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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 2 days ago

That article is almost two years old. They broke even on AW2 around a year ago, and are now making profits. Would they have sold more if Epic would have magically agreed on both financing the whole game and not having it be an exclusive? Probably. But that wasn't ever going to happen. Remedy got to make the game they wanted to make and didn't even end up losing money on it, and from the way they talk about it they sound satisfied with that.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

But what percentage of those sales are from EGS?

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 2 days ago

No idea, but regardless that is an Epic-problem and not a Remedy problem. Remedy only cares about whether or not they made a profit. Yes, perhaps sales figures on PC/EGS would be of concern to them if they were still partnered with Epic for future releases, but as they've already moved on to self publishing I don't think they care anymore from where the money has come, as long as it is coming. And Alan Wake 2 has been profitable for over a year now.

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