Would Alan Wake Have Sold Better on the PlayStation 3?

Alan Wake, the Remedy-developed psychological action thriller released exclusively for the Xbox 360 roughly a month ago, was a critical success, but sales figures for the game have been rather disappointing, at least by gaming standards. This begs the question… would Alan Wake be doing far better had it been released for the PlayStation 3? And more-so, would PlayStation 3 owners have had a better appreciation for it?

[Pandamobile]

It would have sold better if they released it on PC like the original plan was...

Fricking Microsoft's business strategies make no sense.

[MegaPowa]

it would of been pirated. so i think their strategy made enough sense

[Anon7349]

There thousands of people pirating Alan Wake on the 360, what's your point?

People would have bought Alan Wake on the PC, but instead they screwed it up with to satisfy the 360 limits, but it still would have sold well on PC..

THEN THEY DIDN'T RELEASE IT ON PC.

Microsoft is retarded, I completely agree with panda.

[qface64]

PC has the highest piracy rate PERIOD
you can't even compare the piracy rate of consoles with that of PC's

just pointing that out

[klado]

Doesn't face off the fact of people still pirating the xbox version all around...so...just to let you know.

[corneliuscrust]

People were only dying for exclusives on the 360.

Ps3 has been doing CRAZY well with its exclusives lineup. MS realises that this is how the console competition is shaping up, AND GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT: A 360 EXCLUSIVE.

And all people can say is "sales would be better if it was multiplat" fucking geniuses.

The sales for ANY GAME EVER MADE would be better if it were released on more platforms.

But exclusives are one of the increasingly few reasons to own one system over the other.

MS is trying to give people some exclusives they need to buy a 360 for, why is everyone ramming sand into their vaginas over this?

[Ninjews]

@QFACE That's not true. Handhelds actually have a higher rate.

[SnukaTheMan]

I dont think this game was meant for a console...they episodes probably would of been free.....who knows...

[FarEastOrient]

I truthfully all ready to buy this game on the PC through Steam yet they announced on the last few months that there will not be any PC support. That blew my hopes since Mass Effect 2 is also on my PC.

[ShiNe-Box-]

Ah haha...angry PC gamer FTW!

Who's the peasant now?

/jk

I would actually go as far to say that it would have sold A LOT better if they released it on PC.

[DaTruth]

Go get your F'in shine-box!!!!

[solar]

no. Ps3 exclusives dont sell like they should. UC2 is an absolutely amazing game and it didnt sell anywhere near it should. everyone with as Ps3 shouldve bought it.

[Wildarmsjecht]

I personally believe that UC2 is an amazing game as well and would love it to have sold a crapton of millions, more than the millions it already has, but I also know that not everyone will enjoy the same game I do, and if there are a variety of other games available at or around the same time as UC2's release, then people will purchase whatever suits their tastes, not what someone else thinks is absolutely amazing.

The argument that just because a game is amazing to a group of people, everyone with the same platform should have bought it is ridiculous.

[SpitFireAce85]

The reason PS3 exclusives games dont sell like
some XB360 games or Wii games is because there
is a bigger selection of games to chose from.
I believe the game that can play the sales game
is GT5 that game should sell 10mill+.

[firelogic]

How much do you want a game to sell? Uncharted 2 has sold over 3 million copies. PS3 games tend to sell well consistently over time whereas 360 games are majorly front-loaded and peters out to nothing in a few week's time.

Heavy Rain, another niche title sold over a million. How much did alan wake sell? 300k or so? Face facts, 360 is not the platform for these types of games. JRPGs don't sell and niche titles like this don't sell.

Shooters do sell well because that's the majority of the 360 audience. Forcing games of this nature on the platform isn't going to change the game playing preferences of the majority of 360 owners.

You go to 360 for Halo and Gears. You go to PS3 for everything else. You go to Wii for 1st party games. When is MS going to realize this and stop wasting their resources trying to cram X game down the throats of their audience?

[ipe]

UC2 surpassed 3.5 millions in february.
Lifetime it ll go over 5 millions just like mgs4 ,gt prologue and soon gt5.

Besides gears and halo everything else on 360 is below ps3 exclusive sales, from mass effect to alan. 300k in almost a month is low considering its one of the most hyped games this gen.

lbp over 3.5 millions,rfom over 3.5 millions, motorstorm over 3.5 millions, uncharted 3.5 millions, gow3 is on way to 3 millions and ll end LT 4-5 millions.

Yeah ps3 exclusives dont sell. /s

[Greywulf]

did pretty well.

Remedy didn't understand their audience imo.

AW needed more guns and co-op.

