Anyone think Alan Wake will come to PC?

Just wondering what people's guesses are on this,

I'm sure it'll remain an Xbox exclusive for awhile, but since the PC is still Microsoft I'm hoping they'll port it over in the future.

Alan Wake was originally planned to be on the PC as well, so maybe they'll get on that later on, even if it means a year later.

I got rid of my xbox due to the fact that my PC can run all the high rated games for the consoles (AC2, DA:O etc.) and the exclusives weren't too appealing, hopefully that wasn't a bad decision lol

Microsoft aren't interested in the PC anymore. If the push comes it will come from remedy who hopefully signed a contract to the effect of console exclusivity on the 360 for ~6 months and can release the game later this year or early next year on PC. It would not be a hard port and I don't think Remedy have abandoned PC, just whether or not their contractual obligations allow them to port it across mainly.

I'm still more confident than not that there will be a PC version, hopefully not more than a year away.

Microsoft stop caring about the PC market for a while now, so i wouldnt hold my breath.

Only way i see it coming to PC is if and only if it sells badly on the 360 and microsoft wants to make a bit of cash by releasing it on pc.

Anyone else remember when Alan Wake was sponsored by Intel to advertise quad core? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saqTUxdLdS0

Anyone else remember when Alan Wake was sponsored by Intel to advertise quad core? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saqTUxdLdS0

Cranler

I believe that Alan Wake will come to PC next year.

I cared for this game back in 2006, but now I've lost all the interest I had for it.

I got rid of my xbox due to the fact that my PC can run all the high rated games for the consoles (AC2, DA:O etc.) and the exclusives weren't too appealing, hopefully that wasn't a bad decision lol

Jordo321

I don't care whether this or any other console exclusive will come to PC or not...but,

now you can get yourself a 360 and we will have one less person making "will xxxx come to PC?" threads.

I cared for this game back in 2006, but now I've lost all the interest I had for it.

dinuattila

Meh, I'd rather have Red Dead Redemption.

Meh, I'd rather have Red Dead Redemption.

B45AK

[QUOTE="B45AK"]

Meh, I'd rather have Red Dead Redemption.

FelipeInside

I dreamed a dream where Remedy spent 5 years on a project and released the game of a generation on the PC and 360 - now that dream is gone from me forever.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="B45AK"]

Meh, I'd rather have Red Dead Redemption.

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] I keep on hearing lots about this game.... What's all the fuss about?FelipeInside

why another thread like this? why just why?

[QUOTE="dinuattila"]

I cared for this game back in 2006, but now I've lost all the interest I had for it.

dakan45

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="B45AK"]

Meh, I'd rather have Red Dead Redemption.

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="dinuattila"]

I cared for this game back in 2006, but now I've lost all the interest I had for it.

TerrorRizzing

By your logic

Halo 3 = PC Release

We can keep dreaming

they should release it on pc

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] I keep on hearing lots about this game.... What's all the fuss about?TerrorRizzing

By your logic

Halo 3 = PC Release

We can keep dreaming

ventnor

So far it looks better than gta iv, i guess thats something for the consoles ;) Lets see how ign and gamespot will rate it. dakan45

I think you are being a bit unfair to GTA 4 here comparing it with Alan Wake, there is a perfectly valid reason why GTA 4 doesn't have the most impressive visuals on the planet and that is down to GTA 4 being a sandbox, go anywhere do anything game. Alan Wake on the other hand is no longer an open world sandbox game that has been ditched and I now believe the game is a linear horror third person game. Now if you make your game linear and restrict where players can go then naturally you can beef up the graphics on a console (hence the reason they ditched the sand box aspect).

I find PC gamers baffling at times I understand the bad blood that Alan Wake has caused with PC gamers but we should put it past us now. No amount of us wishing and hoping will bring this game to the PC. Microsoft clearly see the PC as a threat to it's console they know that letting PC gaming die will not affect their OS sales one bit so they are quite happy to let PC gaming flounder and die.

In the mean time Microsoft know that gamers are junkies and if you force them to buy an xbox 360 they will do it. That is why I will not touch Alan Wake I am not going to buy an Xbox 360 to play it and if they ever do bring it to the PC I won't be in too much of a hurry to give Remedy my money. I am quite happy to support developers that treat me with respect and show me they want my custom, Remedy are acting like douchebags towards PC gamers and I don't want to reward this kind of attitude

[QUOTE="dakan45"]So far it looks better than gta iv, i guess thats something for the consoles ;) Lets see how ign and gamespot will rate it. charmingcharlie

I think you are being a bit unfair to GTA 4 here comparing it with Alan Wake, there is a perfectly valid reason why GTA 4 doesn't have the most impressive visuals on the planet and that is down to GTA 4 being a sandbox, go anywhere do anything game. Alan Wake on the other hand is no longer an open world sandbox game that has been ditched and I now believe the game is a linear horror third person game. Now if you make your game linear and restrict where players can go then naturally you can beef up the graphics on a console (hence the reason they ditched the sand box aspect).

