Alan Wake 2 Is On Sale, Please Buy It

Shaz from GL writes: “Alan Wake 2 is one of the most innovative games of 2023, but its sales numbers may be in trouble, but we can change that.”

[Nyxus]

I will if they release a physical version.

[BeHunted]

Digital games are cheaper than Physical Discs.

[Nyxus]

My latest purchases were:
Forspoken for €15 (€32 in the PS Store)
Tactics Ogre Reborn for €25 (same price in the PS Store)
Valkyrie Elysium for €20 (€70 in the PS Store)

[MetroidFREAK21]

Wrong

[Kornholic]

It is so rare that it is the exception rather than the rule.

Digital games also have no value, so it is really never the case that they are cheaper in the end.

[BeHunted]

@Nyxus

That’s because Sony prevents retailers from selling PlayStation Digital games, in other words, it’s another form of Monopoly.

Sony to Stop Retailers Selling PS4 Game Codes on April 1st 2019

https://uk.pcmag.com/sony-p...

[spicelicka]

Lol COD ghosts is still like $60 digitally. They can set whatever price they want for however long they want.

Also, the OPTION to have both digital and physical is obviously far better than digital only, regardless of which is cheaper.

[BeHunted]

@Spicelicka

Call of Duty: Ghost is currently $19.79 on the Xbox Store.

[Nyxus]

@ BeHunted: but at least I have the option to buy physical games, where different stores are competing against each other which means lower prices. I don't but digital games so that's not my problem to be honest.

[frostypants]

Digital games are cheaper for the publishers to get to consumers. They are NOT cheaper for consumers though because their is never pressure for retailers to unload inventory. So they wind up costing more for anything but new releases (for which consumers pay the same as physical despite the savings for the publisher) AND lose out on the inherent advantages of a physical copy. You're getting fleeced. Steam sales for PC are nice but the really good deals there are from small publishers who could never afford physical publishing in the first place.

TL;DR: the "savings" are all pocketed by the publishers and the digital store owners. You pay the same, they're making more margin than ever.

[Knightofelemia]

@BeHunted

Digital does go cheap to a certain point based on what the platform wants to sell it at and what the developer wants to sell it at. Part of the sale of the game goes to the platform it's on whether Epic, Steam, Playstation or Xbox. Second part is if your account magically gets banned you lose out on the library of games you own digitally. Everybody knows the physical cousin is going to be cheaper. People dump the game at pawn shops and even thrift stores who just want it gone so they will sell it cheap. With physical companies like Walmart have a dump bin where the game goes after its passed it shelf life meaning after its been on their shelf so long when a new game takes its place. Also with physical if the game is crap I can literally take that turd in and trade it towards another game or sell it second hand on say Marketplace. Not everybody wants digital I myself will always choose physical because I like to collect and have a sense of ownership.

[Godmars290]

Meh,

If a game supporter's going to the trouble to begging others to buy it when there's only one option, maybe the company should offer more options. Like physical versions.

[MEGANE]

U r right, I can share my games with my wife ps5, they go everywhere I go as long as i can log in, buy them on sale, and PSN does not charge me taxes In FL… I have not intentions of getting rid of my games, and they are way cheaper always on sale.

[Ashunderfire86]

I don’t know if you are living under a rock 🪨 but you do realize that Sony is being sued for overpricing games in the PS store right?

[babadivad]

On Xbox maybe. Games on Playstation Store and Nintendo rarely are.

[1Victor]

@behunted:”Digital games are cheaper than Physical Discs.”

I can go and boot up and play my metal gear solid 3 game any time I want on my console but a digital game works only till the developers servers work then it’s BYE BYE TO YOUR FAVORITE “DIGITAL GAME”.

[shinoff2183]

That's not true at all. You just need patience. Physical almost always ends up cheaper then digital. I just picked up gta 5 for ps5. I paid 15 bucks. The psn has it for 20 still. There's numerous games like this example. Digital in my experience usually ends up costing more

Anyway yea no , will not be buying Alan wake 2 unless it's released physically. Please release physically and I'll buy it.

Choice is key to this all.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Often not always true, sometimes the physical disc is cheaper than digital, I wouldn't say "digital games are cheaper" as an absolute.

