Here are some reasons why Alan Wake could and perhaps should go console multi format, as it already has just dived into PC gamers hands, why no go the whole hog?
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "All in all, it’s not hard to see why Alan Wake has received a bit of a cult following (there’s that famous foreshadowing again). It’s a title that blends themes and gameplay, while pushing the limits of storytelling by putting stories within stories and letting you read those stories before you get to that part in… the story. It has flaws, to be sure - the gameplay side can’t quite keep up with the rest of its ambitions - but overall it’s a great game that stands out among its peers and is undeniably… one for the books."
Remedy has announced a new Alan Wake book and more as part of their anniversary celebration.
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
Why don't Xbox gamers buy their exclusives? This should've done better. I think they should bring it to the PS3 as well to get better sales /sarcasm (Sounds familiar though right?)
Joking aside, I would love to see PS3 gamers/more people in general get a crack at Alan Wake. It's a really good game.
Not if Microsoft buy Remedy it won't. But I am actually curious who owns this IP. I know it was planned for PS3 as well but Microsoft wanted to publish it. I know Epic is one of those rare cases where they own the IP and MS don't.
But regardless of how well this did, don't expect it to go on PS3 any time soon. If it was marketed properly it would have done a whole lot better than it did.
Needs a reboot.
The article totally makes sense.
Especially about the audience.
But I must say that devs that decide to go platform exclusive with a game have a sad destiny if they go multi.
One side will perceive them as traitors, the other side as enemies.
If you're a little dev and not big as EPIC games it's very risky to go exclusive.
Same error that CDProjekt is making, but at least they have Warner behind their back.
While a would support a multi-format release of Alan Wake it perhaps isn't so likely as the developers have probably moved on to other projects. I predict Alan Wake 2 on next gen consoles provided exclusivity isn't secured.
Granted Alan Wake wasn't the exclusive Microsoft expected it to be, it has a reasonable number of fans new and old that would buy a sequel. The gameplay is solid and I assume many (if not more) Xbox users played the game used. Sometimes new IP takes a couple of iterations for it to build a following. Dead Space for example was unappreciated despite besting Resident Evil 5 in every way. Alan Wake would probably find greater success being multiplat, however if its a future exclusive on a Microsoft console, I wouldn't rule it out as a potential success.
It will be interesting to learn how well Alan Wake's American Nightmare did sales wise.