Remedy says it plans to continue developing its Control and Alan Wake connected universe as Alan Wake II reaches a major sales milestone. Alan Wake II was released in October 2023, thirteen years after the first game, and has since sold 1.3 million units in roughly three months. Remedy says this achievement has outpaced sales figures for Control in that it has, “sold over 50% more copies and over three times more digital copies in its first two months than Control did in its first four months.”
Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala further adds that sales revenue from Alan Wake II has already helped the studio recoup a significant portion of its development and marketing costs. Two paid DLCs are also in the works and, thanks to this sales momentum, more projects such as the Control‘s sequel and the Max Payne remakes, are in the pipeline and moving along.
Per Remedy Entertainment Investors Report:
“We are happy with the start of Alan Wake 2’s sales. The price point has also remained at a high level, and the game has already recouped a significant part of the development and marketing expenses. We will continue to develop the game to serve existing fans and attract new players and expect the game to continue selling well.” Tero Virtala continued: “The successful launch of Alan Wake 2 has supported our other game projects: Condor, Control 2 and Max Payne 1&2 remake have all increased development pace thanks to the personnel released from Alan Wake 2, and we expect these projects to reach their next development stages during the first half of 2024. We now have two established franchises: Control and Alan Wake, which are linked through the Remedy Connected Universe. Growing and expanding these franchises will be a key part of our future.”