@babadivad,

The best deals I've ever had on Switch games was through physical copies, especially on first party games.

[recoctimocassirnff]

This will probably come as a shock to you, Hunted, so please sit down before you continue reading.

The USA isn't the only country in the world.

[THEzRude]

No theyre not...

[isarai]

Same

[TRYNDAREUS]

Was about to write the same thing. Give me a physical copy and I will buy it.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I would get it in heartbeat 💓 if it was physical.

[seanpitt23]

Yup not supporting digital only would have bought it if released on physical looks like a lot more people in the same boat if the sales numbers are low

[Snookies12]

I would buy it if it were on Steam... It would give me a reason to go through the original and the DLC that I own, but never got around to playing.

[VersusDMC]

Epic published Alan wake 2 so i doubt it will ever be on steam. If there are games published by Epic that have made it to Steam then maybe there's a chance.

[Amplitude]

Yeah. I'm just patiently waiting for the Epic store to die like all the other launchers that have attempted to compete with Steam. I aint contributing to their survival nor am i risking my money by putting it into a store that I wish for the death of lol

[KeeseToast]

@Amplitude
Yeah. I also want Valve to stay a monopoly so that they never have to put any effort on their storefront and we can keep the horrendous Steam UI forever and ever

[FPS_D3TH]

@KeeseToast interesting take considering the competition has yet to create anything that resembles the support and community on Steam. They only exist because they don’t like steams cut. They offer nothing for consumers.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@KeeseToast,

I want Steam to have more competition, but a UI change is pretty damn low down on the list of concerns I have, it's really not that bad, and it's still functional. I wish GOG had actually been better competition for Steam.

[kranker]

You should play AW1, it's fantastic

[eagle21]

I think it's a game MANY are waiting to play it (buy it) for whatever reason...but nonetheless still very interested! :)

[Concertoine]

Well, they put it on the Epic Store and refuse to make a physical version of the game. That loses out on a probably larger amount of ppl than they might’ve suspected

[badz149]

should have released it on BD for consoles. huge loss of opportunity there.

[Amplitude]

Can confirm. I bought a 360 just for AW1 and bought my first gaming PC when it was rereleased on Steam.

I REALLY want to play this but... I'll always refuse to support the Epic Store and large-scale games that so blatantly veto physical releases. You've gotta vote with your wallet sometimes and I'm happy so many people are taking a stand against this horrible release strategy

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Epic is always more expensive than Steam for me in my country, so that's a hard pass for me.

[Jin_Sakai]

Incredible game. One of the best games of 2023.

[TRYNDAREUS]

Would love to play it but I am only a physical game buyer.

[Jin_Sakai]

I’m all digital. Hopefully they release a physical version because you shouldn’t miss out.

[shinoff2183]

I appreciate that Jin. One of theew people these days that didn't knock us people who prefer physical

There's room for all of us in gaming

[I_am_Batman]

I'm waiting for that too. To be honest a delayed physical edition can be a blessing in disguise these days as it'll have a more mature build of the game on disc instead of relying on patches to iron out the kinks. I hope Remedy understands that there is still an audience that prefers physical media. Considering they've previously released the Control Ultimate Edition including the dlc on disc on PS5, I think chances are pretty good we'll get a physical release eventually.

[Relientk77]

Make a physical copy and I'll buy it. Baldur's Gate 3 is doing it, zero reason Remedy can't with this game.

[Fist4achin]

Agreed. I'd love to see the numbers of physical purchases for BG3. I'm one of them.

[-Foxtrot]

And BG3 has gotten a nice little deluxe edition going for it with some nice goodies

Any money when Alan Wake 2 goes physical they'll do a limited edition with one of those Oh Deer Diner thermos they've been selling, possibly a variation of it.

[wiz7191]

Remedy by themselves can’t afford to pay for distribution and I think Epic isn’t trying to pay for that SMH .. I swore somebody said they would pay for it but I forgot exactly who that was.

[shinoff2183]

Lol if cosmic star heroine got a physical release, stardew valley etc remedy aint got no excuses. They are way bigger developers then most of these indies and thousands of indie games have managed physical releases

[MetroidFREAK21]

I would if I could buy it and hold it from a store...

