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    Alan Wake 2 being digital only is a betrayal of fans – Reader’s Feature

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    Alan Wake 2 – not a tangible release (Picture: Remedy Entertainment)

    A reader is upset that there will be no physical edition of Alan Wake 2 and argues that it reduces the accessibility for long-time fans.

    It seems in this modern day and age that the most important thing to gaming is accessibility. So many games tout themselves as having multiple accessible features that allow people with disabilities to play games. However, more recently there has been one upcoming game that doesn’t seem to support this function. I am an autistic gamer and, as you would expect, I have a collection of video games.

    Physical media is the only way I will buy a game and spending money on an ephemeral product makes me incredibly uncomfortable. 13 years ago, I paid around £70 for a limited edition version of Alan Wake on the Xbox 360 and it is a game I still own to this day, despite not owning the console anymore.

    Once I heard that Alan Wake 2 was coming out, but would only be for the modern generation consoles, I immediately started saving up to get myself a PlayStation 5 and, after a large amount of overtime at work, I finally managed to secure myself a console.

    I had already bought the PlayStation 4 version of Alan Wake Remastered to play through, but with my new console I decided to buy a PlayStation 5 version of the game so, in all, I now owned three copies of Alan Wake.

    Being autistic, collecting is a large part of my personality and one of the main reasons I re-bought a PlayStation 5 version of the game was that I wanted it to go well on my shelf, next to my copy of the new game.

    Recently it’s been reported that Remedy will only be releasing the game digitally and as a result I cannot buy it. If you look on Twitter, at the accounts of Remedy and Alan Wake, the replies are full of people asking them to just release a physical edition.

    It has been like this for months, as people are getting more and more frustrated with the fact that Remedy is not responding. Many folks are saying that they will boycott the game, as they do not want to spend such a large amount on a digital game, which can only hurt the game sales.

    There are a few who are saying that they are happy with the digital release, as it is the future of gaming. There are also some saying just buy the game anyway, to support the company. In all, I find this whole situation painful as a gamer, and as somebody with a condition.

    While I will be less uncomfortable spending under £10 on a game digitally, the fact that I am being ignored offends me to the point where I probably won’t even buy the game in a sale.

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    It is ridiculous that Sam Lake, who is the writer of the game, would be willing to let one of his stories be missed out on by so many players, by limiting the amount of people who can play it. Then again, I guess accessibility isn’t as important as some would believe.

    By reader Ian

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