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Goatseye on 12 July 2014
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DigitalDevilSummoner said:
Chris Hu said:


You just got lucky or didn't buy a PS1 or PS2 early enough.  I'm not saying they where as faulty as early 360's but PS1 and PS2 where far from very reliable consoles in the first couple of years they where on the market.  Also Alan Wake wasn't exclusive since you can buy it for the PC it worked out for Remedy or they wouldn't be making Quantum Break for the X1 right now.

First point, just don't. It was, is and always will be anecdotal.

Second point, Alan wake sales on the 360 were far below expectations resulting in the cancelation of the sequel.

Sure. If it was that bad American Nightmare wouldn't be a thing.

Let me use the internet to inform myself:

Sales

NPD Group stated sales for the first two weeks reached 145,000 units.[108] According to a report, Alan Wake is the second most pirated Xbox 360 game of 2010, with more than 1.1 million downloads.[109] According to a report by IndustryGamers, sales of Alan Wake would be much higher than previously estimated, at around 1.4 million, as of December 2011. This includes the digital sales of the game during the Xbox 360 2011 Holiday bundle, which included a token to download Alan Wake, as well as a retail copy of Forza Motorsport 3.

On 13 March 2012, Remedy Entertainment announced that the game has passed 2 million copies sold, including Xbox 360 and PC.[110] On 23 May 2013 Remedy creative director Sam Lake announced that the game has sold 3 million copies.[111]