Alan Wake 2 Goes Digital-Only, Defying Disc-Based Gaming Trends.
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Developer Remedy Entertainment and publisher Epic Games have announced that they have "no plans to release Alan Wake 2 on disc," citing pricing concerns as one of the reasons. While game discs are cheap to produce, overhead costs like packaging, shipping/distribution, and warehousing/retail space cut into the margins a developer can expect from a $60 disc game. Most disc-free releases are relatively rare when it comes to the kinds of major games that dominate the console charts.
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