Alan Wake PC plans 'up in the air'
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Jul 10th 2009 at 10:45AM } 
When pushed further, Lake repeated that "plans are open" and the company will "evaluate the situation and see what makes sense." Given our wide range of programming expertise, we know that Xbox 360-to-PC (and vice versa) development is only a slightly more evolved form of ctrl-c, ctrl-v, so what's going on with Mr. Wake is a bit of a mystery to us.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Captain Planet @ Jul 10th 2009 10:52AM
Just come the fuck out already!
yokel @ Jul 10th 2009 10:52AM
sigh...PC gamers get the shaft again.
BigD145 @ Jul 10th 2009 11:19AM
It'll be Saints Row 2 all over again.
Shagittarius @ Jul 10th 2009 11:41AM
I'm betting this game is gonna be shit, so consider yourself lucky no PC release.
Gamer4Life @ Jul 10th 2009 11:46AM
@Shagittarius you constantly keep bitching about console games, face it PC gaming sucks.
AsherR @ Jul 10th 2009 11:49AM
Surprised?
I may get this on Gamefly for 360 and then purchase it when it comes out for PC.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 12:03PM
Gamer4Life, how does PC gaming suck exactly? I could say console gaming sucks as well.
Gamer4Life @ Jul 10th 2009 12:55PM
@nerdydesi M/KB is an uncomfortable interface (less precise I find too), cumbersome controls, too expensive, games don't always work when they should, manual installs, few games worth touching on PC, often games force shitty DRM on users, piracy on PC is unparalleled.
I gave up on PC gaming years ago, consoles do the job of gaming far better then PCs, and I can keep my gaming safe from the pit falls of the internet (virus/spyware/pop ups (yes I know there is software for all of those but that takes away from my gaming)).
Shade @ Jul 10th 2009 12:59PM
A mouse is less precise than a controller? Stopped reading there.
SharpShooter @ Jul 10th 2009 2:20PM
@Gamer4Life
KB/M is less precise? You must be really bad with a KB/M to think that.
Lennoko @ Jul 10th 2009 4:06PM
You obviously have never PC gamed, my G15 and Habu are definantly not "uncomfortable"
roger @ Jul 10th 2009 10:53AM
This is taking too long and the PC should be getting this as well.
pcs800 @ Jul 10th 2009 10:54AM
Oh man, i hope they release a PC version! I don;t have nor do I plan to get a PS3, but I have plenty of PC power for whatever games these companies can throw at me!
Gamer4Life @ Jul 10th 2009 10:57AM
It's a 360 exclusive, it's not coming to ps3!
K1LLER HORNET @ Jul 10th 2009 11:21AM
where did you get PS3 from?
it's being published by Microsoft Game Studios...
t_m @ Jul 11th 2009 1:08AM
and there we have it.
A microsoft game is more likey to come out on the PS3 these days than on the PC.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jul 10th 2009 10:54AM
It'll come out on the PC.
When you see the box art and it doesn't say "Only on Xbox 360" you'll know for sure.
yokel @ Jul 10th 2009 10:58AM
That's not entirely true. I remember Halo 1 and 2 had that 'Only on Xbox' badge on it but it still came to PC.
Chin-Paaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! @ Jul 10th 2009 11:00AM
Right, when it says "Only on Xbox 360", it may only be talking about in respect to consoles, without considering a PC version.
WorfoSAUR @ Jul 10th 2009 10:55AM
As long as it doesn't play like that crap Lost Planet or any other number of lazy ports, I'll buy it.
pcs800 @ Jul 10th 2009 11:00AM
Oh, my bad. Ok revise: I do not have nor do i plan to get an X-box
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jul 10th 2009 11:01AM
I'll be happy to play it at all, on either platform.
cyruss @ Jul 10th 2009 11:03AM
i like how quick joystiq is on news... this was on shacknews and kotaku 3 days ago...
