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Alan Wake 2 Excels On Consoles; PC Will Run "As Good As It Can"

Remedy's Director of Communications, Thomas Puha, said in his X post that Alan Wake 2 has been performing perfectly on consoles.

Zenzuu604d ago (Edited 604d ago )

Good stuff.

GPU prices continue to get ridiculous, especially here in Australian. 4080/7900xtx costs nearly 2k while the 4090 is pushing close to 3k.

Given the now the never ending rise of inflations, I'll most likely just play it on my PS5. Even if it doesn't perform perfect, it'll still be running the game a lot better than my PC setup. Still on the good old 1080 Ti...

Sonic1881604d ago

I don't even think a 1080 TI would be able to run it.

Zenzuu603d ago

Yeah, I'm suspecting won't be able to run it well.

BeRich233603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

"AW2 will only support Mesh Shaders, meaning the GTX 1080 Ti and the RX 5700XT are out of the picture despite being more powerful than the RTX 2060"

BeRich233603d ago

update! the game will work on a 1070 but u get a message saying it doesn't support all features. It runs at 1080p @16fps on low settings.

Crows90603d ago

The 1080Ti can probably run it. Im able to run any game this gen on a 2060 laptop gpu. Actually playing Lies of P at a constant 60fps...greatly optimized game that one.

Si-Fly603d ago

What resolution is that laptop though?

ZycoFox603d ago

Picked up a 4090 for just over £1300 when the very codes were active, only a bit more than a 4080 here so was a no brainer for that price.

FinalFantasyFanatic603d ago

Most 4090's are hovering at the $3000 to $3200 price point, they've actually come down in price.

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GoodGuy09603d ago

This year is just full of absolutely trash pc ports lol.

ProjectVulcan603d ago

Alan Wake 2 isn't one of them though, it seems closely built around Nvidia's PC technology rather than bolted on later. Everything is pretty much within expectation.

It runs fine on PC. Pretty scalable. It's only when you try and turn everything to maximum, enable path tracing which the consoles don't do at resolutions the consoles don't do are you looking at a highly demanding game that'll live through a couple of GPU generations as a good benchmark.

Ultimately PS5's highest visual mode runs high/medium settings, 1270p natively and 30FPS. No ray tracing.

You're getting a similar experience with something like an RTX3060/2070 Super, albeit they have DLSS which is a lot better at image scaling than FSR on console.

You do need a GPU made since 2018 to run the game at all, but then you need a console made since 2020 too so eh.

Petebloodyonion603d ago

But PC scalability wasn't an issue unlike Series S according to Thomas Puha

“Series S, the CPU is pretty much the same as on Series X,” Puha said. “But the GPU is an issue. It really is. And then, having less memory is a pretty big problem. And we often get, ‘okay, you make PC games, surely you know how to scale.’ Well, memory is not a problem on PC. It really isn’t. And that’s one of the struggles when you talk about resolution and framerate."
"It’s a lot easier to scale on the PC because of memory, and it’s not like there’s one super PC and one weaker PC."

https://www.ign.com/article...

Well I guess it must be Xbox's fault

Crows90603d ago

So you dont know what youre talking about then...

Petebloodyonion603d ago

Well perhaps you could explain to me then since this dev went on record about the Serie S GPU memory being quite a problem but they still managed to get that 30 fps/1080 visual on Series S.
Yet here we are with a tweet saying on PC it's gonna run as well as it can (that's reassuring) with PC configs that destroy Serie X and PS5...

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Yoshida claims PS believes Xbox is their only competitor, truth is they don’t have one any more

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida claims PlayStation still believes Xbox is their only true competitor, not Nintendo.

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Terry_B1d 10h ago

True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.

Knightofelemia1d 8h ago

Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.

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Lightning771d 4h ago

Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.

LoveSpuds16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.

I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.

Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?

crazyCoconuts13h ago

PlayStation doesn't compete with third party games, they compete on consoles. They profit from third party games. If you're not comparing consoles there's no point in comparing.

drivxr1d 8h ago

Console wars are over.

Eventually, everyone else will catch up to this fact.

attilayavuzer1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.

Christopher1d 7h ago

Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?

PanicMechanic19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Great analysis. Just joking.

Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.

Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense

BlaqMagiq111h ago

I don't think PS cares about being in this so-called "last place" you came up with when they're making profits hand over fist.

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Destiny10801d 8h ago

microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail

Reaper22_1d 7h ago

Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.

IRetrouk1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.

Profchaos1d 6h ago

Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec

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Interview: Plants vs. Zombies Composer Talks Charm, Humor, and Musical Mayhem

Game Rant interviews Plants vs. Zombies composer Peter McConnell about honoring the series’ quirky roots, adapting its themes, and now going vinyl.

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VenomUK2d ago

The score for the first Plants Vs Zombies is such great, iconic music that it has a timeless quality. Not quite the level of Minecraft, but wonderful in its own right.

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'A Deluge' Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach Actor Samantha Béart Talks New and Upcoming Video Game Roles

Game Rant speaks with actor Samantha Béart about their new and upcoming video game roles in Tron: Catalyst, Fading Echo, and more.

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