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Forums - Sales Discussion - Alan Wake has hit 1 million sales

Porcupine_I on 14 March 2011
Dr.Grass said:
SubRosa said:

Really great game.

I think this game would sell better as a ps3 exclusive.

And i think killzone 3 would do better as a 360 exclusive..go figure.


*looks around for angry fanboys*

AGREED!

*runs for dear life*

*catches up to you*

*high fives*

*runs the other way to twart the pursuers*



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Chris Hu on 15 March 2011
ROBOTECHHEAVEN said:

congrats and hopefully it can get bundled some more , so the sales can hit 2million .


Actually their where no bundles that had physical copies of the game in it; so the 1 million copies sold are actual sales without any bundles.



Chris Hu on 15 March 2011
Doobie_wop said:

How isn't it a flop? It was a game that was in development for five years and it has extremely high production values. It sold less than 500,000 units in it's first month and the price of it plummeted not long after release. It also had a haggard development cycle and we don't know how many times they had to recreate asstes or just start over certain aspects of the game. It's a flop in the same way that Heavenly Sword and Valykria Chronicles were flops, it could leg it to 1.5 million, but that'll be at the price of $20 and it would take a span of two years to do it.

I'm sure (and hopeful) that we will see a sequel and I'm confident that it will perform better, it's just a matter of spending two years getting the first game into people's hands and getting people to know the name, similar to what happened with Uncharted, Dead Space and Little Big Planet. The DLC bundle will work wonders and I'm confident that Alan Wake 2 will have a much larger launch and will be a much more succesful game.

Good point but I'm sure that their are a lot of games that sold over a million copies and only sold around 500,000 units at full retail price.



radiantshadow92 on 15 March 2011

Flop or not (flop imo) it deserved more sales by what i saw. I should give it a shot (even though i can't play most horror games lol)



LivingMetal on 16 March 2011

Nice sales for this genre on the Xbox 360.  Hopes it sells more.



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d21lewis on 16 March 2011
Calmador said:
epicurean said:

Don't really care if it was a flop or not...it was a good game.  Probably my favorite 360 exclusive outside of the Mass Effect series.  Great story-telling and atmosphere.  DLC was great too.  Hope a sequel happens.


That's one of the most ridiculous things you can say if you think it's a good game. If this good game you enjoyed doesn't get enough sales, it won't get a sequel. You want it to NOT be a flop if you like the game. Sales matter.

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biggamejames79 on 16 March 2011

That game is awesome, I'm playing it right now and it's the most fun I've had playing a game in a long time.  Other than Fallout 3 it's my favorite game I've played on the 360, definitely one of the best exclusives.  It's like playing an action thriller/horror movie and novel at the same time.  When I started playing it I thought "Wow THIS is how you tell a story!"



MightyGrogg on 16 March 2011
RolStoppable said:

It's still a sales flop in my eyes. Weren't they working on the game for like five years?

Now before you jump on me for calling a game that sells one million copies a flop, I'd like to remind you that I consider Super Mario Galaxy a flop as well.

It's alright, I consider GT5 a Flop too and it has sold over 5 million copies. I don't consider SMG a flop because not only did it live up to it hype for BOTH games, but they also sold millions as well. I also consider Epic Mickey a flop.



FinalEvangelion on 18 March 2011

Great game.  It truly deserves more sales.



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