As long as the first episode is his encounter with Foltest and his daughter in its entirety, I’ll be happy. That quick shot of Gerald with the chain looks promising.

Also, the chat with Nivellan better be as cozy as I imagined in my head.

@yoshi You said it was pointless. If it sells, that means there’s a demand for it, which makes it by definition “not pointless”.

@yoshi Yes, the franchise that “people” are still used to playing entirely handheld and will continue to play entirely handheld, so a cheaper cost of entry is appealing to.

Trust me, this thing will sell gangbusters when Pokemon comes out.

@yoshi It's not pointless at all. It's clearly a Pokemon machine.

My first thought was "This is so they can get as many people as possible buying Pokemon".

What does Income mean? My take home pay? My pay before tax? My annual salary?

@hanabi In fairness, PC Physical versions have been that way for the past 10 years if not more. The only companies that make the effort any more with PC Physical Versions are Blizzard and CD Project Red.

@capnbobamous

Sorry, I think I'm being misunderstood.

They now own the Publishing Rights and the IP for the Alan Wake Franchise. However, I doubt they own the previous games. They could not just take Alan Wake (2010) and publish it on whatever platform they want. That game is likely still owned by Microsoft, although perhaps they've also been bought in secret.

@dmcmaster Publishing Rights. Not the games. No doubt those are still Microsoft's. Maybe they bought those too though and are just waiting for a good time to announce it.

Download codes I’m pretty sure. But because they’re bought from retail I’m pretty sure they count as a Boxed Sale in the UK charts.