Captain Planet @ Jul 10th 2009 11:07AM
I like how you're a dumbass and and didn't read the story Joystiq posted 3 days ago that linked to the Shacknews story.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/alan-wake-may-scare-up-360-first-pc-later/
Idiot.
Captain Planet @ Jul 10th 2009 11:08AM
The extra 'and' was intentional. I have a stuttering problem.
cyruss @ Jul 10th 2009 11:20AM
bravo, you're right I didn't... still though, there are many other real examples of joystiq being slow with news
perhaps this one wasn't one of them after all, I wasn't reading joystiq 3 days ago so only see whats on the frontpage today
anyway this move makes sense delaying it on PC.. it will eventually come out, but not until its exclusive to Xbox 360 for a while. Releasing it on PC at the same time will just result in more people pirating it instead of buying it, plus it wouldn't be a proper exclusive then, as most people have a PC, so other Console owners can still get their grubby hands on it without having to get a 360
Chin-Paaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! @ Jul 10th 2009 11:08AM
Better late than never please Remedy. : (
NeoK-182 @ Jul 10th 2009 11:11AM
man this is pissing me off. And it makes no sense what-so-ever. the PC is a shit load of a lot easier to develop for then the 360. and since the game is LIVE for the PC that should be the only difficult thing they have.
This is getting stupid because with all the time they've had on this game the PC version should of been finished A YEAR AGO! and now they should be working on the xbox to get the xbox to run the game at a good frame rate and look just as good as the PC
and don't flame me for that because PCs are capable of better graphics and there for it's easier to go from PC to 360 then go from 360 to PC. Going down in detail is easier than trying to go back up.
But remedy, you better release this for PC. it's unacceptable if you don't with all the time you've had to make this game.
Dave @ Jul 10th 2009 11:17AM
It's not easier to develop for the PC. The 360 environment is a known constant. With the PC, developers have to account for a whole hell of a lot more variability in the environment: memory, CPU, graphics card capabilities, operating system, controller(s), multiple resolutions, etc.
Jerk Face @ Jul 10th 2009 11:18AM
Yeah, because clearly they shouldn't put it on the platform that will ACTUALLY make them some money, first.
There's a reason developers rarely put multiplatform games out on the PC first. Why give it to the pirates first and delay the cash flow that they'll pull in by delivering it to the millions of people who own 360s who will actually give them money for it? That would be asinine.
cyruss @ Jul 10th 2009 11:26AM
"the PC is a shit load of a lot easier to develop for then the 360"
err? where do you get that from?
I have not programmed on an Xbox 360 now, but...
the PC would not be easier to develop for than a Console... for a start PC uses DirectX and Windows, both owned by Microsoft, so if anything the Xbox 360 coding and PC coding would be almost the exact same.
But really developing for PC would be far more difficult than Xbox 360... there are so many different configurations people have in PC's, different driver versions, different hardware/graphics & soundcards, different versions of windows, different software installed which may cause a conflict... etc.. etc..
how on earth do you think taking all these factors into consideration, makes it easier than programming for 1 box where everyone has the same hardware configuration?
Snowblind @ Jul 10th 2009 11:42AM
Piracy is also the reason we haven't seen Fable 2, Halo 3 or Gears 2 on the PC yet.. and are unlikely to. It seems Microsoft have pretty much abandoned the PC, it only hurts the Xbox sales.
