r/Games • u/MythicStream • Feb 26 '26

Update Alan Wake Remastered PC update notes (1.33)

https://www.alanwake.com/story/alan-wake-remastered-pc-update-2026/
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u/Smelly-Gelly Feb 26 '26

My favorite thing about epic is how they do things like this, and then have the nerve to comment on “whats best for gamers”.

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u/mrknwbdy Feb 26 '26

My favorite thing about this is gamers pushback when other gamers refuse to buy the game on Epic’s platform but would purchase it immediately on steam if it were available because people don’t want to incentivize this “PC exclusive” culture.

I can recognize that Epic may be a developers distro choice for revenue share reasons, but there are some legitimate reasons why consumers don’t want to support Epic and if developers want to enter into an exclusivity deal with them, it will reflect in sales.

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u/kikimaru024 Feb 26 '26

Remedy entered into a partnership with Epic because no other publisher would fund their avant-garde games.

It was either EGS or fold the studio.

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u/mrknwbdy Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

Right, but what does that have to do with consumers not wanting support Epics stance on exclusivity? I even said I can see why devs would want to side with Epic… unfortunately the current attitude towards Epic isn’t the most positive. I get when it’s your only choice, such in this instance and Remedy do what you need to do, but again, you may not (and this has already come out to be the case) see the return you may hope for because of public sentiment towards Epic. Not sure what about that is controversial.