[ravens52]

Give me a physical copy and I'll happily buy it 🤷🏾

[1nsomniac]

Already bought it on ps5. Considered double dipping several times but my 2070super doesn’t look as if it will give me enough of a bump up to be worth it.

[gold_drake]

a physical copy?

absolutely

not digital.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Once I get a Steam Deck OLED and it comes to Steam I will 😁

[Amplitude]

You really shouldnt even attempt to run Alan Wake 2 on the Deck. You CAN even from the Epic Store but this and Returnal are absolutely unplayable on it lol

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I decided to get an Xbox Series X or S instead later this month.

[Good-Smurf]

Make it physical first then.
I already "tried" it and couldn't get past the 2nd chapter it's very boring and pace is insanely slow.
Somehow the investigation part was not fun to go through at all nor is it engaging not like Detroit Become Human or L.A. Noire.

[GamingSinceForever]

I can see why it’s not for everyone. I think it’s a good game but nothing amazing. Definitely a bit overhyped.

[Abear21]

No thanks, I prefer gameplay over story sorry

[hiawa23]

Already bought. 100% digital. Great game. I have never bought games to later sell them so fine with digital.

[franwex]

Same but I’m mostly due to running out of actual physical space in real life.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

That's actually the reasons why digital is becoming more appealing to me, that and I live with a low level hoarder.

[VincentVanBro]

No physical copies and exclusive to Epic Store. No buy.

[shadowknight203]

Honestly I still haven't bought hogwarts either for the same reaso - Once I complete the story I won't touch it again, so I wait for a price point I personally can justify.

[Binarycode]

No thanks.

Overrated asf.

[starsi360]

I was looking forward to AW2 so much. But then I read that it’s nothing like the original which I loved.

Then I read a lot of comments (opinions) saying it’s basically slow, boring, a walking simulator with not a lot of combat and it just put me off. If I could buy physical I would give it a shot knowing I can trade in if I don’t click with it. But not gonna drop £50 on a digital game where I have no way of recouping some money if I don’t like it.

[solidsnake222]

I would’ve bought it on its release date if it had a physical release. I guess cutting costs and removing options from the customers doesn’t always pay off, huh Remedy?

[Amplitude]

Blame Epic, not Remedy. They have no say in the matter.
But seriously, go blame Epic. Go join the battle and spam their tweets forever til this gets an actual release.

[Knightofelemia]

When it gets a physical port I will until then I am not interested.

[lellkay]

When it's physical I will

[solidt12]

Yeah i’m waiting on physical version to. I tried to avoid buying digital versions of games unless it’s a small indie game.

[Jingsing]

For whatever reason the business side of Remedy continues to hurt them. It is always something with them.

[RhinoGamer88]

Need the PS5 on sale... hey Sony?!

[Neezaam]

It’s an amazing game! Bought on release and worth every penny

[Barlos]

No because it's digital only

[FPS_D3TH]

I will just as soon as it drops on steam

[babadivad]

Y?

[Armaggedon]

Glad to see we are not talking trash about it just because its on sale.

[tagzskie]

steam or psn with 33% off and i might bite.

[Nerdmaster]

I would, if it was available on any other PC storefront than the malware it's available on right now.

[Hofstaderman]

Release a physical version for me to add to my shelf and I will buy. I'm glad sales have taken a knock, perhaps publishers may catch a wake up call and give us the option instead of trying to force digital on us.

[Junkrad2022]

I hope everyone supports this fantastic game, i hate physical media but couldn't wait for this one.

[Barlos]

I'll support the game when the developer support the customer but giving us a physical version.

[InUrFoxHole]

Support the gamer? It's a great game. That's how they support the gamer. There's 2 sides here. The gamer crying about give me a disc and the dev crying when you finish the game and trade that disc in so some other gamer can buy it and not support the dev. I understand both sides. If they made it so you could trade in the rights to the digital copy for $ that would be great. MS said they were gonna have that but in the end it never happened

[dadis007]

When this game will be available on steam then I will buy it.

[z2g]

GOTY in my opinion. This game is so refreshing and innovative… not to mention it’s gorgeous too. I wish more studios would take this approach. Tired of superhero games and fps clones.

[Ironmike]

Being on fence about this one cos robocop intriguing to ne as well