I argee with the article’s author that there’s reason to have some concerns about this.

  • popcar2@piefed.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • Comrade_Spood@quokk.au
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      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

    • AgentRocket@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      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.