Water is wet moment. Mat Piscatella: "Alan Wake II would have likely benefitted from having a physical release imo"
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Such wisdom from the man who thought just saying "Other Platforms" would sufficiently obfuscate the sales failure of Xbox consoles.
We have another thread saying less than 10% of Playstation games sold are physical... Assuming this game is going to sell best on PS5, it's going to sell best on PS5 digitally. Maybe the game isn't selling because Epic is a lousy publisher bad at marketing?
Sales or profits? I dislike the lack of physical (or false physical code in a box/code on a disc) games but understand the economic argument against them. But still, come on, no physical delux version? Thats money left on the table right there.
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Not sure I understand this comment. In what sense would it benefit? Physical sales are typically 20% of the sales total? Sooooo it would have sold a small chunk more copies or what? The way it's worded he makes it sound like it didn't do well because of the lack of physical.
So yeah, it would have "benefitted" slightly, but ... anything outside of the ordinary?
So yeah, it would have "benefitted" slightly, but ... anything outside of the ordinary?
No, you have it right. The game would have benefitted by a few dozen extra sales if it was on disc, theoretically.
I bought Control and loved the game a lot. I never even played the first game and I would of bought Alan Wake 2 if there was a physical version. Especially because they’re supposedly in the same universe.
So i’m sure he’s talking about extra sales from physical copies and also marketing: collectors editions, retail marketing itself and so on.
The gaming industry is nowhere near ready for a 100% digital market.
But this doesn't go against what I stated above either. Can't really argue with the data. The vast majority of games are sold digitally, so adding physical wouldn't turn a sales clunker into a hit ... correct?
That's not entirely correct. Many AAA games still had a big chunk of their sales physical. Wasn't it RE4MAKE that had like close to 50% physical?
Got a source?
This data is nearly two years old. It's not going to get any better for physical.
fewer-and-fewer-console-games-are-seeing-a-physical-release
It's the perfect time for these companies to learn but they wont, will they?
It's always amazing to me how determined some companies, especially in gaming are to deny what consumers want and push in the opposite direction. To try and push things no consumer asked for...
Time to listen. IMO
It's always amazing to me how determined some companies, especially in gaming are to deny what consumers want and push in the opposite direction. To try and push things no consumer asked for...
Time to listen. IMO