[Spydiggity]

if you had more guns, you'd just spread the ammo thinner and you wouldn't use the guns anyway. and co-op woulda been sloppy considering the way the enemies get drawn out in the darkness.

the game should have been longer (10 episodes maybe) and it needed more puzzles...some real puzzles.

but that's being a little picky. in 2009 i spent 60 dollars on half a dozen games that weren't nearly as good, so i can't complain about value. it just came out at a bad time and had horrible marketing. that's all there is to it. there is no reason to speculate on anything else. you never see aw commercials, and rdr is one of the biggest mid year titles of all time. that's IT

[Christopher]

An okay game is an okay game. Both 360 and PS3 have them and they sell about as well as the other.

[Silver360]

They own the game and they made it a Xbox 360 exclusive. They can do what they want with their property. Let's see some of you people complaining tell Sony to make one of their exclusives multi platform, get real not gonna happen. This is just another way to bash MS. In the end though it means nothing their game their platform their choice.

[corneliuscrust]

On N4Ps3

MS can't do anything right for these kids.

"360 has no real exclusives"
Alan Wake finally released as 360 exclusive

"Alan Wake should have been multiplat, wtf MS"

good call kids.

[SaberEdge]

I know. It's absolutely mind-blowing the depth of some of these people's ignorance.

[Lou-Cipher]

I dont know if it would have sold better, but I think it definetly would of been a better game. It probably would have been an open world game like it was originaly intended.

You can tell that they had to cut a $hitload of content from the game probably due to DVD storage issues. This game would have definetly scored higher if it was PC/PS3 exclusive.

[Jihaad_cpt]

Because games like these sell millions on PC? I honestly don't think that is the case.

[evrfighter]

Allan Wake had the the entire tech forums I frequent fired up. These guys are benchmark gamers and the entire forums including myself upgraded to quad core with this game being one of the many good reasons why.

I almost never buy singleplayer only games but AW was going to be an exception. I have a 360 also of course but I'll probably never play the game as I don't do gimped.

M$ has another thing coming if they believe pc gamers are going to give up the ultimate gaming experience for some crappy 5 year old tech.

This game on steam would have lit up sales.

[wages of sin]

The highest selling games on the PS3 are shooters, so explain to me how it is that you fanatical jerk offs believe that it would've sold better? On what basis is that made?

You bitch and moan that MS doesn't have enough variety or try and mix things up and then when they do, you turn around and say "they did it to spite Sony". What kinda "logic" is that? I love my PS3, and I loved HR but I hate Sony fanboys, you're embarassing to gaming.

Oh and by the way, remember SDF, "sales don't matter" right? So why do you care? How many times have we heard that line before? You people are so full of shit it's unbelievable. I wonder if it's a Euro thing to be elitist assholes who play consoles and not games? Are you that butt hurt that after a few years of not being worth the purchase and all the broken promises, shit talking and general crap that came from Sony proper, now that they've turned the ship around you act like stupid, spoiled children?

AW is a great game. It's a great game that is better than HR in my opinon. I have both and love both but for me, AW was worth the wait and is a great game. Sales be damned. That and the SDF. Contrary to popular belief, the 360 has variety and it's only you morons who are frying balls (i.e. dropping acid) in Sony land, who believe otherwise.

@emk,
In one sentence you pull out a woulda-coulda-shoulda followed by stop being "winny fan boys". Thanks for proving my point.

[Sonyfanclubpresident]

Stop speaking the truth in here........you will lose bubbles........
oops,wrote too soon.

[theonlylolking]

Uncharted 2, MGS4, LBP and reistance 1 are the best selling PS3 exclusives so far, and only 1 of them is a shooter. MGS4 and U2 are action adventure and LBP is platformish game.

[Dude420]

I just thought you should know, COD: MW2 is the best selling game on the PS3, probably near UC2 and MGS4 combined. Goes to show that even a lot of PS3 owners are attracted by shooters as well.

Btw, Fable 2 sold as much as LBP.

[candystop]

Exclusives yes but he's talking about game period. There are many 360 game that sold over a million also so use your freaking brain when responding.

OT: Bubbles to you Wages and couldn't agree with you more. These sad haters are everywhere trying to attack 360 owners like little sore losers. I just find it funny so many Sony fanboys keep calling out 360 owners when 360 owners don't even care about PS3. Sure PS3 has great looking games but I see no reason in bragging about it to people that don't care for it. Aw may or may not of sold better but who knows? It's still a new game and we don't even know the numbers yet to start making "how many did it sale" claims.

[BlackTar187]

This game was great i enjoyed it both me and my brother enjoyed it. But when you say 360 people dont care about ps3 then i should expect no more articles about how this is 360 graphic game that compares to ps3 exclusive and so on and so forth. people will always copmpare and care so dont act like your some victim both sides are guilty of these little things and i always find it funny when one camp plays victim but 10mins later an article will pop up proving you wrong or them wrong.

