Alan Wake PC made a PROFIT in 48 hours after it's release.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/26009-alan-wake-pc-version-covers-costs

"When the game was released last week, the response was much greater than they had hoped for. The Steam release of Alan Wake for the PC and the title vaulted right to number one on Steam, which was very unexpected. The best news of all is that within the first 48 hours of release Remedy had sold enough copies to pay for the rest of the development of the PC version and the associated marketing costs. The PC version of Alan Wake will turn a profit for the company."

Imagine how good the game would have been (as shown by the PC version that they were working on that they demonstrated at intel's developer forum in 2006 ) before they scrapped all that tech and dumbed it down for the Xbox 360.

Hey, at least it's a lot better than Bulletstorm which LOST money for EPIC and it's publishers.

Had about 3 topics on this :P

Try reading the first 3 pages noob.

Try reading the first 3 pages noob.

eyebrows

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

[QUOTE="eyebrows"]

Try reading the first 3 pages noob.

Xtasy26

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

[QUOTE="eyebrows"]

Try reading the first 3 pages noob.

heytheredarlin

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

:lol: read my mind :lol:

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

[QUOTE="eyebrows"]

Try reading the first 3 pages noob.

heytheredarlin

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

[QUOTE="heytheredarlin"]

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

JohnF111

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

...How so?

[QUOTE="heytheredarlin"]

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

Xtasy26

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

And? How does it prove that I was sitting on my a$$ all day over the past couple of months on SW? I have been visiting GW since the 90's. Does that mean I sit on my a$$ all day on GS? LMAO.

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

[QUOTE="heytheredarlin"]

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

Some of us don't sit on our A$$ all day on SW like you apparently do.

Regardless..it's still good news that it wasn't a flop like Bulletstorm was.

Xtasy26

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

And? How does it prove that I was sitting on my a$$ all day over the past couple of months on SW? I have been visiting GW since the 90's. Does that mean I sit on my a$$ all day on GS? LMAO.

Well this derailed fast. And what happened to everyone bagging on Alan Wake? Now its a good game?SpruceCaboose

And Crysis,that one was the most noticeable one.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Well this derailed fast. And what happened to everyone bagging on Alan Wake? Now its a good game?Nanomage

And Crysis,that one was the most noticeable one.

Can't say I didn't see it coming. It was a great game.

[QUOTE="Nanomage"]

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Well this derailed fast. And what happened to everyone bagging on Alan Wake? Now its a good game?SpruceCaboose

And Crysis,that one was the most noticeable one.

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

loosingENDS

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

loosingENDS

eh theres more than that to it, you'd need to get the engine runnin on the DX API which is diffrent from the 360's slightly, bug test it, spec it up and improve the assets (which have been made better).

You do know that people that do all these jobs need paid right? but the game has been reoptimized and tweaked under the hood and thats more than just an ini file, im surprised we dont have laws for euthanisation sometimes when people act as stupid as you.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

tenaka2

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

I am making games actually, so i know everything is made on PC first and optimized for consoles

My XBLA game can easilly run on PC right away, since has been optimized for 360

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

razgriz_101

eh theres more than that to it, you'd need to get the engine runnin on the DX API which is diffrent from the 360's slightly, bug test it, spec it up and improve the assets (which have been made better).

You do know that people that do all these jobs need paid right? but the game has been reoptimized and tweaked under the hood and thats more than just an ini file, im surprised we dont have laws for euthanisation sometimes when people act as stupid as you.

Just track him down, that way when ever he makes a stupid post just wack him with a bat :)

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

loosingENDS

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

I am making games actually, so i know everything is made on PC first and optimized for consoles

My XBLA game can easilly run on PC right away, since has been optimized for 360

Post a link or a youtube video of these games you are making.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

tenaka2

I am making games actually, so i know everything is made on PC first and optimized for consoles

My XBLA game can easilly run on PC right away, since has been optimized for 360

Post a link or a youtube video of these games you are making.

