Control was also a Epic exclusive and didn't come to Steam until much later. That undoubtedly hurt it.
Exclusive Interview with Remedy’s New CEO: “Alan Wake and Control Should Have Sold More"
Submitted 5 days ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RpyXsNqefw
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Davel23@fedia.io 5 days ago
Codilingus@piefed.social 5 days ago
Alan Wake 2 is a masterpiece, and I didn’t pay for it since it was Epic Games Store only.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I was so happy when it was free on my kids PS Premium subscription, because Epic will never see my credit card (even though i have 100’s of games there).
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
You put it on Epic, that’s basically yelling “IGNORE ME!” in a world where the Striesand Effect doesn’t exist
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 days ago
They didn’t “put it on Epic”. Sam Lake and the rest of Remedy really really wanted to make the game and were trying to find funding for it for over a decade, but Alan Wake 1 sold poorly and thus nobody else would touch the franchise with a ten foot pole. As part of the deal to fully fund the development, it was made an Epic exclusive. Sam Lake signed the deal with the Devil because it was literally the only way he saw his dream game ever being made.
I wish it was put on Steam and sold three times as many copies, but I am still incredibly thankful it got made at all. It’s a masterpiece.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Doesn’t change the fact that putting it on Epic was a mistake. Crowdfunding and doing a Steam release would have been the smart choice
mrfriki@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You missed the 40+ million people on Steam for Allan Wake, sorry!
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I have both of those games in my library haven’t gotten around to trying them.
glimse@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Haven’t played Alan Wake but Control is worth a spin. The story is decent but I feally enjoyed the ambiance. And that one level (you will know which one) is definitely one of the coolest of all time.
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Gee, I wonder if not putting Alan Wake in steam might have had anything to do with it?
Addv4@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yep. Genuinely would have gotten it if on steam, just want to make sure I can continue to play it if I want to in many years time.
tomalley8342@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s DRM free, you can just zip up the files if you really wanted to make sure.
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Quite literally would not have existed had Epic not funded it. Lake shopped it around for the better part of a decade seeing if anyone would be interested in funding it, but no one besides Epic would.
So, again, this game would not exist if Epic wasn’t involved.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 days ago
It’s a shame people don’t seem to realise this. I have genuinely no idea why you’re getting downvoted. I guess people on Lemmy just hate Epic that much. I think if the Epic Store was the last food source on Earth, over half of Lemmy would voluntarily starve to death.
Anyway, it’s a real shame what happened. Alan Wake 2 is a true masterpiece and yet it needed like a year and a half post release to just break even. It makes me fear that we won’t ever see another Alan Wake game as ambitious and amazing.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 5 days ago
Yes, but the game was payrolled by Epic and wouldn’t even exist without them. Its different from those other instances where they threw money at a game at the end and bought the exclusivity.