I'm one of them, this is complete bullshit... I take pride in my physical game collection, I need to have all original box arts and anything that comes inside them. This just makes me think Allen Wake 2 is opting itself out of being a true AAA title.

@Lightning - whether a game comes in a box or not doesn't make it a AAA title.

@Lighning Mr. Bubbles

I know what you mean, I think the point Magog was making is that it's really not something that should incite people to the point of "outrage". Disappointed or even upset...sure. But outrage is a bit of an excessive word choice for this.

PC is the biggest platform there is and it is essentially digital only. People who buy and then resell games are the ones who are upset. For those of us who don't we are essentially subsidizing their gaming habits. I am not against being able to resell games but ESPECIALLY single player one and done games lose a lot of revenue to resellers so I can see why they made the decision they did.

@Magog

It doesn’t matter if PC platform is massive. If that’s the outlook then why hasn’t digital only consoles spike in sales? Just because YOU don’t mind doesn’t mean everyone has to cater to that option. Again, why is it so hard to give options including when it’s a single player only game? That’s why THQ Nordic is trying to assist with this because there is backlash regardless if you don’t see it personally. If it’s also physical then how would that prevent you from still buying it digital? If it doesn’t then why doesn’t matter that others want it physical? All I’m saying is to go digital only for a single player game will come with backlash even if you think people need to bow down and accept what’s coming.

That’s not how that works. Just because a certain country or class can’t “afford it” doesn’t stop the future from coming. I mean it sounds noble and all. But, those who have the means to get this game will get it. Those who don’t have bigger things to worry about. Honestly, do you think someone with expensive internet cost are worried about not playing this game?

***That’s not how that works. Just because a certain country or class can’t “afford it” doesn’t stop the future from coming. I mean it sounds noble and all. But, those who have the means to get this game will get it.***

I'm on the side that tries harder, not gives up.

***Honestly, do you think someone with expensive internet cost are worried about not playing this game?***

Yeah. I do. I know those people. They're not poor. They just live in countries where they can afford the Internet, but it costs a ton, has data caps, and they'd rather not have to pay for downloading more games.

How do they play MMOs then? Aren’t those kind of huge in third world countries?

I look it up and I see PC gaming and Internet cafes being hugely popular in third world countries… um, now I’m no rocket scientist here, but don’t you need “decent internet” to play those? 🤷‍♂️

Like how long are we going to use the excuse that third world countries don’t have great internet so therefore digital downloads aren’t fair? What’s the minimum bandwidth you need in order to download a game? Aren’t there pre-load options so if they’re on a 56k modem they’ll have it downloaded by launch?

I just don’t understand the mentality. Like I talked with a friend who said he won’t buy a game at all because it’s digital only. I’m trying to understand and he has f*cking gigabit Ethernet and I’m like, “you’re going to miss out on a game simply because it’s digital!?”

Like it’s literally spoiled children at this point. Were PC gamers like this when they transitioned to digital only? it’s 20 f*cking 23, digital games are a thing and people mostly buy digital so yea, make your peace with it and get over it.

It’s almost like a mental disorder like a compulsive disorder. Can’t have physical therefore I will boycott the game and throw a hissy fit… like seriously?

People literally evolve TO die. It’s part of why we are on this planet.

Sometimes evolving can be bad., but that doesn’t even apply here.

Having a digital-only game is a regression, not an evolution. Games used to only have one way of being distributed. They then had three with PC codes physical and digital, then four with streaming.

Now we are on the way from having three to just two. After that, we will be stuck at one: streaming only - where we pay to RENT games, instead of buying them to own.

Things are coming full circle to regression, not evolution.

@CrimsonWing It’s the only way to sulk nowadays. They just sound principled and willing to sacrifice their own childish greed to say “no, I’m good for now.”

It's console gaming. Evolve or die. That's the dumbest thing I've read today. Why do you care I want physical

Crimson

It has nothing to do with a compulsive order. Some just want what they want. How many people lost ps3 and wii games or wii u games from buying digital only. You don't think that could happen again. It will I'm sure of it.

I tell the someone at work all the time. How many games are out there lost right now. Mgs4 I hear people cry about all the time. It's tied to the ps3 and can be played no where else. We'll guess what. If you had it digital well your sh out of luck. Meanwhile I still got my ps3 disc's. Wii wiiu and ps3 all digital consumers are left with whatever was on the Har drive last. I still have all my ps3 games, wii games and wii u games. Some might just be to short sighted and in 20 years when they wanna play a game from their yester years good luck.

It’s a terrible and boring game.
No way I will ever go back to it . I really do not like Remedy’s touch

I've played through the game numerous times. It was my favorite game of 2023. I have so many other games to play. Could I go back and play it for a few minutes to appreciate some extra clarity in the distance? Sure. Would I rather play a game I haven't finished or played yet and enjoy the PSSR updates brought to those titles instead? Yes.

I mean im kinda with Neonridr on this, like when i game is so good you get everything you can out of it, a slightly shaper image is cool but not worth the hassle of install/update etc

That's just outright not true

Dunno why you're getting downvotes there is actually instances of this happening. Stellar Blade being one of them. DF reported the PSSR mode looks better than the native 4K mode. Im assuming its PSSR from 1440p or higher. So imagine with the 2.0 update

Its Just the wording, as they didnt have to do any work for it to be supported.

I just mean they worded it like they did a custom thing...which they could do by tweaking base resolution if the upgraded pssr allows it with no image drawbacks. I'd be down for that.