having it available on Steam (in addition to wherever else it was available).
If only != only on
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
AAA title Published by Epic Games, doesn’t use unreal engine, mega-chad move.
I can see them in the future publishing it on steam as it has no integration into epic in any technical way. Epic will want to recoup their costs though by optimizing the release window for steam so expect it (if at all) to have a steam release when control 2 lands.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Probably not, unless Remedy buys the publishing rights back from Epic, which they did for Alan Wake 1, from Microsoft.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Another great game ruined by gamers’ insistence on dick riding Gabe Newell and always giving Valve a 30% cut, no matter what.
Will anyone self reflect on whether they’re being a dumbass and hurting the entire gaming industry by insisting on only using Steam cause that’s all they’ve ever used? No. They’ll yell at Epic for not wanting to pay the Steam tax.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 11 months ago
Maybe more people would be willing to use Steam competitors if they weren’t all absolute garbage.
mhague@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can barely run steam and the games I bought on steam at the same time, which is required for most games. Steam disabled certain features and bloated the software – their launcher takes more resources than actual games. AAA games. (From a decade ago, but still.)
Other launchers might be garbage but the bar seems to be pretty low. Only thing anyone can say is “get a better computer” because in their mind that is a great rebuttal to “why is a game tied to a launcher which takes up 4x as many resources as my entire OS?”
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If I buy the game on Epic, I’m given no assurance that the game will continue to work for me on Linux. Others will have different issues with the service that Epic offers. I’m not going to buy from Epic just because Valve has reached some threshold of market saturation.
gcheliotis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I found the pacing of the first few chapters in the first Alan Wake sublime, in terms of storytelling. The gameplay frustrated me on the other hand, became quickly monotonous and tedious for me. So I only played like a third of the game, much as I liked the story and was curious to see where it went. Then Control I was left completely unmoved by. So I’ve been hesitating to take up the second Alan Wake, basically because I didn’t much like the first iteration, or Control, which I’ve heard is somehow connected. Maybe I’m missing out. Or maybe these games appeal only to a certain audience.
glimse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I thought the story of Control was just ok but the gameplay was awesome.
It didnt land on my Top 25 list BUT…that one level (people who played it know exactly which I mean) was easily one of the best sequences I’ve ever played. I have no idea how they made it feel like you were still in control (hehe) as everything around you went crazy.
Unfortunately that level is very late in the game otherwise I’d implore you to stick it out to see it. But since you quit so early because you weren’t having fun, you probably will continue to not have fun until that part.
gcheliotis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey thanks, both AW1 and Control are games I might pick up again. Didn’t hate them, they just didn’t really hook me.
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Part of the reason why it hasn’t done great is because its an Epic exclusive right? If they would have released on Steam they’d make tons more sales
cobysev@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unfortunately, it’s not just an Epic Games exclusive, it’s actually published by Epic Games. Which means it probably won’t ever come to Steam.
The rest of the Alan Wake franchise (and the Control franchise, including the upcoming Control 2) are published by 505 Games or Remedy themselves, so those all get Steam releases.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The Alan Wake 1 remaster is also published by Epic
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It sucks because i’d love to get my hands on the Alan Wake remaster and Alan Wake II on steam if they put it on there, if only so i can have easier integration with Steam’s QOL features. Maybe one day Remedy will pull what they did with the OG Alan Wake when they bought the publishing rights from Microsoft and buy the Publishing rights to Alan Wake II from Epic
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Yep, I’m waiting for the eventual steam release
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Extremely unlikely. AW2 was funded by epic, not just paid off to be a timed exclusive like Control (which was publushed by 505).
That means Epic decides where it gets distributed.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I would think it would still do most of it’s business on console regardless of which PC store it launched on.
Lack of a physical release probably hurt more than not being on Steam. When you go pure digital, you miss out on those impulse purchases.
HereIAm@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What? Surely seeing something popping up on steam and buying it happens far more than someone spontaneously buying a game in a store when walking around town/ a mall.
Maybe I’m a recluse, but I can’t remember last time I went into a store that stocks a meaningful amount of games other than second hand shops. Are physical games really that large of a margin anymore?