I find PC gamers baffling at times I understand the bad blood that Alan Wake has caused with PC gamers but we should put it past us now. No amount of us wishing and hoping will bring this game to the PC. Microsoft clearly see the PC as a threat to it's console they know that letting PC gaming die will not affect their OS sales one bit so they are quite happy to let PC gaming flounder and die.

In the mean time Microsoft know that gamers are junkies and if you force them to buy an xbox 360 they will do it. That is why I will not touch Alan Wake I am not going to buy an Xbox 360 to play it and if they ever do bring it to the PC I won't be in too much of a hurry to give Remedy my money. I am quite happy to support developers that treat me with respect and show me they want my custom, Remedy are acting like douchebags towards PC gamers and I don't want to reward this kind of attitude

[QUOTE="ventnor"]

By your logic

Halo 3 = PC Release

We can keep dreaming

GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="ventnor"]

By your logic

Halo 3 = PC Release

We can keep dreaming

V4LENT1NE

you take these things way too serious.TerrorRizzing

Some people don't take these things seriously enough, I am not going to go and fire bomb Remedy's headquarters or anything but I do believe PC gamers need to start sending a message to developers and the only way we can do that is with our wallet. We need to show developers that if you neglect the PC just to make a fast buck on the consoles then you will lose out in the long run. Meanwhile developers that DO bring games to the PC at the same time as the console should be rewarded and shown that if you do this then you will be rewarded with good sales of your product.

This attitude of "oh I will buy it on the console now and re-buy it on the PC when it comes out" is doing nothing but harm to the PC format. You are the reason why developers hold PC games off the PC and releasae the console version first.

Now I was initially interested in Alan Wake a few years ago, my interest nose dived when they ditched the sandbox world idea and then it dropped right off the radar when it was announced as an Xbox exclusive (sic). As far as I can see Remedy doesn't want my money so I am not going to beg and plead to give them my money and that will go for any Remedy titles in future.

Well guys. My friend just sent me an interesting link. He somehow found a PC version of Alan Wake. It's on an illegal website of course. It's apparently the 'Beta/review' version. Reading through the comments is quite funny too.b-u-r-p

[QUOTE="dakan45"]So far it looks better than gta iv, i guess thats something for the consoles ;) Lets see how ign and gamespot will rate it. charmingcharlie

I think you are being a bit unfair to GTA 4 here comparing it with Alan Wake, there is a perfectly valid reason why GTA 4 doesn't have the most impressive visuals on the planet and that is down to GTA 4 being a sandbox, go anywhere do anything game. Alan Wake on the other hand is no longer an open world sandbox game that has been ditched and I now believe the game is a linear horror third person game. Now if you make your game linear and restrict where players can go then naturally you can beef up the graphics on a console (hence the reason they ditched the sand box aspect).

I find PC gamers baffling at times I understand the bad blood that Alan Wake has caused with PC gamers but we should put it past us now. No amount of us wishing and hoping will bring this game to the PC. Microsoft clearly see the PC as a threat to it's console they know that letting PC gaming die will not affect their OS sales one bit so they are quite happy to let PC gaming flounder and die.

In the mean time Microsoft know that gamers are junkies and if you force them to buy an xbox 360 they will do it. That is why I will not touch Alan Wake I am not going to buy an Xbox 360 to play it and if they ever do bring it to the PC I won't be in too much of a hurry to give Remedy my money. I am quite happy to support developers that treat me with respect and show me they want my custom, Remedy are acting like douchebags towards PC gamers and I don't want to reward this kind of attitude

Well guys. My friend just sent me an interesting link. He somehow found a PC version of Alan Wake. It's on an illegal website of course. It's apparently the 'Beta/review' version. Reading through the comments is quite funny too.b-u-r-p

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] I keep on hearing lots about this game.... What's all the fuss about?TerrorRizzing

This, coupled with the fact that they are giving out EXCLUSIVE content to gamestop preorders would lead me to believe that this game is nothing worth getting excited for.. They are trying to get money from people that dont really know all that much about the game.

red dead redemption looked even better than gta iv, character models that is...dakan45

Again it is an unfair comparison to compare Red Dead with GTA 4, for a starters the game isn't even out yet so we don't know just how well RDR runs on consoles. Sure we have seen Rockstar videos but come on they are hardly likely to put up videos displaying RDR in a bad light. I have even heard that on some of the carefully crafted RDR videos you could see frame rate issues.

Secondly last time I checked my history there weren't any skyscrapers in the wild west (although I could be wrong cowboy **** never interested me) so RDR will not have to render 600ft skyscrapers. I have been heavily critical of GTA 4 on the PC but even I admit that Liberty City is fantastically detailed. A modern 21st Century city will have a lot more detail and objects to render than a 19th century shanty town. The reason why RDR can be better graphically and be bigger is down to the fact that there is much less for the engine to render and draw, You can see this in miniture in games like Just Cause 2, when I am in the desert in JC 2 I get 60 fps but the minute I get into the city in JC 2 the frame rate drops to 30fps.

Any way we are getting way off topic, I just don't think it is fair to compare Alan Wake's graphics to GTA 4's. The same goes for RDR vs GTA 4 whilst they are both sandbox games the themes of both games are so radically different that it is an unfair comparison.

Getting back on the topic of Alan Wake if Remedy had stuck to the original brief of making AW an open world sand box game I would be more gutted than I am now that it is exclusive to the xbox 360 (sic) but the fact they changed the direction of the game so drastically it is no longer a game I would be interested in on the PC. I don't think this game will come to the PC, Microsoft are in fierce competition with the PS3 and they now see the PC as a competitor to their console and won't do the PC any favours if they can help it.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="ventnor"]

By your logic

Halo 3 = PC Release

We can keep dreaming

V4LENT1NE

microsoft stoped caring bout pc gamer a looooong time ago

microsoft stoped caring bout pc gamer a looooong time ago

ckuwiy2

This, coupled with the fact that they are giving out EXCLUSIVE content to gamestop preorders would lead me to believe th

at this game is nothing worth getting excited for.. They are trying to get money from people that dont really know all that much about the game.4th3ist

Again it is an unfair comparison to compare Red Dead with GTA 4, for a starters the game isn't even out yet so we don't know just how well RDR runs on consoles. Sure we have seen Rockstar videos but come on they are hardly likely to put up videos displaying RDR in a bad light. I have even heard that on some of the carefully crafted RDR videos you could see frame rate issues.

Secondly last time I checked my history there weren't any skyscrapers in the wild west (although I could be wrong cowboy **** never interested me) so RDR will not have to render 600ft skyscrapers. I have been heavily critical of GTA 4 on the PC but even I admit that Liberty City is fantastically detailed. A modern 21st Century city will have a lot more detail and objects to render than a 19th century shanty town. The reason why RDR can be better graphically and be bigger is down to the fact that there is much less for the engine to render and draw, You can see this in miniture in games like Just Cause 2, when I am in the desert in JC 2 I get 60 fps but the minute I get into the city in JC 2 the frame rate drops to 30fps.

Any way we are getting way off topic, I just don't think it is fair to compare Alan Wake's graphics to GTA 4's. The same goes for RDR vs GTA 4 whilst they are both sandbox games the themes of both games are so radically different that it is an unfair comparison.

Getting back on the topic of Alan Wake if Remedy had stuck to the original brief of making AW an open world sand box game I would be more gutted than I am now that it is exclusive to the xbox 360 (sic) but the fact they changed the direction of the game so drastically it is no longer a game I would be interested in on the PC. I don't think this game will come to the PC, Microsoft are in fierce competition with the PS3 and they now see the PC as a competitor to their console and won't do the PC any favours if they can help it.charmingcharlie

You can see the framerate issues even in the videos, and maybe it does not have buildings but reviews said the maps are so big and full of quest that tis comparable with fallout 3. [

No they didn't, if they don't care then keep GFWL alive? We get the same service Xbox players pay for, even achievement points. And why force the GFWL logo on so many games? It's obvious they care.GeneralShowzer

Joke? If they care they would not use live at all. Its a pointless addition, i always stay offline i dont give a damn about the achievements.

I think it will. I don't think the game has been quite the mega-hit they were expecting on the consoles. So to help bump up the profits, they will make it an easy port to the pc. Heck, it originally was being developed exclusively for the pc, so how hard could it be to port a pc game to the pc? But even if it comes, I can't say I would be terribly excited. The game sounds good but not great.

I think it will. I don't think the game has been quite the mega-hit they were expecting on the consoles. So to help bump up the profits, they will make it an easy port to the pc. Heck, it originally was being developed exclusively for the pc, so how hard could it be to port a pc game to the pc? But even if it comes, I can't say I would be terribly excited. The game sounds good but not great.

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