[candystop]

I'm not playing victim lol. You stop playing dumb is more like it. I think you no where I'm getting at.

[BlackTar187]

Who is the dumb one
"I just find it funny so many Sony fanboys keep calling out 360 owners when 360 owners don't even care about PS3. Sure PS3 has great looking games but I see no reason in bragging about it to people that don't care for it. Aw may or may not of sold better but who knows? It's still a new game and we don't even know the numbers yet to start making "how many did it sale" claims. " \
you are clearly saying 360 fans dont care about graphics etc but more then once a week this site has an article written by 360 fans that says Crysis or AW is the 360 graphic juggernaut to tie or beat ps3 etc. so who is the dumb one again you write it in your post i comment on it cuz its true and im the dumb one?

then you say sales im not sure you have been here but i saw heavy rain under perform articles infamous under perform artciles and any ps3 exclusive game that comes out has articles by 360 only fans rambling on about it. So are you new to this site? cuz if your not then you look like the bigger fool for claiming you understand the demographic of this site if you just got here i would suggeet not making blanket statements.
Anyways love both system 360 fans do care just wait till another Aw graphic title gets announced etc. its a revolving door both sides do it and lol at you saying people dont care if they didn't 1/2 the people wouldn't be in this article

and man my spelling is terrible but man

im not trying to make enemies her but its very clear that graphics dont matter unless your winning. sales dont matter unless your winning. I may be looking to far into it but you do lead people in this direction then you say im dumb?

[absolutecarnage]

At least I know some people have a brain on N4G I wish more people thought the way you do. Actually who am i'm kidding that will never happen way too many retards on this Site. Aka ( Mikeslemonade) For One. I would list more but i think N4G has a Word count limit

[Pika-pie]

Why do you even compare Heavy Rain to Alan Wake. The only thing these games have in common is screen tearing!

[candystop]

No I'm not saying 360 gamers don't care about graphics. What I'm saying is regardless of good or bad graphics most 360 owners are not asking PS3 fanboys to inject there opinion or talk about PS3 games in 360 threads. If we wanted to know about PS3 we would enter a PS3 thread not 360.

"then you say sales im not sure you have been here but i saw heavy rain under perform articles infamous under perform artciles and any ps3 exclusive game that comes out has articles by 360 only fans rambling on about it."

Yeah you saw those after NPD but right now all the AW sold a few is nothing more than a rumor.

"lol at you saying people dont care if they didn't 1/2 the people wouldn't be in this article"

It's a flaimbait article so of course people will respond.

"I may be looking to far into it but you do lead people in this direction then you say im dumb?"

I'm not calling you dumb! I said don't play dumb kind of like ignoring what I was trying to say.

[BlackTar187]

no problem here i understand what your saying more now then i did. So no problem nice convo with you like i said im not here to make enemies or anything of the sort so if i came of harsh please chalk it up to being emotionless in post form.

Game on.

[SaberEdge]

Great post, Wages of Sin. I agreed with everything you said. It's sad that sensible people like you have only one bubble, while ridiculously biased people often have 3.

BTW, Alan Wake is indeed a great game. It is by far one of the best games I have played in some time.

[emk2004]

how can people disagree with pandamobile, if it was on pc it would of sold better stop being Winny fan boys.

[maverick40]

You better be joking right??Remedy would make a loss if they release it on pc with the amount of peasant gamers illegally downloading the game. On ps3 piracy aint an issue so yeah they should of made the game multiplatform.

[dj55555555]

Ghostbusters has now been fixed

[Smkt]

sold better on PC? funny..

the only MS f#ck up was having the same release date as RDR.. of course Alan Wake was gonna get destroyed in the sales..

[USEYOURFIST]

how is panda getting disagrees, some stupid people on this site

[otherZinc]

NPD will show for the month that Alan Wake, though, against 4 games, including RED DEAD REDEMPTION, will outsell Heavy Rain. Also, it was sold way away from game buying season.

VGChartz doesn't count pack-ins & overseas we cant see all of the give aways Heavy Rain enjoyed.

According to NPD, Alan Wake will outsell Heavy Rain.

[Man In Black]

Fucking flamebait article.

[MNicholas]

Was it a good game?

It basically tried to provide a grown up version of the old Halo formula.

The poor graphics may have contributed to the game's relative failure. The market they were going after with this game is probably a bit more discerning than your typical Gears or Halo player who are easily satisfied with cheap shininess.

[SaberEdge]

Nice try. Poor graphics? Give me a break. Alan Wake is among the top 5 best looking games I have played on any console. Period.

[CoxMulder]

I'd play some more games in that case SaberEdge, you seem to be missing out BIG TIME!!