You will see them when the time comes and when they are finalized (at least the demo i will send to MS)

I will not show work in progress

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

loosingENDS

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

I am making games actually, so i know everything is made on PC first and optimized for consoles

My XBLA game can easilly run on PC right away, since has been optimized for 360

your using 360 API's....you would need to reoptimize the game to work with DX API's which would more than likely require reprogramming for your engine.Also i really doubt you make XBLA games considering your downright stupidity on here im surprised you can turn on your computer sometimes to be honest also wouldnt mind some recent screen caps with your forum name in it so put up or shut up.

None of those screens you posted when your saolin and also wouldnt mind some links to your blogs, work updates aswell and some screen caps with your forum name in a notepad.

Put up or shut up.

PS put the name of your project up aswell so i can do some googling :)

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

You obviously have no idea about software development or computing in general.

razgriz_101

I am making games actually, so i know everything is made on PC first and optimized for consoles

My XBLA game can easilly run on PC right away, since has been optimized for 360

your using 360 API's....you would need to reoptimize the game to work with DX API's which would more than likely require reprogramming for your engine.Also i really doubt you make XBLA games considering your downright stupidity on here im surprised you can turn on your computer sometimes to be honest also wouldnt mind some recent screen caps with your forum name in it so put up or shut up.

None of those screens you posted when your saolin and also wouldnt mind some links to your blogs, work updates aswell and some screen caps with your forum name in a notepad.

Put up or shut up.

PS put the name of your project up aswell so i can do some googling :)

Actually XNA provides me unified code, i have one code base for all of WP7, xbox and windows, i can run my game in all three platforms right now just by building it for a specific one and with some #IF statements in the code for the different controls

I agree partly that if you dont go with XNA, there may be some lower level stuff specific to 360 involved that would need porting or tweaking, i am not sure though since i only work on XNA level, not Direct X or below

And i dont know how Alan Wake is programmed either, but for sure would not cost much to port to PC

As for the higher asset thing, every developers is making games with high assets, they dont remake assets, just take to source one and fit it accordingly

You dont make models from start, models are made in high poly counts and adjusted for gaming later, same with maps

Developers rarely have to actually remake assets

Even for my 720p 2D game i output all my assets in 1080p just in case for example

I could post pics of my game, but 1. is work in progress, 2. is not fit to do in a forum, usually these things go to a website or journalists first

so your bullsh1iting as usual.

Any developer would have at least a blog or FB page with their work.

so your bullsh1iting as usual.

Any developer would have at least a blog or FB page with their work.

razgriz_101

Why ?

I will have a page and blog after i have a fully working demo to show, why make such things earlier ?

I am making the game, i dont have time to follow a FB page or update a blog really

Plus why would i reveal the style and graphics of the game early ?

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

so your bullsh1iting as usual.

Any developer would have at least a blog or FB page with their work.

loosingENDS

Why ?

I will have a page and blog after i have a fully working demo to show, why make such things earlier ?

I am making the game, i dont have time to follow a FB page or update a blog really

before you went into developement you should have that all sorted, and all that time your wasting talking crap on here could easily be used to focus on a blog.

Seriously you are such an idiot sometimes its unreal, if you ever want to sell your game you gotta market it and that is something you clearly are not doing and i doubt you can eve program for 1 you've **** and gave us a bull reason for not having a blog or an FB page so people can track your progress which is the basics of the basics or even a forum so your playerbase can interact, the same canned photo's we've seen from an XBLIG that i doubt is from you.

Sorry if im being wide but your pure idiocracy and retarded attitude on this forums not helping your case when we ask you for info on this "project" and you give us a crap reason sorry but im done your nothing buy a liar in my eyes til you can least put up or shut up without a lame excuse.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

so your bullsh1iting as usual.

Any developer would have at least a blog or FB page with their work.

razgriz_101

Why ?

I will have a page and blog after i have a fully working demo to show, why make such things earlier ?

