Some are even swearing off the game entirely. ‘We did not want to ship a disc product and have it require a download for the game – we do not think this would make for a great experience either,’ says Remedy.ĭespite Remedy’s best efforts to spin this decision as a positive, Alan Wake fans are clearly angry and disappointed with the decision. The third and final reason is that Remedy didn’t want to ship a physical version that would still require a digital download, like some modern games do. For the record, Alan Wake 2’s standard edition costs £39.99 on PC and £49.99 on consoles.Ī deluxe edition that comes with an expansion pass and some extra cosmetics is being sold for £54.99 on PC and £64.99 on consoles. Remedy also argues that not releasing a disc version saves money and means they don’t have to make the game more expensive to buy.
Not to mention the industry is unsubtly trying to drag us into an all-digital future with Sony and Microsoft’s current consoles offering cheaper digital-only hardware. First is the uncomfortable truth that more and more people are moving towards buying their games digitally. The developer also adds that “Finally, we did not want to ship a disc product and have it require a download for the game - we do not think this would make for a great experience either”, and that there are no plans for a disc-based version of the title.Īlan Wake 2 will be released on October 17th for PC (Epic Games Store), PS5, and Xbox Series S|X.There are also no plans for a physical release, so this isn’t a Metroid Prime Remastered situation where it’ll launch digitally first and then as a boxed release later on.Īs for why this is the case, Remedy’s reasons are threefold. It is not uncommon to release modern games as digital-only”, and adding “Secondly, not releasing a disc helps keep the price of the game at $59.99 / €59.99 and the PC version at $49.99 / €49.99”. You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console. Lastly of note, Alan Wake 2 will be digital-only, which Remedy explained, saying “a large number of have shifted to digital only. Remedy also says that this is the team’s “first survival horror game” and that it’ll contain two playable heroes (Wake and Anderson), but also that the AWE Expansion for Control set things up for this sequel.
“A newcomer to Alan Wake’s world, FBI Agent Saga Anderson’s investigation offers players a unique lens into this survival horror experience”. “Alan Wake 2 is an intense story and a layered mystery that takes players on two disturbing journeys, running in parallel and echoing each other in strange and unexpected ways,” said Sam Lake, Creative Director and Lead Writer of Alan Wake 2.
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