Jonathan Blow's masterful puzzle game The Witness is set to hit store shelves with a physical edition, if a listing on Amazon Italy is to be believed. At the time of typing, the product page is pretty barebones, featuring placeholder box art and, well, not much else.
However, backing this up to a degree are Blow's own comments about a physical release from 2015. At the time, he was exploring the possibility of bringing the game to physical media but wanted to focus on finishing the game and putting it in people's hands as quickly as possible.
"...because of the lead-time involved in physical manufacturing and distribution, we would have to freeze the game right about now [22nd December 2015] in order to have it on store shelves for the release date. *Or* we could delay the digital release date in order to wait for the physical. But I don't see a good reason to do either of those things. I would rather just focus our energy on making the game as good as we can make it, and a retail version can lag behind by a little bit."
Would you be interested in a physical copy of The Witness? Solve the puzzle in the comments section below.
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[source playstationlifestyle.net]
Comments 9
Ooooh yes please.
This is why I put off buying the digital version of the game.
It was tough, but I'm glad I waited, if it's true.
It's an incredible game and one of my favorites on PS4, but I prefer digital.
I'd rather buy the digital version cuz the money goes straight to the developers ^-^
@MadAussieBloke excellent idea! Seconded 👍
Overrated. I put in a dozen hours and was bored to death. None of it seemed very clever. I have no idea why people like this game but each to their own. I think I picked it up in a sale for less than a tenner.
I hated this game. I don't often but it was painfully boring and pretentious with nothing really to say.
I have a key for this game on Steam that I got from Humble Bundle. I haven't had the time to play it, sadly.
Great game, but I was too confused in the end to finish it lol
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