The CEO of Epic Games confirmed that Alan Wake 2 will never be coming on Steam despite not being profitable for over a year after launch.
  • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
    571·
    2 months ago

    The game wasn’t even profitable after a year as a result of not being on Steam, according to the article. Pretty interesting

    • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
      28·
      2 months ago

      I guess they don’t want it to be profitable then. Maybe over the next 10 years it will break even on Epic.

    • alessandro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      181·
      2 months ago

      Epic profittability is on Fortnite; there will be lot of skin based on Alan Wake franchise and, also, Fortnite ads everytime you launch AW2 form their launcher etc.

      …as for Alan Wake franchise itself, well it goes in the epic games store marketing black hole

  • Zacryon@feddit.orgEnglish
    293·
    2 months ago

    That’s okay, since I am never coming to Epic Games. Seems only fair.

  • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
    284·
    2 months ago

    This is the bullshit that makes me hate Epic games. I want Fortnite to die already so Tim Sweeney can eff right off.

    A exclusive war only one person is waging…

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      It’ll eventually be included in a giveaway anyways like Control was. So if I haven’t bought it by now I’m fine waiting for the giveaway.

  • Codilingus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    193·
    2 months ago

    What a shame, it’s in my top 3 games I’ve ever played, but I pirated it because Epic app sucks ass. Was going to buy it once it was on Steam.

  • NeryK@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Epic actually financed Remedy’s development of the game, as opposed to swooping in at the last minute to offer a timed-exclusivity deal. In that case I was fine buying the game on their platform if it meant the game got to exist at all. After all I do not expect Valve to sell their games on another platform than their own.

    Don’t get me wrong: I’d rather the game was sold on Steam, or even better, DRM-less on GOG. I did wait for a number of those timed exclusives to find their way on Steam or other stores (Borderlands 3, Kena, Journey, Control, Hades, etc). It’s a shame that so many people will not get to experience AW2 because of its delivery platform, because it’s a damn unique game.