That's not terrible, but with the kind of reviews it has been receiving, I sure wish it had sold more.
The game is likely to get the the bundle treatment. Microsoft has been very heads up about inflating console exclusives by putting them in the double bundle. Just look at Forza 3 and ODST both of those games sales figures were no where near the top 50 on any weekly list until they got the dual bundle. It is likely to happen for Alan Wake as well provided remedy is willing to make their next game exclusive.
I was shocked by the low sales but it may be that heavy rain stole the spotlight for games which are movie like hence the huge sales for heavy rain.
Remedy need the game to make a profit, their studio's future is resting on it.
I'm surprised by it's low debut, I thought it would at least sell 150k+ in others first week. Both SC and AW have been commercially and critically a bit of a letdown in my mind, and I think Mod Nation Racers may be next.
Not that every game needs to get perfect scores, or that metacritic is the ultimate yardstick of quality, but scores in the low 80's for exclusives a long time in the works from studios with a strong pedigree is dissapointing.
It would be an awful shame for Remedy to get into financial problems, so hopefully the game will have legs.
| libellule said: Who is surprised here ? This game was overhyped on the whole internet because it was supposed to be the "BEST GAME EVA", the BEST GFX EVA, the best survival horror game that is so good that you DO NOT HAVE the right to call it a survival horror game (thx you Remedy for this last point) also, the game has no online multiplayer which seems to be more and more important for gamers today ... It is released close to RDR which is getting high praising AND the pre-orders where showing us since numerous weeks that game will not have amazing sales. Conclusion : plz port the game to PC and I will buy it. Thx you Remedy. |
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But this game is incredible, The graphics are mind blowing.
EU sales + US sales + others= 250k first week wouldn't be bad. Hopefully it would hit 2 millions.
This is actually a good question, this game is bound to have had a huge budget with its engine being built from scratch, it was among the pioneer engines for multicore processors in its day and the development cycle itself has lasted many, many years.
Let's hope they make a profit, Remedy are very good developers.
In finnish newspaper Remedy said something like that if the game sells million it is a hit and if it sells close to two million they would be more than satisfied.
It will have legs of a model and sprint to fortune.
1 milllion in Europe.....EVENTUALLY
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