Thanks SAREK


Nuhr,

Silver spoon? No, I'm just not a fool who parts with his hard earned money that easily.

Do you honestly believe that 360 exclusivity is the right decision? Do you actually understand why people are slightly agitated?

Arrogant? No. Stubborn and informed, yes.

One not that kind of review:
http://www.reviewwithextremeprejudice.com/?s=Alan+Wake
Apparently, Alan "heard the good news" and now is spreading God's will to never-believers, using faith based flashlight, which is powered by God's love... and a 45mm Magnum...

some short question here: will alan wake be released as a computer game too or just xbox360?

The game will not be released on PC, 360-only.

The answer to this has been the subject of some fierce argum... err, discussion over the last couple of pages in this very thread, not to mention many gaming forums/websites on the net.

Don't care on what platform it comes, I want it!

Take a look at this screenshot, that one book cover reminds me of CoR somehow. I hope AW is also into good music and we are able to hit the record shop just around the corner.

And I just preordered the Limited Collector's Edition. So can't wait!

Once it was Windows Vista Exclusive, it died. Now it's Xbox exclusive.

It might die. But mind you, you are the customer. If united you have the power.

Alan Wake will get released on PC, in time. Exclusives don't live long on dying platforms. Just don't buy it right now, when it gets released the first time.

Actually, PC is the dying platform (not just in this case).

Really didn't want this topic to go to this direction but I just need to reply.



Not really, pc gaming is absolutely very much alive. MMORPGs (cough, WoW for example) are extremely popular, same with fps games (check out Battlefield Bad Company 2 sales, at least in some point PC had way much more sales than the console ones), RTS and many other genres are also popular on pc.

Consoles in the other hand, dominate the market compared to the pc sales in most cases, one factor is the piracy, which is a way bigger problem on pc games market. This is why some pc developers have stopped making games for pc, they want maximum profit and pc games aren't that secure way to do that anymore.

But saying that pc is the dying platform is just nonsense. PC has very strong playerbase and that will not change, some people just prefer mouse and keyboard over controller. I am one of those guys who like to play FPS games with keyboard and mouse instead of a controller. It just feels more comfortable for me. Good games sell well despite of the piracy, Valve is one good example of how quality does bring sales.

I am not against consoles, not at all, but if I have to choose between a PC version over a console version of a game, usually the PC version wins. Of course, racing games are much more fun with a controller and same goes for fighting games, it depends a lot of the game.

I see that the only problem that could bring down pc gaming's success is the piracy and how the developers stop making games for pc because of it. Developers want cash, and because console versions usually sell much better, they may entirely drop the pc version out. What comes to Alan Wake's case, I just think it was Microsoft's call to get more consoles sold, xbox 360 doesn't really have many powerful exclusive titles like for example PS3 (Heavy Rain, God of War 3 etc.). I would have loved the freedom of having a choice to choose the platform I'd wish to play the game on, but I guess now the guys with big pay rolls have chosen the platform for me. Money makes the world go round

PC gaming is not dying because lack of interest, but because, as you said, developers prefer consoles to reduce piracy. Second: multi-platform gaming. This could be done, especially as many consoles use OpenGL. But there comes again money, so devs make sure that certain game will not run on other OpenGL console, despite that controllers and hardware are very similar by functionality.

Yet I agree with your points, but I still very strongly think that the word 'dying' is just so wrong word to describe what's happening to pc gaming at the moment. PC gaming is not going to fade away, there will always be demand for it, and that demand will prevent pc gaming from dying.

Even if it came to that point that developers would entirely stop making any games for pc because of whatever reasons, I am sure that the pc hardware makers (Intel, Amd, Nvidia etc.) would step in to stop it from happening by example paying developers enough (sponsor) so that the developers would have interest of making the games for pc.

Why would manufactorers do that? Well, selling pc hardware is a big business and selling hardware for normal usage (so not counting server level hardware) is a big part of it, this includes selling new hardware for example pc gamers. So, unless someone comes up with some absolutely extraordinary gaming device that makes pc gaming entirely pointless, I don't see pc gaming going anywhere for a loooooooooooooooong time. Which is a good thing for everyone (too tired to list the reasons. If you don't see any valid points, think about it for a moment... I am sure you'll find at least few reasons eventually).

But no more off-topic from me, I just wanted to throw in my thoughts.

Hopefully Alan Wake lives up to its hype

You are quite right. "Dying" is too strong word. But it's enough majority of game developers to release their big hits only for certain platform, and rest of the PC games to come only from smaller companies (which could make good games, but are living in the shadow of the giants). Every software/game, no matter how simple it is, could eat monstrous amounts of RAM and VRAM, so upgrades will be always needed. Take MS for example. Every new Windows release cuts off hardware support and owners of older PCs need to upgrade. Not to mention that all their ads suggest you to buy the newest hardware for "Ultimate eXPerience". PC gaming won't die completely, it would be crippled to death.

Every new Windows cuts off old hardware because every version contains new code which simply doesn't run on older hardware. If they re-released Windows 7 and just changed the name to Windows 8, you'd (rightfully) complain about having been ripped. Why are people failing to see that writing software is an incredibly complex task which simply requires enormous amounts of manpower, skill and time and therefore cannot be written to support all kinds of hardware.


Are you also mad about your parents having to buy a new TV because the first ones did not support colour-TV ? would you like watching TV in nothing but white, black and a few shades of grey ? I don't think so, however I don't know you, so I can be wrong, of course.

People always want the best-working, most reliable, most performant device available, however it must not cost much money and should actually be handed out to everybody for free.

Economics doesn't work that way. If you want something, you must pay for it. If you want something that is well-designed, you must either pay more or get the cheaper, inferior stuff.

A new MUST SEE trailer! It's awesome.

Alan Wake's appearance on the Harry Garrett Show

A MUST SEE is WAY understated, just brilliant vid.

I take it you also noticed the "musical guest" in the end.

Absolutely! It truly made my day.

I'd say growing and spreading. PC gaming will always lead in graphical advancements and gameplay.
Valve are releasing their Steam client along with Source games for Mac, other developers will follow suit and release on Steam.

What a great video. If that's not cool, what is ?

Why can't it be mid-May yet ?

ahahah, loved it

In what country is that show? Sounds like it's dubbed.

In the country of Imaginaryland, dude.

Sure

It's a fictional TV show in Alan Wake, ___I guess___!

Love it so much )))))

Fictional? Mwuhahaha xD In that case I expected some animation kinda video, not real footage! LOL @ this one!

Anyone who sees this would think it's a late night show like only America can have them...

But yeah... Alan Wake books...should've figured it wasn't right...

You didn't hear that from me either...


+1

That's right, we heard it from Admin a month ago. I hope that stuff with hidden messages only visible on flashlight... maybe a POTF logo out there?

It does, and the blue-black book cover and the posters on the walls that say Alan Wake, they have something vaguely morpho-like about them