Goes to show that nobody cared about this game enough lol
Just found it funny when i saw the release date and got reminded of this AW2 situation
So... Alan Wake 2 is pretty fucked, huh? (Edit: It can’t possibly get more fucked than this, right?)
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Just found it funny when i saw the release date and got reminded of this AW2 situation
Speaking of games getting buried, just seen the cool looking Indie horror game World of Horror is getting released October 19th.
No way I will have time for that with everything else releasing in September, October and November, December is absolutely barren in comparison.
No way I will have time for that with everything else releasing in September, October and November, December is absolutely barren in comparison.
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Yea, releasing any game in October seems like asking for trouble unless you are one of the big guns.
That cool looking Star Ocean 2 remake. Like a Dragon: Gaiden. WarioWare. Super Mario RPG.
Also WarioWare: Move It! and Star Ocean The Second Story R.
I'd think at least that works well as counter programming where number of players who are into both heavily is very low.
Not at all. MI is literally the crowd pleasing blockbuster that was expected to bury everything else. It would be analogous if Alan Wake somehow buried Spiderman, and Spidey would be MI in that case.
Yeah, COD wont be the thing that hurts Yakuza to be honest. I mean, it survived Final Fantasy and God of War games launching right beside it more than once, I doubt the overlap is really all thhat big. It just makes me laugh that Sega keeps unwittingly releasing the series next to these big releases!
It looks like a mid budget side game. I dont think sega expects or even needs huge sales numbers for it to be a success
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This October is an awful month to release smaller games. I can't imagine this game getting much if any attention if they don't move the date tbh.
To be fair to Remedy, at the time they announced the release date, there wasn't really anything else announced for that week. They probably hoped that there wouldn't be as much competition (not sure if they'd have had insight into what other developers/publishers were doing with their titles). It's unfortunate that since then, just about every other big late fall game just happens to be coming out that week/in October.
It is what it is unfortunately. Given their rationale for going digital only, I'm not expecting them to be able to pull the release date forward (they mentioned going digital only allowed them more time to finish up the game which they wouldn't have if they went with a physical release as well). Their best bet if they want space is to push back to early next year but I suspect Epic have a large say in when it comes out given they funded the development. If they don't move, we'll likely not hear for years which party was responsible for them sticking with the date.
It's a Kickstarted Gothic pixel-art metroidvania.
For its target audience, its already done its job getting attention.
Assassin's Creed Mirage backed off!
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There's an RIPD/Detective Pikachu joke here but I need help to find it...
Ubisoft decided "we don't want to crater our sales on PlayStation by going up against Spidey" and pushed the date forward instead.
Exceedingly rare W from Ubisoft.
Exceedingly rare W from Ubisoft.
It moved!
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View: https://twitter.com/alanwake/status/1692174551466316121?t=6eSBl-yNv7D-IO33ONR5Bg&s=19
Now it's out 2 days after the Alone in the Dark reboot.
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It's marginally better. Especially compared to the og release window of all the October games which had AW2 sandwiched between AC, Spidey 2 and Mario.
Now AW2 is coming a week after Mario and Spidey and AC is pretty far away.
Well I see another payday in between the 17th and the 27th, that might make buying AWII an easier pill to swallow.
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Ghostrunner 2 - October 26th
Sure just add one more who cares anymore :')
View: https://twitter.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1693574933131968909?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1693574933131968909?s=20
Getting it and playing it day one, in fact the only other game I'll get in October is Mario.
I agree that Remedy (and Epic) should try to move the game to a better timeslot, the little we have seen from the game looks amazing and it would be a shame if it bombs.
I agree that Remedy (and Epic) should try to move the game to a better timeslot, the little we have seen from the game looks amazing and it would be a shame if it bombs.
The night creatures are coming as well
How about 2 more, on the same day even
View: https://twitter.com/GamerTrader1/status/1693521016222330953
This is just harassment at this point, this saga isn't over yet.
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Devs will follow AW2 wherever it goes. Alan Wake 2 must not succeed /s
At least both of these are relatively smaller games compared to AW2 in terms of possible popularity. I know Bloodlines 2 is pretty close and there was a lot of excitement for it over the initial announcement, but that game is the definition of development hell. Here is hoping it actually turns out good (though I doubt it).
