I argee with the article’s author that there’s reason to have some concerns about this.
Well that’s an ominous headline if ever I saw one.
Just don’t overextend, Remedy. Stay in your niche you dumbasses. Stay unique. No one cares about Firebreak exactly because it is just some lame copycat bullshit.
Nnooooo
They were already building lasting value.
By just making good artistically meaningful games.
“Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape” - this guy probably.
"Art isn’t about artistic expression. Billions of people make paintings and most of them go unseen. Museums, on the other hand… They don’t make paintings, they make experiences. For a nominal entry fee, consumers have access to an evolving and ever-changing catalog of content.
This is the future we envision here at Remedy. High quality games that build upon themselves, creating an experience that grows with the player. For that reason, we’re announcing that the Alan Wake series will no longer be individual games, but instead a live-service experience with episodic content."
- also that guy probably
They were already building lasting value.
Not… Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It’s not surprising to me that they’re gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.
IMO Alan Wake 2 could have performed much better if it wasn’t an Epic exclusive, but from what I heard, because of that deal, Remedy got their development cost back before the game officially broke even.
Don’t know what to think of Firebreak, because it’s a genre i don’t like (coop) and that doesn’t go well with Remedys biggest strength, the storytelling. Until recently i didn’t even know the game existed.
I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though
Into the ground, you say?
With AI and microtransactions you say!
Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it’s at
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“build lasting value”.
Oh no, he’s already using shareholder lingo
Smells cooked to me.
Welp any hopes I had for more of the control universe after resonant just got trashed
There goes another good studio. RIP.
RIP Remedy.
