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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.

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Zenzuu608d ago (Edited 608d 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...

Sonic1881608d ago

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

Zenzuu608d ago

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

BeRich233608d ago (Edited 608d 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"

BeRich233607d 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.

Crows90608d 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-Fly608d ago

What resolution is that laptop though?

ZycoFox608d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic607d ago

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

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GoodGuy09608d ago

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

ProjectVulcan607d 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.

Petebloodyonion608d 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

Crows90608d ago

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

Petebloodyonion607d 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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Hitoshi Sakimoto Celebrates 40 Years Of Game Composing With A Streaming Collection

The legendary composer celebrates forty years of game composing with a new collection.

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How the Remedy Connected Universe does the multiverse right

ScribbleCat said: Media is certainly no stranger to connecting all their properties together. Comic books have been doing this for generations, and TV is also known for special crossover episodes, which confirm the notion that they take place in the same fictional world. Video games, which can be barely called a new medium at this point, also have some interesting overlaps with connecting different games. For example, Valve’s Portal and Half-Life show how subtle hints can give players more theories to chew on. Old classics like DOOM and Wolfenstein also share similarities. But my favorite connection between games is the Remedy Connected Universe. While only a connection between Alan Wake and Control have been confirmed, there is SO much more to explore with Remedy’s crazy take on this old formula. And, according to Sam Lake, this is only the beginning.

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SimpleSlave2d ago

They really should release the full Quantum Break experience on the PS5. Sure, it's a middle-of-the-road third-person shooter and a perfect example of self-indulgence, but why not? It was fun in short burst and it completes the Remedy set until Max Payne 1+2 Remakes get released later on.

Do it, Microsawft. Don't be cowards.

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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_B5d 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.

Knightofelemia5d 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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Lightning775d ago

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

LoveSpuds5d ago (Edited 5d 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?

crazyCoconuts4d 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.

drivxr5d ago

Console wars are over.

Eventually, everyone else will catch up to this fact.

attilayavuzer5d ago (Edited 5d 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.

Christopher5d 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?

PanicMechanic5d ago (Edited 5d 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

BlaqMagiq14d 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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Destiny10805d 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_5d 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.

IRetrouk5d ago (Edited 5d 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.

Profchaos5d ago

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

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