Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
You're not entirely wrong, but they're different situations, really.Sony purchased marketing rights for Alan Wake 2, a miracle game that shouldn't exist, and then turned around and scheduled Spider-Man 2 for the same week forcing Alan Wake to delay.
A lot of publishers are guilty of this.
Remedy was an established studio with a track record and hundreds of employees and Epic funded the development of Alan Wake 2. I also don't believe there was an actual marketing agreement beyond "show the game first at our showcase"
This game was a part of ID@Xbox.