Gamer4Life @ Jul 10th 2009 11:51AM
@Snowblind MS abandoning PC for gaming doesn't hurt Xbox in fact it helps gaming as a whole cause developers don't waste resources on a platform riddled with piracy, that also has an inferior gaming interface.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 11:57AM
Inferior gaming interface? Keyboard and mouse work for some games much better than a controller ever could, plus you can use controllers on a PC so you lose.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 12:00PM
I don't understand how releasing this game on Xbox and the PC getting later would help. Most gamers will play mostly or only on the PC or consoles. Delaying the game for the PC will only hurt the PC gamers, not help anybody.
jackal @ Jul 10th 2009 1:17PM
Gamers4Life,
Yet, if they abandon our platform completely, the technological advancement of yours will dry up quicker than a mud puddle in death valley. If it wasn't for our platform, your "next gen consoles" would be a marginal improvement over the previous iterations. Forgetting about the hardware (Xenos and the RSX are just the heavily castrated, bastard children of our own Geforce 7800 GT and X1800 videocards), most of the "next gen" visual effects you fanboys drool over were introduced in PC gaming before either of your systems were a glimmer in their respective designer's eyes. HDR lighting, normal mapping, ambient occlusion, procedural synthesis, object based motion blur, and even some physics APIs (notably, Physx) could all be found on our platform years before they could be on yours.
Hardware accelerated physics? Been there, done that. Using compute shaders for more sophisticated AI? We'll be doing it years before you are. Hell, we're even positioned to be the first major platform to adopt ray tracing (and or a hybrid ray trace/rasterization model of rendering) as it moves within reach of the consumer level market instead of being restricted solely to the professional and scientific communities.
As for an "inferior gaming interface" it sounds like someone went from playing Halo 3 or Killzone 2 to trying a PC FPS and couldn't accept he was getting his ass handed to him by people with far better hand/eye coordination. Here's a small tip, ace; in FPS, RTS, RPG, and most TPS, KB&M controls offer far more precision, accuracy, and overall speed (in aiming and movement) than what your gamepads are capable of.
Snowblind @ Jul 10th 2009 1:31PM
Incase I was unclear, I actually meant that they've abandoned PC ports of their Xbox games because it hurts the sales of the Xbox version, and the Xbox in general, as many gamers see no need to buy a 360 when they can play most of the games on the PC.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 2:31PM
Woohoo! Jackal is back to save the day! Always love your long, very intelligent and thought-out comments dude. : D
Jerk Face @ Jul 10th 2009 11:11AM
It's gotta be so they can devote all their resources to finishing the damned game, right? It's taken long enough at this point that they just need to get it out, and then they can talk about porting it to the PC.
zodduska @ Jul 10th 2009 11:13AM
What a prick. After the Alan Wake Intel Quad Core hype this is how he/they treat the PC platform. Don't worry, we won't forget and will return in kind.
K1LLER HORNET @ Jul 10th 2009 11:19AM
looks like i'll have an i7 v2 by the time Alan Wake appears on the PC :p
zodduska @ Jul 10th 2009 11:23AM
And the PC version will end up only using one core. ;)
theclaw @ Jul 10th 2009 11:18AM
You have to remember, Microsoft has pretty much given up PC publishing. They might be having trouble negotiating on that.
Einhanderkiller @ Jul 10th 2009 12:37PM
I find it pathetic how Sony has released more PC games than Microsoft this year.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 11:22AM
When are pirates finally going to get a wake-up call of how damaging their acts are to PC gaming? This is what happens you pirates!
Jerk Face @ Jul 10th 2009 11:31AM
Yep. You hit the nail on the head. Same thing with people bitching about no LAN play on Starcraft II. PC gamers caused it by the rampant piracy rates. It's patently absurd how much of it goes on; and from a development standpoint there is little reason to develop big, expensive titles without PC as merely an afterthought.
Good work, Internet Jerks.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 10th 2009 11:35AM
Its gone from the PC had many exclusives, to many of those exclusives going to consoles and now PC gamers hoping that a multi-platform game on the consoles will even come to the PC at all. : (
Snowblind @ Jul 10th 2009 11:42AM
Diablo III still has LAN.. right? :(
Jerk Face @ Jul 10th 2009 11:48AM
I'm not sure if they've said so or not, Snowblind, but twenty big ones says it won't!
zodduska @ Jul 10th 2009 11:52AM
Diablo III is a Wii exclusive, thanks pirates!