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Remedy Wants to do Alan Wake 2, Would Remain Exclusive to Microsoft
by Brian Leahy, Aug 09, 2010 2:00pm PDTAlan Wake developer Remedy would like to do a sequel with Microsoft and even though Remedy owns the rights to the franchise, any future games would remain Microsoft exclusive.
"Microsoft put a lot of beef behind [Alan Wake] for it to be an exclusive for the 360," said franchise development head Oskari Hakkinen in an interview with Eurogamer. "They feel it's an important title for their portfolio. It fits into their portfolio among other games like Gears of War, Halo and Forza."
Though the game debuted 8th on the NPD charts in the US following its release--up against Red Dead Redemption--Remedy announced in July that the studio was "very pleased" with the game's performance at retail. The studio felt that the franchise "has legs".
Though Hakkinen mentions that a sequel would be Microsoft-exclusive leaving the door open for a PC version, he stresses that it could go either way with a sequel and it doesn't mean a PC version of Alan Wake 2 would be guaranteed.
Remedy is currently working on more DLC for Alan Wake and "haven't had a chance to get out to Redmond, Microsoft Game Studios, and discuss anything further of how we move on," with regards to a full sequel.
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I was able to enjoy Alan Wake on gamepad, not the GTA episodes. So I bought a very reasonably priced PC instead. GTA episodes run and look much better on it than on sh*tbox.
I may not be able to play (and buy, yes, dear Microsoft, BUY aka give you money) Alan Wake again. But I will never go for any platform exclusive, no matter how good and promising the game looks.
PC is the sh*t for a reason.
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"Microsoft put a lot of beef behind [Alan Wake] for it to be an exclusive for the 360." -- Remedy franchise development head Oskari Hakkinen, August 9, 2010
Okay, what?! First Remedy made the statement of "We'd like to do a PC version of Alan Wake, but Microsoft won't let us!", and now "Microsoft put a lot of beef behind the title for it to be an exclusive for the 360."
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No one cares anymore Remedy, you say you wanted to release on PC but 'your hands are tied', bullshit, you have MS the rope.
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You either
A) Can't be that pleased seeing how you haven't been spouting sells numbers every few days like many titles that sell "well"
B) You had/have low expectation
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I bought all of Remedy's games on day one in the past even when I didn't have a good enough computer to play those games, like with both Max Payne games and Death Rally.
I'm not a Remedy supporter anymore, even though I always support the developers from my country. I'm proud that a small group of talented guys from Finland have risen so high, but I'm sad that they are not making games anymore that I can support, enjoy and play.
Microsoft is to blame for coming in with the money train of course, but Remedy is to blame for going along with it.
Maybe someday you'll come back to PC and make a game that was as ground breaking as the open ended Intel quad core game that Alan Wake was still awhile ago.
Max Payne was a classic character. Max Payne 2 ruined the character and sold poorly.
7 years later they finally finish their next game and it's a complete trainwreck that sells poorly.
Game Over Remedy.
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