[dkgshiz]

If you ever look at any multiplatform games that are on the PC,PS3,360. The PC is the one with the lowest amount of sales. I personally doubt this game would of sold well on any thing.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Yeah, and the same people were saying how the 360 doesn't have exclusives since it is also no PC. While others are practically saying I will just pirate it on PC.

Well you guys got your wish! Enjoy it!!!

[Aaroncls7]

Remedy disappointed pc players when they announced the BS exclusivity deal with MS. People said this would happen, the community tried to warn them; but they did it anyway. Now they feel their game could have sold better.

Boo hoo; next time listen to the real experts: the gamers.

[gtamike]

It would of had better textures and be in HD if on PS3

[Lykon]

Yes I would have brought AW It has got to be more playable than the awful heavy rain. Us ps3 owners made heavy rain a huge hit and a lot of people liked it, but also many like myself thought it had a broken story and was little more than some poorly executed QTE's with nice looking loading screens.

[ViciousBoston]

it would have easily sold more. Alan Wake took 5 years to complete for 350k sales? That won't cover a quarter of the production costs. PS3 gamers would have eaten up Alan Wake. I was interested in it alot but can't get it because I refuse to pay money for another system when mine already does everything. I would have gotten Alan Wake day 1. It reminded me of a good mix of Resident Evil and Silent Hill.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Actually, their development team is less than half of most teams today, so 5 years really amounts to more like 2.5 years of expenses for a normal budgeted game.

This game hopefully has long sales legs and then there is always episodic content.

I will be there to buy the second DLC episode and download the first one free. I hope they make a sequel! The game is fantastic. Don't know what the hate is all about!

[pixelsword]

Releasing it on consoles or PC would not have mattered; changing the gameplay to something so linear may have been a factor in it's sales, not what it was played on.

[Cueil]

Microsoft was fine with it, but they couldn't hit any of their milestones so the PC version was cut and the game engine optimized for the 360 only... either Microsoft is screwing over PC gamers or they aren't focusing enough on optimizing for the 360... they can only done one or the other not both.

[AAACE5]

Would have sold better if they had not of made the idiot mistake of releasing with Red Dead Redemption! This is usually a quiet time for gaming. What idiot thought gamers would go to the store to pick up AW and RDR for $120+ tax?

They could have just released early or a week or two later! Who comes up with this sh*t!

[poopface1]

although it was a week apart...

[Ripyealip]

Once you get 100 agrees your pretty much immortal.
congrats

[Raz]

It might be a fanboy thing; but I always tend to think of the PS3 gamers as the 'elite', and the 360 gamers as more 'mainstream'.

So games like Alan Wake that lean toward being more 'artsy' and refined will always do better on the PS3, imho. If you want a successful 360 hit: blood, violence, mayhem, 1st person, excessive swearing, maybe throw in a little nudity...you get the idea.

[mastiffchild]

Personally, I didn't buy Alan Wake because I thought the way they(MS or Remedy-whoever made the decision)treated PC gamers, some of whom had been waiting since that E3 announcement 5 years past, was a bit crappy. to then justify it with a laughably false reason was even worse and left me not wanting them to profit on tjhe project because of me_there's enough poor practise in gaming without that kind of thing so why couldn't they be honest? Saying the game suited the 360 more than the PC was ridiculous-surely, if anything, playing a game on your TV(as most do with a console), in your lounge and on your sofa(as most do)with all the distractions and interruptions that go with it is less suited to a tense game than playing alone, headphones on, in the dark at your rig. Anyway, I'd find it a lot easier to conjure up the "correct" setting for AW on my PC than I would if I had to battle it out for the console and TV!

Would it have sold any better on the PS3? Who knows? There's no reason to think it would or it wouldn't really. Sure, some games with more unusual themes have done well on the PS3(HR and LBP for example) and some games have sold better on PS3 than they did on 360-though these have tended to be games with a long PS history like SF or Resi. thing is none of these were in a similar vein to AW. AW has no history at all and neither LBP nor any other odd PS3 exclusive had been so long promised and so long delayed as Alan wake was by the time it launched and it's that time I feel that really affected it's sales rather than a big platform issue.

No, to me the issue isn't about what platform it was on(though one might argue all the slimming down of the game and it's features ended up pointing to one cut back from it's earlier ambition because of storage and the lack of an HDD on some 360's-another thing we'll never know)or even which one's it wasn't but purely people losing sight and interest in the game after so damn long and, seemingly, a lot of cutbacks.

I know that I'm in the minority with my personal reason for not getting a game I'd eagerly waited for since 2005(and one behind, partially, my choice to get a 360 day one)as most won't care that the PC got slighted-I just always think bad behaviour and BS shouldn't be encouraged and esp not from those in a position of trust. