No Alan Wake for PC

http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002833p1.html - I know its very bad and disturbing news but, all i can say is screw M$ and thankfully i have a 360... but i wanted to buy it on PC but thanks to M$ i cant now.... i really can't express my anger right now -.-....

It's not like console is more powerful than PC. If they are doing this because they think piracy is moreso on PC, then just release as a Steam product. Luckily I have both 360 and PC, but I'm sure if they released Alan Wake on PC it would've looked so much better.
It's there loss really, look at how many copies Bethesda sold of Oblivion and Fallout3, due to making it across all platforms.
Reminds me of Prince Of Persia devs shafting the PC supporters by only releasing the DLC epilogue on 360 only, despite the game coming out on both platforms.

It's not like console is more powerful than PC. If they are doing this because they think piracy is moreso on PC, then just release as a Steam product. Luckily I have both 360 and PC, but I'm sure if they released Alan Wake on PC it would've looked so much better.
It's there loss really, look at how many copies Bethesda sold of Oblivion and Fallout3, due to making it across all platforms.
Reminds me of Prince Of Persia devs shafting the PC supporters by only releasing the DLC epilogue on 360 only, despite the game coming out on both platforms.

chrispn

*grinds teeth and utters some words best left unspoken*

oh well the game is not that good anyways.... bcroger2

You don't know that and the game may or may not come to the PC its out in the open.

It's not a definite "no", so there's some hope.

Good point, prob reacting too soon. So maybe they are going to see how many sales they get from the 360 version first. It's not the first time this has happened. Mass Effect was released on PC way later than 360, as was Gears of War. There are prob other games as well, just can't think of them.

Oh wow.

Remedy has went from being one of my favorite devs to being utter crap in just a few weeks.

I don't even care if it comes on PC anymore, I'm not gonna buy it. If they want to kiss Microsoft's *** so much then that's their loss.

Good point, prob reacting too soon. So maybe they are going to see how many sales they get from the 360 version first. It's not the first time this has happened. Mass Effect was released on PC way later than 360, as was Gears of War. There are prob other games as well, just can't think of them.

chrispn

oh well the game is not that good anyways.... bcroger2

Wow, can you send me a copy?! :roll:

This is too bad, but the game is still gonna be great and a definite day one purchase for me.

It's not like console is more powerful than PC. If they are doing this because they think piracy is moreso on PC, then just release as a Steam product.

chrispn

Why do people have this fake perception that steam games cant be pirated? stem games are pirated just like any other game.

Watch it coming out for PC next Autumn, just in time for the second Larrabee generation.

oh well the game is not that good anyways.... bcroger2

Stfu.

oh well the game is not that good anyways.... bcroger2

Honestly: I don't care about Alan Wake because the game was into developement for Vista and Vista isn't under my radar. I didn't play Max Payne games and I'm not fan of survival horror or thriller games -I have a 360, a PSX, PS2 nand PS3 and I didnt't play a single Silent Hill or Resident Evil since PSX.

Also, I didn't care about Microsoft movements towards to PC gaming market because is obvious from long time ago that MS is a notorious ENEMY of the PC gamer, so I react coherently avoiding any game related with GFWL.

We will not have Alan Wake and THEY will not have ArmA II or Starcraft II, is fair to me :)

Honestly: I don't care about Alan Wake because the game was into developement for Vista and Vista isn't under my radar. I didn't play Max Payne games and I'm not fan of survival horror or thriller games -I have a 360, a PSX, PS2 nand PS3 and I didnt't play a single Silent Hill or Resident Evil since PSX.

Also, I didn't care about Microsoft movements towards to PC gaming market because is obvious from long time ago that MS is a notorious ENEMY of the PC gamer, so I react coherently avoiding any game related with GFWL.

We will not have Alan Wake and THEY will not have ArmA II or Starcraft II, is fair to me :)

Ondoval

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It's not like console is more powerful than PC. If they are doing this because they think piracy is moreso on PC, then just release as a Steam product.

warmaster670

Why do people have this fake perception that steam games cant be pirated? stem games are pirated just like any other game.

