• PerfectDark@lemmy.worldM
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    13 hours ago

    Quite literally would not have existed had Epic not funded it. Lake shopped it around for the better part of a decade seeing if anyone would be interested in funding it, but no one besides Epic would.

    So, again, this game would not exist if Epic wasn’t involved.

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      11 hours ago

      It’s a shame people don’t seem to realise this. I have genuinely no idea why you’re getting downvoted. I guess people on Lemmy just hate Epic that much. I think if the Epic Store was the last food source on Earth, over half of Lemmy would voluntarily starve to death.

      Anyway, it’s a real shame what happened. Alan Wake 2 is a true masterpiece and yet it needed like a year and a half post release to just break even. It makes me fear that we won’t ever see another Alan Wake game as ambitious and amazing.

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        3 hours ago

        Yes, it’s an unfortunate reality that EGS was the only option. But still, my hope is that someone can crunch the stats and prove to future publishers that the revenue delta can be attributed to EGS exclusivity.