Alan Wake 2 Was Delayed on PS5 to Avoid Going Neck to Neck with Spider-Man 2 | Push Square
Remedy took the somewhat unexpected decision earlier this year to delay Alan Wake 2 – but not into 2024 like is so common sometimes, but just for a week. Speaking with IGN about the Finnish developer’s decision, gaffer Sam Lake said that it was to space out the release schedule a little so all of the upcoming PS5 titles had an opportunity to shine.
“Well, we were looking at the week and we were looking at these brilliant, brilliant giant games coming out, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and all, and just felt like, well, we don't have to go neck to neck. We can just kind of shift it a couple of days!”
Originally, the game was scheduled to release on 17th October, just three days before the all-encompassing juggernaut that’s likely to be Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Now it’ll release on 27th October, and while it’ll still be flanked by the likes of Alone in the Dark and Ghostrunner 2, that should give it a little more room to breathe.
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Makes sense. I hope this game does well.
Honestly it makes sense. A larger chunk of the sales would be on Playstation and I am happy they did this but I still think a November release would've been smarter.
Bit weird. Are they saying it was originally going to be before Spider-Man, which gave it a chance to get its teeth into people first, but they’ve now decided to release just after, when people are going to only be partway through a game that could take 100hrs to finish? Maybe I’m reading that wrong as I just woke up.
Don’t think it will make much difference tbh
Looking forward very much to Alan Wake 2, zero to Spiderman. Unfortunately
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