I have to hand it to him he actually values completing achievements on a single game. I never cared, I just racked up achievements when I played various games when I had my 360 because it increased by gamescore and I could just compete with my friends. When I got the PS3 I didn't understand the allure of platinums until I went onto home and saw that people actually meet up and boast about being a completionist. I started becoming a completionist on certain titles now. If he can do it on Xbox Live, my hats off to him, because I dont even get the urge on Steam. Who knows? I think I might give it a go to see if the same effect occurs.

You do get credit for "One Hundred Percenting" a game on Xbox Live.  There's like a special page on your Xbox 360 dashboard for games that you totally complete.  Same as a Platinum on PS3.

Got it on Steam. Didn't bother to complete it (or even get very far). Dunno why.

I love this game and am still trying to get through it. I took a break from it a while back to finish some other games but will get back into it soon. I absolutely love the story. Some of the achievements are very time tedious/consuming..many different collectables you can miss. When I play Im always looking in every single area to find everything. But the mechanics of the game are very well done and intriguing story. I think Im about 70% through the game and close to 500 gamerscore on it. I bought all the DLC about a year ago so I have plenty to do after I complete the main game.

I guess you're right.

Nah, that's not the point I was trying to make.  I do get your point.

Alan Wake had a very long development cycle.  So it's fairly safe to assume it is an expensive game.  It changed and evolved as they made it.  The company needs to make all that money back and more to continue to make more games.

And according to someone else on this thread, according to Remedy it has sold over 3 Million. (Probably a few like me, I bought it digital, so I don't show up in VGC numbers.)  Still that's another 2+ million who played it and pirated- and the developers didn't make any revenue from it.  Even if only half those people purchased the game, they would have a few extra million to make more games and perhaps a sequel.

I don't know the pirating rate of Catherine, but seems that company, Altus, could have used more purchases too.  I do remember a bunch of good press when it came out. 

Either way, the more consumers actually purchase the game, the better for the developers and ultimately us gamers (unless the CEO's take it all - glances to the right.)