Alan Wake’s PC Version Pays For Itself In 48 Hours

13 responses to “Alan Wake’s PC Version Pays For Itself In 48 Hours”

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   AerintheADEQUATE

   February 21, 2012 at 7:35 am

   Remedy releasing a game on PC? I’ll buy it.

   Rockstar releasing a game on PC? mmm… is it on sale for less than 10 bucks?

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      OzHuski

      February 21, 2012 at 12:01 pm

      This, well said sir.

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      lichbane

      February 22, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      Actually, I’d snap up a PC version of RDR.

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   McGarnical

   February 21, 2012 at 7:47 am

   Fantastic news. I think the fact that they did an excellent job had something to do with it.

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   rantOclock

   February 21, 2012 at 8:01 am

   I wasn’t sure if I was going to pick this up on launch.

   But for $30 with developer commentary I didn’t even have time to think before realising that throwing money at the screen has no effect.

   I still can’t believe that a fairly big money developer had the balls to release a PC game at such a competitive price. I’m glad to see it worked for them. Although I suppose an even bigger achievement is that they somehow managed to release an XBox exclusive on the PC without GFWL.

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      OzHuski

      February 21, 2012 at 12:11 pm

      Actually I wish it had GFWL.. I definately preffer the acheivements system there, and its not overly hard to use. Only problem with GFWL is the fact I need to run both it and steam – otherwise its fine.

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   Ben

   February 21, 2012 at 8:46 am

   It’s good from what I’ve played so far, though I usuallu end up buying games like this on principal to encourage devs, and make up for my years of piracy in highschool and uni.

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   Cheesus

   February 21, 2012 at 9:11 am

   So essentially they have just been shown that PC gaming still exists and now they will contemplate releasing titles on it in the future? I’ll believe it when I see it..

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   Sam

   February 21, 2012 at 9:14 am

   I debated whether or not I was going to buy this, assuming the $30 price tag was for the US and we’d see it for $70, then it was $29.99, then I tried to tell myself I’m not that big on survival horror-y games and it’d be there in a few months, and found out it was a collectors edition for a limited time with dev commentary (which should be in more games!). Then I told myself it was probably an average PC port, only to have a bunch of reviews (from mostly trustoworthy sources) tell me it’s one of the best console to PC ports around.

   ..Then i bought the game. Yay!
   Also go Remedy, great PC adaption, beautiful game, perfect price point, hell probably worth more.

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   Marathon

   February 21, 2012 at 11:09 am

   Surprise to surprise. PC has a gaming install base much larger than any console market.

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8. 

   Iceleron

   February 21, 2012 at 11:25 am

   The fact that they made their development money back in 48 hours, from a game thats esentially 2 years old, for a greatly reduced sale price says a lot fo the game, or perhaps for the sale price of games in general!

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   lichbane

   February 22, 2012 at 1:36 pm

   Wasn’t the reason they weren’t going to release it initially because of piracy on the PC? LOL! Think how much money they COULD have made it they released it back when it was released on console.

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      David

      February 23, 2012 at 11:32 am

      You have misunderstood.

      They have recouped the costs of development for the PC __PORT__.

      NOT the (very large) costs of development for the overall game.

      Although Microsoft Game Studios provided some very lame excuses for the lack of PC version at the time, Remedy’s concern about PC piracy was entirely valid.

      Oh, and BTW, the game is GREAT. It’s a mature adventure-shooter, and is strongly recommended for everyone who wants something different, and dark.

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