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[Shut0wen]

Considering it was download only it probably made them more money then they expected, epic was right to invest in this

 

[Gambit2483]

I feel bad for Remedy if AW2 is their fastest selling game.

I don't. They could have sold more if they didn't limit their sales...oh well, good for them, I guess.

 

[Zathalus]

Good on them! How do they manage to keep their budgets that low while everyone else is ridiculous? Especially considering their games look just as amazing.

Being a small studio in Finland helps. Don't have to worry about the insane salaries of a developer based in California.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Happy to hear it's doing well. It's tied for my favorite game this gen, I've beaten it 3 times and watched my wife's entire playthrough. Haven't been this obsessed with a singleplayer game in forever.

 

[analog_future]

So much for all the fuckin nerds saying it was a flop

 

[mejin]

Low Sales for a game of this caliber. I Hope It's enough to for them getting profits.

 

[Hudo]

Imagine if they were allowed to put it on Steam as well...

 

[SportsFan581]

Cool, once it gets cheap enough I'll have to give it a shot.

 

[mckmas8808]

It's been reported that it cost $50 million. If that number is accurate, 1 million should be enough to break even (and that's without the money from the EGS exclusivity). The game was priced higher than $50 on consoles, but let's assume a "universal" price of $50 to make things easier.

It depends if they are counting the discounted games as "sales". But they are probably borderline break-even right now.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Good news for them. They’re a great team.

 

[Fake]

I remember when Days Gone director reveal his numbers, people like 'bruh, after many discounts sure you sell a lot', but now some people here ignore discounted possibility when is convenient.

No charts, no numbers, but hey.

 

[Mr Moose]

I remember when Days Gone director reveal his numbers, people like 'bruh, after many discounts sure you sell a lot', but now some people here ignore discounted possibility when is convenient.

No charts, no numbers, but hey.

Epic don't give numbers to NPD and stuff apparently, but numbers for this game were just shared. 1.3M isn't all that big, I am actually surprised this is their fastest selling game.
I got it for £25 with the first game for free

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Platinumed it earlier this week. Stylistically excellent, shooting mechanics and gameplay really strain to get you through the 10-15 hour experience.

But personally? Worth every penny.
Now bring on Control 2

 

[Kerotan]

I just bought the deluxe edition for 60 blips. Games like this deserve support.

 

[Salmon Snake]

Yay for Remedy! It'll sell good amount of copies slow and steady.

Hopefully they'll be able to make a physical version to get some extra sales.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Remedy doing well makes me happy. Bring on Control 2 and the Max Payne remakes!

 

[rapid32.5]

Amazing game, can't wait for DLCs.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Bought this right before trading in all my consoles.
I got as far as the lights going out and a dead body walking around and I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing.

I'll have to rebuy it on PC eventually.

 

[Mossybrew]

Great now where my DLC at.

 

[Revolutionary]

The Max Payne remakes are going to sell gangbusters if they do it right

 

[scoobidoo112]

I hope this means we get a part 3.

 

[KungFucius]

Oh come on now. Even if you don’t like AW 2, that wouldn‘t be fair to the fans of the game. The ending clearly was setting up a third installment of a grand finale, to have it all resolved in DLC length would be a letdown.

That‘s like saying in 1980, “I did not care for Empire Strikes Back, therefore Return of the Jedi should be 30 minutes long.”

I do hope they continue Control as well, but they’d be foolish to wrap up Alan Wake in such a rushed manner. It’s because they have such a dedicated fanbase that helps them keep going despite making such niche games, you don’t bite the hand that feeds you but especially in this sort of situation.

This is typical whiny manbaby behavior these days. Angry fans online basically harass ones that still like the franchise and beg for the latest thing to get cancelled. It is utterly obnoxious. If you don't like something, move on, don't petition for it to be cancelled to basically punish the creators and the people who still like it.

 

[ProtoByte]

Being a small studio in Finland helps. Don't have to worry about the insane salaries of a developer based in California.

This goes for Japan as well, especially when you take exchange rates into account.

 

[Jesb]

Is the game more fun than the first? Great graphics and amazing atmospheric game but I didn’t find myself having fun when the enemies were around. I always couldn’t wait for the enemies to be gone.

 

[Astray]

The factoid about digital sales being higher is a little ridiculous considering it had no physical release at all unlike Control. I suspect part of the reason it's using "fastest selling" is due to this fact too. There are no second hand sales now.

Honestly speaking, one of the positives of digital being prevalent is it made single player games more financially viable than before. If you are publishing a AAA singleplayer game in 2014, you used to have to contend with players quickly finishing up your game and then immediately reselling it, meaning the value of a copy of Alan Wake 1 is left up to the used market to decide, and depriving publishers of direct revenue.

Now you can rely on more sales via digital platforms vs before, and it makes the barrier of success lower.

Is the game more fun than the first? Great graphics and amazing atmospheric game but I didn’t find myself having fun when the enemies were around. I always couldn’t wait for the enemies to be gone.

It's made to be more of a horror game where you are outmatched by your foes and have to conserve ammo etc, and I think they didn't really balance that aspect of it very well tbh.

 

[M1chl]

Is the game more fun than the first? Great graphics and amazing atmospheric game but I didn’t find myself having fun when the enemies were around. I always couldn’t wait for the enemies to be gone.

No

 

[SnapShot]

why are people still bothering with that other thread, this is the goto aw2 sales thread now. fuck the other thread

 

[Three]

Considering it was download only it probably made them more money then they expected, epic was right to invest in this

It hasn't made a profit yet

Alan Wake 2 is Remedy’s fastest-selling game yet, shifting over 1.3m copies, but hasn’t made a penny of profit

Sells 50% more than Control in half the time.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

 

[Luipadre]

Im glad. Still very low numbers, deserves so much better

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Pretty decent numbers for a digital only release.

 

[rofif]

So much for all the fuckin nerds saying it was a flop

It's still a turd.
Only the turd that sold 1 million copies

 

[BacklashWave534]

Imagine if they were allowed to put it on Steam as well...

This! I bet the sales would at least double.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I wonder how many people bought this game on hype alone I never even played the first game and American Nightmare?

 

[Filben]

thats not alot of copy since its multiplatformn

I think for such an artsy non-mainstream game it's quite good.

Good reception isn't always reflected in sales due to potential small (target) audience. We see it vice versa pretty often.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I wonder how many of these “sales” are free copies given with video cards, and have not even been installed or played?