The rest of the Alan Wake franchise (and the Control franchise, including the upcoming Control 2) are published by 505 Games or Remedy themselves, so those all get Steam releases.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

The Alan Wake 1 remaster is also published by Epic

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

It sucks because i'd love to get my hands on the Alan Wake remaster and Alan Wake II on steam if they put it on there, if only so i can have easier integration with Steam's QOL features. Maybe one day Remedy will pull what they did with the OG Alan Wake when they bought the publishing rights from Microsoft and buy the Publishing rights to Alan Wake II from Epic

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, I'm waiting for the eventual steam release

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Extremely unlikely. AW2 was funded by Epic, not just paid off to be a timed exclusive like Control (which was published by 505).

That means Epic decides where it gets distributed.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh lame. Guesd I'm never getting to play it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would think it would still do most of it's business on console regardless of which PC store it launched on.

Lack of a physical release probably hurt more than not being on Steam. When you go pure digital, you miss out on those impulse purchases.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

What? Surely seeing something popping up on steam and buying it happens far more than someone spontaneously buying a game in a store when walking around town/ a mall.

Maybe I'm a recluse, but I can't remember last time I went into a store that stocks a meaningful amount of games other than second hand shops. Are physical games really that large of a margin anymore?