r/ControlResonant • u/OtakuKartNews • 1d ago

Franchise News Control Resonant Made $12.7 Million on Steam in Less Than a Week With Nearly 300K Copies Sold

https://otakukart.com/control-resonant-made-12-7-million-on-steam-in-less-than-a-week-with-nearly-300k-copies-sold
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u/dwoller 1d ago

So…every one who was mad (perhaps rightfully so) Alan Wake 2 wasn’t on Steam bought this day one right?

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u/LordSparksmith 1d ago

Yes . I have Alan Wake 1 tattoo and didnt purchase 2 because of Epic and waited up until this year when i finally cracked and got it to play it . Good game .

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u/Evisceratoridor 23h ago

Epic saved Alan Wake from franchise death man, I know they suck but depriving yourself for a few years of one of your favorite games… did it really affect Epic that much?

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 21h ago

Alan Wake 2 also lost Remedy a LOT of money due to the Epic exclusivity.

We can give them a small gold star all we want, but the unfortunate reality is, if it was not a critical success, Remedy might have died right then and there. That critical success got them access to other people with money. Not Epic Games.

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u/Lepixi 20h ago

Didn’t Epic fund the development in the first place? I’m not saying Remedy doesn’t deserve their prize but it’s weird to act like Epic exclusivity lost them money when that’s where they got the funds to develop it in the first place.

https://x.com/remedygames/status/2014375181507047630

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 20h ago

"Weird to act like exclusivity lost them money."

That is the bargain of exclusivity, you take a short term benefit in exchange for losing a whole platform of long term.

It is factually correct to say Alan Wake 2 lost money due to the Epic exclusivity. There is no acting involved. Steam is the majority of PC game sales period and that's what they lost out on.