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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 10, 2012, 09:55 |
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No pagan rituals on Bluesnews! |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 15:57 |
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Beelzebud wrote on May 9, 2012, 11:22: Hmm it's almost like PC gaming isn't dead, and that PC gamers buy games. Whodathunkit?
Maybe now we won't be treated like 2nd class citizens.... ...as much. Better knock on wood, we're the hated stepchildren of the gaming world. Next time a prettier platform comes along we'll be shoved back into the closet and told we're nothing again.
That is, if we're being regarded as more than a temporary source of bailout income for the time being. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 12:08 |
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Hmm it's almost like PC gaming isn't dead, and that PC gamers buy games. Whodathunkit? It's like we've stumbled into Bizarroworld...
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 11:22 |
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Hmm it's almost like PC gaming isn't dead, and that PC gamers buy games. Whodathunkit?
Maybe now we won't be treated like 2nd class citizens.... ...as much. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 11:04 |
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Found this article to be pretty interesting (not certain of the vailidity of it..) from MMGM: PC Gamers Saved The Alan Wake Franchise (excerpts below)Alan Wake has been a successful adventure for Remedy and PC gamers; in just 48 hours the Finnish developer managed to recoup marketing and development costs, debuted at number one on the Steam charts, and has captivated the long forgotten PC audience. Not bad for a game that launched two years prior as an Xbox 360 exclusive.
Regardless of launch issues and piracy, the title has managed to shift 1.4 million units since launch, which isn't exactly outstanding. Considering a large number of those units would be free download tokens included with Xbox 360 consoles during a Christmas promotion held by Microsoft, it seems that the 360 version of the game was a complete failure when it comes to sales.
Then along comes the PC port two years later, which managed to sell like proverbial hotcakes on a Sunday morning. Despite managing to recoup all marketing and development costs in just 48 hours, less than a month after launch the PC version had sold approximately 600,000 to bump the franchise up to 2 million sales across both platforms.
Considering a lengthy development period of five years, the cost of developing the Xbox 360 version would have been exorbitant. Those 1.4 million sales would have been lucky to break even, no matter how much Microsoft Game Studios subsidised the development process. Yet in just two days, Alan Wake became profitable for the developers on the PC platform. That's definitely something worth taking note of.
So considering the original title sold approximately 1.4 million on the Xbox 360, the adoption rate of this stand-alone title is a mere 3.93%. Considering the recently released Trials: Evolution managed to ship 100,000 units during its first 24 hours, some could consider Alan Wake's American Nightmare a mediocre performer once again from a sales standpoint.
With the announcement that PC gamers will also get their chance to jump head first into the twisted world of American Nightmare in less than two weeks, it will be interesting to see how this one plays out. While Xbox 360 gamers had to wait two years for another taste of Alan Wake, PC aficionados have only had to wait two months.
Alan Wake may have visited the Xbox 360 first, but he found a home on the PC. It is through his new home that Remedy can sleep easy at night, knowing that someone out there is willing to vote with their wallet for more adventures and stories from our favourite novelist. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 10:13 |
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The only nightmare in this game is the gameplay. It's boring and repetitive. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 08:47 |
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I have this for the 360 but I haven't finished it yet. They added some new weapons but it's more of the same. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 06:39 |
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meh, gonna wait to see if they fix the first one. the 3d is quite bad. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 06:03 |
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In the end I simply didn't like the game. The combat was clunky Alone In The Dark 2008 was better, if only because of its originality.
Alan Wake had 1 enemy type. An extremely liniear story progression and, frankly, I *hardly* understood why it had to take place in such a magnificent environtment. I couldn't enjoy it anyway because of the constant fog and darkness.
I understand people like it, of course. It's almost free of bugs and it's solid. I just didn't like it. At all. They also failed miserably with it being scary.
All in all, Alan Wake left me very cold. Miracle I finished it. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 02:04 |
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I enjoyed the atmosphere and the story, but I really did not like how the combat turned out. Very clunky feeling. I'll be skipping this. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 01:41 |
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Pre-ordered here as well.
I aslo had a mixed feeling about Remedy but I really had fun with Alan Wake. $11.5 is a nice deal for 4-5 hour additional story. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 9, 2012, 00:09 |
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nin wrote on May 8, 2012, 22:20: That was surprisingly fast.
The original is on sale on steam and I believe amazon, starting at $15.
Much better: the original is on sale on GOG for $14.99 - DRM-FREE!!! American Nightmare for $13.49 on GOG - again, DRM free! |
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They're waiting for you, Gabe, in the test chamber! |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 8, 2012, 23:06 |
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Pre-ordered.
Originally I was hugely against the idea of Remedy bringing it to PC after they had sold out to Microsoft and wasn't going to buy it out of principle. However, to their credit they did a great job with the PC port, included all the DLC and released it at a discounted price. Not only that but this DLC is 10% off if you pre-order, 15% off if you own the main game and the discounts stack - so it was 25% off for me.
I've had a lot of fun playing it. |
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Re: PC Alan Wake’s American Nightmare This Month |
May 8, 2012, 22:20 |
nin |
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That was surprisingly fast.
The original is on sale on steam and I believe amazon, starting at $15.
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