wraggster
March 13th, 2012, 23:11
Seven years after it was first announced and almost two years since its initial release on Xbox 360, Alan Wake has sold over two million copies.
The game also launched on PC this February, recouping its entire development and marketing budget in its first 48 hours on sale (http://%20http//www.edge-online.com/news/pc-alan-wake-breaks-even-two-days).
Remedy’s head of franchise development, Oskari Häkkinen told CVG: "We've moved over two million copies - that's including PC. So after a slow start it's turning into something really positive. It's definitely had legs. I think narrative experiences just have a tendency for that.
"Alan Wake's like a cult classic if you like... People who have played and enjoyed the story feel the urge to tell their friends and other gamers out there that they need to try this experience, they need to play it.
"After Max Payne we could've literally gone, the whole team, and sat on a beach and sipped cocktails for quite some time. It's no secret that the Max Payne franchise was sold for $45 million. That put us in a really promising situation, but at the same time our hearts are in making videogames and not in sipping cocktails on the beach."
http://www.edge-online.com/news/alan-wake-tops-two-million-sales
The game also launched on PC this February, recouping its entire development and marketing budget in its first 48 hours on sale (http://%20http//www.edge-online.com/news/pc-alan-wake-breaks-even-two-days).
Remedy’s head of franchise development, Oskari Häkkinen told CVG: "We've moved over two million copies - that's including PC. So after a slow start it's turning into something really positive. It's definitely had legs. I think narrative experiences just have a tendency for that.
"Alan Wake's like a cult classic if you like... People who have played and enjoyed the story feel the urge to tell their friends and other gamers out there that they need to try this experience, they need to play it.
"After Max Payne we could've literally gone, the whole team, and sat on a beach and sipped cocktails for quite some time. It's no secret that the Max Payne franchise was sold for $45 million. That put us in a really promising situation, but at the same time our hearts are in making videogames and not in sipping cocktails on the beach."
http://www.edge-online.com/news/alan-wake-tops-two-million-sales