The game wasn’t even profitable after a year as a result of not being on Steam, according to the article. Pretty interesting
Epic profittability is on Fortnite; there will be lot of skin based on Alan Wake franchise and, also, Fortnite ads everytime you launch AW2 form their launcher etc.
…as for Alan Wake franchise itself, well it goes in the
epic games store marketing black holeI guess they don’t want it to be profitable then. Maybe over the next 10 years it will break even on Epic.
What a shame, it’s in my top 3 games I’ve ever played, but I pirated it because Epic app sucks ass. Was going to buy it once it was on Steam.
Laughs in Heroic Launcher
Just starting on gaming, I got this yesterday. Why is it special?
It’s Epic games without the Epic games launcher. Also replaces GOG Galaxy. And you can shop both stores from Heroic.
mfw i don’t pay them money
NOOOOOOO!!! What the hell am I supposed to do with this useless PC now?!
Sucks for Remedy then, since they won’t be getting my money.
That’s okay, since I am never coming to Epic Games. Seems only fair.
I hope someone Remedies this situation.
Damn, and I was just about to break my “have never played Alan wake” streak…
I guess I’ll just wait till you dipshits give it to me for free or I’ll pirate it if I ever get the urge to play it.
Epic actually financed Remedy’s development of the game, as opposed to swooping in at the last minute to offer a timed-exclusivity deal. In that case I was fine buying the game on their platform if it meant the game got to exist at all. After all I do not expect Valve to sell their games on another platform than their own.
Don’t get me wrong: I’d rather the game was sold on Steam, or even better, DRM-less on GOG. I did wait for a number of those timed exclusives to find their way on Steam or other stores (Borderlands 3, Kena, Journey, Control, Hades, etc). It’s a shame that so many people will not get to experience AW2 because of its delivery platform, because it’s a damn unique game.
As much as I hate Epic, I actually bought AW2 based on that logic but ended up refunding it because, and I can not stress this enough, FUCK ALWAYS ONLINE REQUIREMENTS ON PURELY OFFLINE GAMES. I refuse to pay for an offline game that locks me out when my internet isn’t working…doubly so when the pirated version works perfectly fine without internet.
P.S. I also refuse to pay for single player games with arbitrary online “features” made to force a DRM check, or games published by cunts that do layoffs and shatter studios while posting record profits but that’s a different conversation.
Yarrr!
That’s fine, I will never purchase Alan Wake 2 then
It’ll eventually be included in a giveaway anyways like Control was. So if I haven’t bought it by now I’m fine waiting for the giveaway.
