The game was acclaimed and beloved by virtually everyone who played it, and it’s only becoming profitable now? Is it too simplistic to say that a normal release across multiple storefronts, namely Steam, would have made it profitable in a matter of months?
I genuinely keep forgetting the game exists. An article like this one will pop up from time to time, and only then will I remember about it. Epic is a black hole.
I’ve been waiting for a sale before grabbing it on xbox. Moderate fan of the original AW and absolutely loved Control. Remedy are amongst the most unique devs out there right now.
I loved Control.
I absolutely could not get into AW, and it bums me out because it seemed intriguing.
You should try the second. It’s an excellent game, and you can very much get by without having played the first. Just read a synopsis of the first and you’re good to go.
They also made Max Payne. Shame they don’t own the IP, tho.
An excellent game that was undercut by their exclusivity deal with Epic
can’t wait for it to hit steam so I can play!
It’s not happening, this is more than just a publishing deal - Epic financed the game’s development and they’re not going to budge.
Just pirate it at this point if you’re so adamant about refusing to install the Epic launcher. The game is too good to rob yourself of the chance to play it over trying to make a point to Tim Sweeney.
eh, maybe I will pirate it and then buy it at a discount on console or something. I just do my best to not give money to wrong companies.
To be honest I cared more about rewarding Remedy for their creation than holding a grudge against Epic. But then again I’m a bit of an odd duck around these parts. I don’t even refuse to use an app if it isn’t FOSS. Hell, I don’t even run Linux these days.
At the end of the day though I just found Alan Wake 2 to be one of my favourite gaming experiences so it makes me sad whenever I see people refuse to play it.
The angry Linux nerds showed up to downvote you
hey that’s valid! I’ll play it one day 🙂
Unfortunqtely Epic said it will never be released on Steam.
don’t you just hate it when money gets in the way of having fun? smh
Well, Tim Sweeny can suck his own wiener then. I have hundred(s) of games on Epic and I haven’t spent a dime there. And still won’t spend, because I have principles.
Yarrr harrr fiddily de dee
I completely missed this since it apparently came out on Epic.
So glad it seems to be a stellar game. The horror might be to much for me tho
It took so long because Steam is a monopoly.
That’s what it means, when half the comments lament how the game isn’t on Steam. People will say there’s only one store that matters, and then insist there’s plenty of meaningful competition, and utterly refuse to understand their own words.
Epic is an eight-ton gorilla. Half the industry licenses their engine. They made four billion dollars a year off one game. They offer lower prices, they give things away, they create exclusivity, and they offer a better revenue cut for developers. And they still can’t move the needle. Blaming a janky storefront is grasping for any excuse.
It’s always wild to see Valve be blamed for another company shooting themselves in the foot (or in this case, yet another company entirely).
Why doesn’t matter.
The fact is - there’s one store anyone cares about. We have a word for that.
Why does matter. A lot. Just pointing to something and saying it’s a problem doesn’t help. You need to know why it happened to have any chance of changing things. That you and epic both apparently think throwing cash around should solve it suggests little will actually be done.
You’re not listening. This is not about “blame.” It’s barely about change. It is about the plain meaning of a common word, and how people will point fingers and clutch pearls to avoid acknowledging a simple fact.
Steam is a monopoly. No matter what I say, and no matter what you say. For whatever reason: they have a supermajority market share, on PC. People glibly treat major desired games like they don’t exist unless they’re on this one store.
Infrastructure monopolies are the nastiest. This one is so insidious too.
The weirdest part is, it’s fine. Steam’s only clear sins are the 30% cut that they copied from consoles, and the real-money charges that must be legislated out of existence. But they have the power to become a problem - and we can’t guard against that if we don’t recognize it.
Having one good option is a single fuckup away from having no good options.
