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libellule on 10 May 2010

for the sales success
I m mixed

the pre-orders are still low.
The sales will depend on how people react to the review

As I have said before, AW is a new IP and like Bioshock at his time, it will need very high praising review to make people think : "this is a must have experience, I buy it"

Also, AW is not a FPS, it is a shooter with a not so badass hero ... It is good for me, but is it good for the average Xbox360 owners ?



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sully1311 on 10 May 2010
Seece said:
Glad they're happy, it deserves more than a 84 though ..

What sales will they be happy with I wonder, obviously they know this won't sell Gears levels.

Maybe 2.5 lifetime?


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Slimebeast on 10 May 2010
CGI-Quality said:
Kennyheart said:
CGI-Quality said:
Of course a "critical" success is good. It just needs to be a commercial success now, which it should be able to pull off.

There to exicted to care.

I get that, but for there to be talks of a sequel, we need to see how WAKE performs commercially. Of course, a commercial failure doesn't always dictate sequels, Two Worlds has a sequel on the way after all. :P

I think Two Worlds is actually seen as a moderate success. It sold far better than anyone would have expected. I think 450K in America alone. This despite it being a poor game with weak reviews.

Anyway, I believe Alan Wake needs 2 million copies to break even. With a 85% Meta I doubt it will reach that number though. 1.5 mill should be no problem. (I am assuming low level of bundles, but if they bundle it a lot then it's +2 million, but bundled copies don't bring any revenue whatsoever, they actually lose money)



heruamon on 10 May 2010

I'm excited about it, but I don't think it does over 2 million LTD...now even sure about 1.5 million, but that would be VERY nice!



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Cueil on 10 May 2010

word of mouth is going to make or break this title... I've got it pre-ordered and my gf is excited to watch me play



 
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gustave154 on 10 May 2010
Seece said:
Glad they're happy, it deserves more than a 84 though ..

What sales will they be happy with I wonder, obviously they know this won't sell Gears levels.

Maybe 2.5 lifetime?

I think its gonna sell around Fable (XBox) numbers....

Though it wil be hard xD



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Bitmap Frogs on 10 May 2010
Squilliam said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
It's gonna bomb.


I suspect you're a terrorist wanting to blow up the British banks in order to wipe out all record of your contries debt.

 

I'll humor that for old time's sake and come back with a little fact: the UK's debt as a percentage of the GDP is roughly the same as Spain's =)

With that being said, of course I'd be happy if such debt were to be wiped instantly, specially if the wiping process consisted in the generous use and abuse of highly volatile and explosive materials.





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Bitmap Frogs on 10 May 2010
Squilliam said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
It's gonna bomb.


I suspect you're a terrorist wanting to blow up the British banks in order to wipe out all record of your contries debt.

 

I'll humor that for old time's sake and come back with a little fact: the UK's debt as a percentage of the GDP is roughly the same as Spain's =)

With that being said, of course I'd be happy if such debt were to be wiped instantly, specially if the wiping process consisted in the generous use and abuse of highly volatile and explosive materials.





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Bitmap Frogs on 10 May 2010
Squilliam said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
It's gonna bomb.


I suspect you're a terrorist wanting to blow up the British banks in order to wipe out all record of your contries debt.

 

I'll humor that for old time's sake and come back with a little fact: the UK's debt as a percentage of the GDP is roughly the same as Spain's =)

With that being said, of course I'd be happy if such debt were to be wiped instantly, specially if the wiping process consisted in the generous use and abuse of highly volatile and explosive materials.





Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).

elticker on 10 May 2010

I am gonna buy it :) and that makes it a comercail success. though i have to admit some remedy fans are buying 2 copies of alan wake one standard and LCE or three and thats dedication :). I am 100% sure this game is gonna be a commercail success but the question is to what level of commercail success it is. it neds to sell less than a mil to break even. estimated cost of creating it is from 15-30 mil. causeon the alan wake forum it say 7 mil before microsoft signed the deal so it will break even with less than a mil and this game is gaurnted to sell more than a mil so its on what level of comercail success if i had to guess LTD i would say anywhere from 1.5-4 mill