They can be, but it is harder.

Apparently I had the wrong idea, but from many of the tech demos it had seemed like PC was the lead platform. While I understand that devs and publishers have fiscal reasons to gear their games towards consoles, I've been annoyed at the recent slew of PC games that have been difficult to play because of poor port jobs. Far Cry 2, Saints Row 2, and Unreal Tournament 3, anyone?kodex1717

How was UT3 difficult to play? i played it just fine, and its even better now with the last big patch.

This is just so bizarre. It's development started with the PC in mind. I have the console to play it, but in a weird way I hope the game sucks and fails now. Besides, they took way too long to develop it. 5 years ago they show it at E3, then nothing for the next 4 years, then suddenly show it again. And now they say it still won't be done until next year.

horrible decision. Even though i have a 360, i wont buy it.

Pc is the way to go.

M$ sucks

How was UT3 difficult to play? i played it just fine, and its even better now with the last big patch.warmaster670

At least the enw MechWarrior will stay true to PC!! Oh wait...

[QUOTE="warmaster670"]How was UT3 difficult to play? i played it just fine, and its even better now with the last big patch.kodex1717

Noooooooo!!! I was so looking forward to Alan Wake.

No PC = No Sale! :evil:

[QUOTE="bcroger2"]oh well the game is not that good anyways.... BioShockOwnz

Wow, can you send me a copy?! :roll:

This is too bad, but the game is still gonna be great and a definite day one purchase for me.

Wow, that's a shocker - for some foolish reason, I had always thought that Alan Wake was a PC game first and foremost. Guess I was wrong about that. Oh well, this is why my 360 is in my closet. I dust it off whenever I'm forced to.

who cares,screw them,the game is nothing new anyway

My two cents is that Alan wake is nothing more than a generic survival-horror genre game with washed out visuals compared to some of the great games we have today, I mean come on, the shooting mechanics look like crap.

Disappointing news

Pc is the way to go.

M$ sucks

ProductNumber49

funny how i was just reading this yesterday: http://www.industrygamers.com/galleries/opinion-who-killed-pc-gaming/8/Kh1ndjal

That article is flawed for a number of reasons.

First and foremost, PC gaming isn't dying. The foundation for that article, the NPD sales figures, is flawed. They only take into account boxed retail sales. Digital distribution and subscription charges aren't factored in. And considering that digital distribution services such as Steam, direct2drive, and impulse etc have come into the mainstream within the past 2 years, i'd imagine that they account for quite a large chunk of sales.

I do agree that a couple of points in the article hurt PC gaming (namely DRM, and Microsoft), but it certainly isn't dying. I think that blaming piracy is a cop-out however. People like Epic blame piracy for poor sales for Gears of War, but ignore the fact that the game had already been out on 360 for some time, and a large percentage of the audience interested had already played it on the console. The game also had quite a few issues from what I remember. It's true that piracy is indeed an issue, but it's an issue on consoles too. But instead of addressing it, they either slap some **** drm and limited instals onto the game (which hurts the legitamate customers mostly) and do a half-assed port job or they don't develop it for PC at all.

PC gaming will always have better controls, more custimization, better graphics, mods, the best multiplayer around (8v8 or 32v32, hmm tough choice), and the best community. PC gaming will never die.

As for Alan Wake, I could care less. Big mistake on their part imo, they're gonna be pissing off a lot of people and losing quite a few potential customers.

It's not like console is more powerful than PC. If they are doing this because they think piracy is moreso on PC, then just release as a Steam product. Luckily I have both 360 and PC, but I'm sure if they released Alan Wake on PC it would've looked so much better.
It's there loss really, look at how many copies Bethesda sold of Oblivion and Fallout3, due to making it across all platforms.
Reminds me of Prince Of Persia devs shafting the PC supporters by only releasing the DLC epilogue on 360 only, despite the game coming out on both platforms.

chrispn

The matter is not about Piracy or not Microsh!t wants to make the 360 owners to have it first then releaseing more powerful one on the PC and here you go you buy the game twice

funny how i was just reading this yesterday: http://www.industrygamers.com/galleries/opinion-who-killed-pc-gaming/8/Kh1ndjal