I am making the game, i dont have time to follow a FB page or update a blog really

before you went into developement you should have that all sorted, and all that time your wasting talking crap on here could easily be used to focus on a blog.

Seriously you are such an idiot sometimes its unreal, if you ever want to sell your game you gotta market it and that is something you clearly are not doing and i doubt you can eve program for 1 you've **** and gave us a bull reason for not having a blog or an FB page so people can track your progress which is the basics of the basics or even a forum so your playerbase can interact, the same canned photo's we've seen from an XBLIG that i doubt is from you.

Sorry if im being wide but your pure idiocracy and retarded attitude on this forums not helping your case when we ask you for info on this "project" and you give us a crap reason sorry but im done your nothing buy a liar in my eyes til you can least put up or shut up without a lame excuse.

I will market the game when the time is right, not before

I dont want to reveal early how the game is, so what would i write in my blog exactly ?

Plus having people expect updates for 2 years i am making the game now, would probably make them loose faith

Remember what happened to Alan Wake, i want the game demo to be near final before i start with the revealing of the game, that is all

And i dont want people to wait years from the game reveal to the final release, we are three men team, so i dont have the luxury of making predictions about the exact date i will have that demo ready

I do target mid to end summer though, so i can reveal it then and start with the marketing stuff until the whole game is done, which will take many more months anyway, plus i will have contacted publishers and have a better idea of how the game will progress

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Why ?

I will have a page and blog after i have a fully working demo to show, why make such things earlier ?

I am making the game, i dont have time to follow a FB page or update a blog really

loosingENDS

before you went into developement you should have that all sorted, and all that time your wasting talking crap on here could easily be used to focus on a blog.

Seriously you are such an idiot sometimes its unreal, if you ever want to sell your game you gotta market it and that is something you clearly are not doing and i doubt you can eve program for 1 you've **** and gave us a bull reason for not having a blog or an FB page so people can track your progress which is the basics of the basics or even a forum so your playerbase can interact, the same canned photo's we've seen from an XBLIG that i doubt is from you.

Sorry if im being wide but your pure idiocracy and retarded attitude on this forums not helping your case when we ask you for info on this "project" and you give us a crap reason sorry but im done your nothing buy a liar in my eyes til you can least put up or shut up without a lame excuse.

I will market the game when the time is right, not before

I dont want to reveal early how the game is, so what would i write in my blog exactly ?

Plus having people expect updates for 2 years i am making the game now, would probably make them loose faith

Remember what happened to Alan Wake, i want the game demo to be near final before i start with the revealing of the game, that is all

And i dont want people to wait years from the game reveal to the final release, we are three men team, so i dont have the luxury of making predictions about the exact date i will have that demo ready

I do target mid to end summer though, so i can reveal it then and start with the marketing stuff until the whole game is done, which will take many more months anyway, plus i will have contacted publishers and have a better idea of how the game will progress

so basically what your saying is your game doesnt exist? and your lying and making up nonsense.

Personalyl if i was targetting this summer i would have had information least 6 months prior and a basic gameplay build by now to sell it.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

before you went into developement you should have that all sorted, and all that time your wasting talking crap on here could easily be used to focus on a blog.

Seriously you are such an idiot sometimes its unreal, if you ever want to sell your game you gotta market it and that is something you clearly are not doing and i doubt you can eve program for 1 you've **** and gave us a bull reason for not having a blog or an FB page so people can track your progress which is the basics of the basics or even a forum so your playerbase can interact, the same canned photo's we've seen from an XBLIG that i doubt is from you.

Sorry if im being wide but your pure idiocracy and retarded attitude on this forums not helping your case when we ask you for info on this "project" and you give us a crap reason sorry but im done your nothing buy a liar in my eyes til you can least put up or shut up without a lame excuse.

razgriz_101

I will market the game when the time is right, not before

I dont want to reveal early how the game is, so what would i write in my blog exactly ?

