Alan Wake 2 seemingly won't have a physical release

[Johnic]

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Why is Alan Wake 2 a digital-only release?

There are many reasons for this. For one, a large number of have shifted to digital only. You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console. It is not uncommon to release modern games as digital-only.

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.

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.

Is there a disc-based version of Alan Wake 2 in the works?

There are currently no plans to release Alan Wake 2 on disc.

 

[Darth Vader]

good, then there are no plans for me to buy it.

 

[Kereke12]

Damn already with disappointment, and shame really.

 

[John Elden Ring]

Not even out and it's already deads lol

 

[Mild Conviction]

If Capcom can keep Resident Evil 4 remake at $60 with a physical release, Remedy can with fucking Alan Wake II. Give me a fucking break.

 

[Red2Radio]

I don't get why they think that launching a physical version would mean it has to cost 70€/$? There are plenty of games launching for the old 60€/$ price and even indies manage to put out physical releases for the same price as digital. Sounds like a weak excuse to me.

 

[Swift_Star]

I blame Xbox.

 

[Kereke12]

I blame Xbox.

Of course your a fan of Taylor Swift

 

[Deleted member 223]

Never ceases to amaze how studios/pubs kill hype for their games with boneheaded moves like this... everytime.

Don't blame Xbox. It's Epic Publishing... that's the main suspect! I would even go as far as to say 100% the main culprit.

 

[Swift_Star]

Of course your a fan of Taylor Swift

So what? She’s more successful than Xbox.

 

[Kereke12]

"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."

This is the most bullshit excuse ever to not have a physical copy. Like what?

 

[Kereke12]

So what? She’s more successful than Xbox.

Jesus Christ

 

[Mild Conviction]

Christ, apparently one of the reasons is because they didn't want to ship a game that requires a download to play.

This game is going to be over 100GB in size for some fucking reason, isn't it?

 

[Swift_Star]

Jesus Christ

Deal with the facts.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

That's weird. So we're saving $10 on next-gen pricing because of this? Cool I guess.

 

[arvfab]

So why not sell only the physical version for 70$/80€ if that's the issue?
Bullshit excuse.

Also, just make use of compression or have a second disc if it's necessary.

Guess they don't want my money.

 

[Nhomnhom]

What a complete joke, I hope that is flops hard and I'll not be buying it.

The excuses make me sick, this reeks of Epic.

 

[Zzero]

Gross.

 

[Kereke12]

The excuses make me sick, this reeks of Epic.

The devs on Twitter are fighting to the death in defending it as a good thing. It's bad enough Nintendo allows it for their games where you can sometimes buy a physical copy and it ends up being a download copy. I remember they did that with Overwatch and that shit pissed me off so much.