This Friday Remedy Entertainment released an update to its financial statements and announced that Alan Wake Remastered is not making a profit yet, this after reaching Xbox and PlayStation consoles in October 2021 and the Nintendo Switch in October last year. However, the company remains optimistic.
October 2021 saw the release of Alan Wake Remastered on Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, which came just months before the Game Awards sequel starring Alan Wake II was announced. In October last year we saw the release of Alan Wake Remastered on the Nintendo Switch, so the first installment is now available on all modern platforms. However, Alan Wake Remastered came at a discount on Nintendo Switch due to a bug, which certainly didn’t help its earnings.
Presenting his financials, Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala said that Alan Wake 2 It’s fully in production, it will have all of its content soon, and it can already be played from start to finish, so the next step is to polish the experience. “Alan Wake is a unique brand that has a lot of value for the company,” said CEO Virtala before discussing the remastering of the first Alan Wake.a
Alan Wake Remastered has yet to make a profit. However, we expect sales to increase as the release of Alan Wake 2 becomes imminent and fans and new players want to experience the original story on next-gen consoles.”
Although Tero Virtala admitted that Alan Wake Remastered did not generate any profit for Remedy Entertainment, he says the company expects sales to increase as the release of Alan Wake 2 approaches, as fans and new players will want to experience the first chapter of the story in modern platforms.
In addition to developing Alan Wake 2, which appears to be its most advanced project, Remedy Entertainment is also working on Control 2, a sequel to the acclaimed title set in the Alan Wake universe and which has just entered the development phase. proof of concept of its development. ; Codename Condor, a game as a service which is in the same stage of development; Codenamed Vanguard, another early-stage project that promises the storytelling style of the company’s other games; and the Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes, which are still in the design stage.