Oh PC gaming, that hotbed of piracy where developers can never make any money. That's where Remedy was able to make back all of its porting and marketing costs for Alan Wake within a 48-hour period. DAT PIRACY!
The game became a number one bestseller on Steam and has done very well for a game that snubbed the PC for two years. So much for Microsoft's assertion that the game wouldn't work on computers.
"We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing," revealed Remedy’s Aki Järvilehto on the studio forums. "We recouped our development and marketing expenses during the first 48 hours. And yes, we’re certainly very excited about PC."
Great to hear! Always loved Alan Wake, so I'm pleased to see it's having a second lease of life, especially with the XBLA spin-off in tow.
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1:30 PM on 02.20.2012 | 
I would definately buy it, if the 360 version wasn't already lying on my shelf. Might still get the PC version in a sale though.
Just goes to show you that PC is far from dead. In fact, I can't remember a time where PC was as alive as it is now. With Free to play, all the MMOs, Everything on Steam there's already a bigger offering than on any of the three consoles and if you were to factor in all the Facebook games (not my thing, but it is highly popular) there just wouldn't be any contest.
Too bad the story ended up being nonsense that went nowhere fast
and what jinx said. i don't care what bullshit excuse you have, if rayman and alan wake can come to pc, and guild wars 2 go from pc to console, then do it.
or as justin beiber would say; never say never.
and icipher, you're a fucking hero. most of us douchebags just boycott to make a point.
Oh wait, these things only bother me on those other platforms.
I typed "Stephen King" in the Steam Store, but nothing came up. Can you direct me to the original game?
It didn't bomb, Ubi said it was profitable, and a potential long term seller.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/40327/2D_throwback_Rayman_Origins_proves_profitable_for_Ubisoft.php
These "elitists" bought the game because Remedy is an amazing developer and Alan Wake was a long-anticipated PC game that Microsoft canned for no reason. Also, it's more a homage to Stephen King (and Twin Peaks) than a knock-off.
Good for Remedy, though - The game is great.
Oh, you silly goose. Stephen King isn't a game, he's an author. And let me tell you this, he has made some really great works. Works that are far beyond this drivel. Sadly not all of his works are as great. But even then, his "worst" works are still better than this trite.
This always confounded me that someone at Microsoft was that stupid to make such a statement. First the game was Microsoft's poster child of DirectX 10 and why you need Windows Vista and then oh-no-wait this game designed for high end PC hardware is best played on consoles.
I can only assume Microsoft thought revealing the truth was so much worse that if they uttered it then their stock would plummet and the Microsoft apocalypse would begin. Apparently a "hey we need a timed exclusive to help sales" or "Development costs have run high and we had to cut the PC version" is worse than a incompetent PR statement about furniture.
@Foggle:
You see, that is what initially attracted me to the title. I was a bit intrigued when I heard it was like a Stephen King novel. Sadly, this "homage" was way too focused on trying to emulate and make references to King's work, and it pretty much lacked originality because of it. The story just became absurd about halfway through and the characters... well they had no character.
"according to Microsoft the game was too much of a 'spectacle' to play without the luxury of a coach and a giant tv."
i think a lot of pc gamers have moved on from using their office setup to run games, to using their gaming setup to run office. the old guard will say otherwise but couch gaming is both possible and desirable for many PC players. in fact i'm typing this from my couch on my 110" screen. suck it microsoft.
i almost hoped this game would fail after the cancellation thing. i hate exclusives and i hate it when PC gamers are treated like third class citizens. to be fair though i like the developer, and it wasn't their fault so i'm happy for their success and i might pick this up...
...when it's on sale of course. it is a 2 year old game after all.
Sarcasm meter out of juice?
right here buddy, link me up.
If it wasn't for PIRACY they would've have recouped their costs within 24 hours! Damn you PIRACY!
/sarcasm
I thought by using the term "silly goose" you would understand that I understood your sarcasm and countered it with my own.
You missed it. All it took was a few seconds before things got second degree sexy, and the extreme heat caused the most erotic display of bacon this world has ever witnessed.
I hope Remedy appreciates the sacrifices I've made for them. Now for the aloe vera..
Fuck, who would have thought it! A writer writes a better story than a videogame has!
And while we are acting all smug and superior Stephen King hasn't written a good book for a long, long time.
So... any chance this will work on my bootcamped macbook pro :-/ Alan Wake was a reason I thought for abrief time about buying a 360.
To be fair it was more of the game wouldn't work on "Games For Windows" than "computers" but since MS sees them as the same thing...
In any case, this is awesome news, eagerly waiting for the port of American Nightmare.
Maybe next time we can all get the ball rolling quicker.
Recouping costs in 48 hours implies that the game required no effort to get going or make work. It's a bigger story to say that the XBox-to-PC conversion is very simple if coded correctly up front.