game was alright and I don't think it was that expensive to make.. besides isn't remedy only made up of 50 staff ?  not like MASS EFFECT with over 200 people working on it.

well deserved. I still need to get somewhere in my collectors edition though haha

They are? Have you got a source? It wouldn't surprise me at all!

Lets be honest here, Alan Wake was a huge flop saleswise. A great game but one that disappointed in reviews and sales.

wtf... a shit load of potential sales were digital given away.

I don't think it was a sales flop in that I don't believe the audience for something like Alan Wake was ever that large, but I do consider it an example of poorly executed development, with way to many major changes of course and too much effort wasted on platforms that ultimately weren't even supported.

A title like Alan Wake requires focused, tightly controlled development, and Remedy really bounced all over the place with what was always going to be a comparatively niche title by genre and eventual exclusive console.

Even with 1 million sales a lot of those were likly well below launch price, underscoring the small market for the title at launch at the current regular price point for a full game.

So I say sales flop no  Development cycle and cost management - huge flop.

Fingers crossed for #2, first was pretty awesome. Although the gameplay mechanics got a bit annoying by the end I thoroughly enjoyed the story.

OLD GODS OF ASGARD RULE!@@!@!@!

thx to :

- no PC release du to MS
- full Natal and Halo Reach hype/support from MS way bfore the release

1M is stil not that bad ...

How the hell do you know that it was downloaded 1 m times in digital distribution ?

because the bundle with Alan Wake Download code sold much more than this?

Ahhh... You mean the ones that were given out for free :p