selection7 wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 21:21:
It is not true that just because something about a game is upsetting, we should boycott...or anything close to that. Supporting the platform, however, will get their attention. It's not rocket science.

Dades wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 07:09:
Microsoft made it one of their little exclusives as they have done with many other games, it was completely unnecessary. Saying I didn't buy Alan Wake PC because his facial animations are dumb is no less emotional and arbitrary than not buying it because it was out on the consoles first. Of course people should threaten not to buy it if something upset them, that's a big part of how the consumer and corporation feedback process works. Were they supposed to fill out surveys and send flowers instead with a little card saying oh poor Remedy, you took a sack full of microsoft money to not release the game but we understand! Maybe in your world everyone is a robot who doesn't let anything affect their incredibly objective world view but the rest of us live somewhere else.

Prez wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 20:12:

Jerykk wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 13:21:

Microsoft had no real reason to make this a console exclusive, unlike with Halo.

Uh, what? If MS had their way, every game in existence would be an X360 exclusive. Who paid $50 million for GTA4 DLC timed exclusivity? Oh, that's right, MS did. $50 million. For timed exclusivity. I can only imagine how much they've paid for CoD DLC timed exclusivity. MS made Alan Wake an X360 exclusive, not Remedy.

Seriously. Beamer may have some insider knowledge about Remedy and their finances, but it sounds like he doesn't have a clue about Microsoft's (plainly apparent) gaming strategy.

Jerykk wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 13:21:

Microsoft had no real reason to make this a console exclusive, unlike with Halo.

Uh, what? If MS had their way, every game in existence would be an X360 exclusive. Who paid $50 million for GTA4 DLC timed exclusivity? Oh, that's right, MS did. $50 million. For timed exclusivity. I can only imagine how much they've paid for CoD DLC timed exclusivity. MS made Alan Wake an X360 exclusive, not Remedy.

Microsoft had no real reason to make this a console exclusive, unlike with Halo.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 15:49:

Beamer wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 13:47:
Verno, this wasn't an arbitrary decision. They ran out of time and money. Something had to give. The PC version was what gave.

No. They decided that rather than releasing it on PC, as they had previously asserted, that they'd whore themselves out to Microsoft to make it a X360 exclusive. And it's a pisstake to come back to PC gamers, after what is approaching two years later, and try to claim they still care.

If companies produce decent games then they can sell incredibly well. Afterall, the Civilization series is pretty niche and PC exclusive yet Civ4 sold well over 3 million copies. And Call Of Duty isn't released on PC because of the fans... it's because it sells bucketloads and more than pays for itself.

Remedy can go back to sucking off Microsoft. PC gamers will save their money for developers / publishers that actually give a shit... and COD, apparently.

selection7 wrote on Dec 14, 2011, 03:45:
I can't believe the decision was arbitrary, and regardless of how it was marketed, when the PC title was pulled it wasn't done to piss you off. My point still stands to not take it personally. Of course, if you ran an AlanWake PC fansite, that's something else, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's not the case here.

They decided that rather than releasing it on PC, as they had previously asserted, that they'd whore themselves out to Microsoft to make it a X360 exclusive. And it's a pisstake to come back to PC gamers, after what is approaching two years later, and try to claim they still care.

Beamer wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 13:47:
Verno, this wasn't an arbitrary decision. They ran out of time and money. Something had to give. The PC version was what gave.

PHJF wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 14:16:
What I do have a problem with is announcing a promising new IP for the PC complete with fancy showings at E3 and then years into development saying, "oh wait, we're just going to make it a 360 exclusive instead." That's called a dick move.

What I do have a problem with is announcing a promising new IP for the PC complete with fancy showings at E3 and then years into development saying, "oh wait, we're just going to make it a 360 exclusive instead." That's called a dick move. Microsoft.

D-Rock wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 10:50:
"...we somehow ignored that..."

What?!? Is he serious?!? 'Somehow'?

Oops! I slipped, fell, and suddenly found myself ignoring the entire PC platform! You know, the platform that put us on the map and made us a highly respected developer...for a little while.

Alan Wake took way too long to be released, and the teasing they did with the initially promised PC version was annoying. I'm done with these guys. Based on other responses in these comments, so is everyone else. Their self-fulfilling prophecy has come to fruition. You want console only releases because you feel it's not worth your time? You got it. Don't waste your time then.

What I'm trying to say is, don't be a baby. When a company doensn't release a game on PC, they're not making that decision just to piss you off. I was looking forward to the game and I still am...if it's good.

Joss wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 12:37:

Creston wrote on Dec 13, 2011, 10:34:
Walking around dark areas with a flashlight. Sounds thrilling.

It is in Skyrim!

In fact, people not buying PC games in certain situations is what led them to make the decision in the first place