Plus having people expect updates for 2 years i am making the game now, would probably make them loose faith

Remember what happened to Alan Wake, i want the game demo to be near final before i start with the revealing of the game, that is all

And i dont want people to wait years from the game reveal to the final release, we are three men team, so i dont have the luxury of making predictions about the exact date i will have that demo ready

I do target mid to end summer though, so i can reveal it then and start with the marketing stuff until the whole game is done, which will take many more months anyway, plus i will have contacted publishers and have a better idea of how the game will progress

so basically what your saying is your game doesnt exist? and your lying and making up nonsense.

Personalyl if i was targetting this summer i would have had information least 6 months prior and a basic gameplay build by now to sell it.

I am targeting this summer to have a demo ready and seek a publisher, not to have the whole game ready

The demo is mostly ready though, i am doing the details and tweaking now, quests etc

Selling the final game could take another year or more and largly depends on the publisher

Also i would rather have the publisher advertise it and me actually focus on development

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

I will market the game when the time is right, not before

I dont want to reveal early how the game is, so what would i write in my blog exactly ?

Plus having people expect updates for 2 years i am making the game now, would probably make them loose faith

Remember what happened to Alan Wake, i want the game demo to be near final before i start with the revealing of the game, that is all

And i dont want people to wait years from the game reveal to the final release, we are three men team, so i dont have the luxury of making predictions about the exact date i will have that demo ready

I do target mid to end summer though, so i can reveal it then and start with the marketing stuff until the whole game is done, which will take many more months anyway, plus i will have contacted publishers and have a better idea of how the game will progress

loosingENDS

so basically what your saying is your game doesnt exist? and your lying and making up nonsense.

Personalyl if i was targetting this summer i would have had information least 6 months prior and a basic gameplay build by now to sell it.

I am targeting this summer to have a demo ready and seek a publisher, not to have the whole game ready

The demo is mostly ready though, i am doing the details and tweaking now, quests etc

Selling the final game could take another year or more and largly depends on the publisher

I'd have done that well before anything if i was making a game, it would have eased up and more than likely got you financial backing.To be honest your best bet if anything now is release over steam providing you have a build ready.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

so basically what your saying is your game doesnt exist? and your lying and making up nonsense.

Personalyl if i was targetting this summer i would have had information least 6 months prior and a basic gameplay build by now to sell it.

razgriz_101

I am targeting this summer to have a demo ready and seek a publisher, not to have the whole game ready

The demo is mostly ready though, i am doing the details and tweaking now, quests etc

Selling the final game could take another year or more and largly depends on the publisher

I'd have done that well before anything if i was making a game, it would have eased up and more than likely got you financial backing.To be honest your best bet if anything now is release over steam providing you have a build ready.

I will try Microsoft first, then any other publishers that could get it to Live

Steam is indeed an option too

How would i seek a publisher before i have an actual playable demo ? Now i have better chances finding one and getting the financial backing to finish the whole game

[QUOTE="JohnF111"]

[QUOTE="heytheredarlin"]

He has less posts and an earlier join date than you. :lol:

Xtasy26

...How so?

I'm lost for words with this guy, why he bumped this thread to allow his self-demise only he knows :lol:

Great news, that way we will get an Alan Wake 2 (closer to alan wake mechanichs, instead of American Nightmare).

I don't have a gaming PC and need to believe the xbox I'm stuck with offers the best deal

loosingENDS

I see.

if loosingENDs get into actual game development he will propably usurp Derek Smart's throne :)

Actually it should make a profit in the first few seconds, since they did not spend even one dollar making it

Poping up the resolution in a ini file has no real costs involved, does it ? Obviouslty when you spend nothing you make a profit right away

I wonder why it took them 48 whole hours to turn profit with zero cost ?

loosingENDS

What's this "dumbing it down for the 360" crap? That alone tells me you don't give two sh!ts about the actual game, butonly as forum fodder.

It deserves it, good game.

Pretty sad that this is news for PC gamers.

Pretty sad that this is news for PC gamers.

brennanhuff

Why?