I am really dissapointed in Remedy. I don't think piracy is the issue here, the Max Payne games sold really well on PC so i can't see Alan Wake not doing the same. Alan Wake has been in development for 5 (five!) years now and they can only bring this on one platform ? I say that's poor use of the resources they have at remedy.
Luckily I still have a 360 so I'm not mad or anything, but i would ratter have gotten it for PC.

i just dont know why alot of people are eager to prove that PC gaming is dying.you hate PC gaming then stfu and dont game on PC

No shock since MS is the publisher, I actually said this would happen like over a year ago and people laughed and started babbling about quad-cores and dx10.

Xbox from the beginning has been all about bringing PC games to consoles at the expense of PC. Look at what they did to Ensemble, making the creators of multimillion selling PC franchise work on a 360 exclusive before shutting them down is about as clear as signs get.

MS wants to divide the market so that gaming and entertainment happens on Xbox, while work and internet happen on Windows, that way people buy both. As simple as that.

Well I had heard that Remedy wanted to have DX11 features in the game, so it would have a delayed release (and MS could get more people to buy it for the 360 at that time, hence royalties, and still have a DX11 "poster child" for the future). But if the PC version is pretty much put on hold until further notice or just cancelled outright, that sucks. I really could've cared less about the game in the first place, but this is a matter of principle. MS is pretty much trying to kill PC gaming because there is more money to be made on the 360. DX11 not only is for a newer graphics interface to have true DX9 game functionality, but it's made for GPGPU computing as well, which means MS is possibly trying to use DX11 as an excuse for everyone to adopt Windows 7 for the GPGPU capabilities, not for games really. Bunch of bastards. I really wish PC developers would just switch to OpenGL and OpenCL which are both usable across Windows, Mac OS, and Linux OS, and probably Solaris as well. If Cedega or Wine worked perfectly, I swear I'd never use Windows again.

Luckily some PC developers keep the faith, most notably Blizzard. I'm fairly sure there will be 360 and PS3 versions of Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 in the future, but for now (and I hope forever) it remains PC excllusive. Especially SC2, the sales for that are guarranteed to reach 5 million units easy, and probably more since South Koreans are obsessed with it. Those are two exclusives that are pretty much sure-fire hits, as well as Battlefield 3 when DICE quits copping out and comes back to making a real Battlefield game that we've been waiting four years for. It's supposedly in development currently, but they are keeping the lid on it. I just hope it's not on consoles, as it'll be watered down if it is. And I can't forget my Eastern European friends for keeping the faith since they know people there are not going to spend their money on a toy like a console, they need something useful, like a PC which just happens to be a capable gaming platform with a reasonably priced upgrade in the form of a video card if it doesn't have one already.

MS is just creating fear and pushing devs to go 360 since it makes them royalties and more money than PC only games can.

blame it on Miscrosoft, not Remedy. as a publisher, Microsoft makes the rules on how and when this game is released.

PC gaming will propably never die, but it sure is in a bit of a trouble these days. console games just sell sh**loads more than PC games, and it's not a cheap process making a modern game, so it's too risky for companies to invest lot of time and money on a PC game. it makes sense cos they ain't charity workers, but it's still a little sad news.

but it still ain't dead. we have Diablo 3 and Battlefield 3 coming our way. and many more.

i think that the key to a succesful PC game is a solid online content (WoW and all the other games you play mostly online) wich makes the pirated versions useless. Alan Wake ain't based on multiplaying, so they propably know what lies ahead...

god you act like you don't have enough games coming out. alan wake would have been a blip on the radar with the amount of game coming between october to march 2010. in any case, it will come out on PC. Microsoft is not stupid. i still remember all those quad core/vista demomstration videos they had of alan wake. A console could never match the capabilities they showed in those videos. It will probably come out on the console first and then the PC at a later date. i woudn't be surprised if they made it a windows 7 exclusive because MS needs something big to sell that platform (although 7 does look kick ass already). so don't fear PC brethren the game will see the light of day. Alan will Awake.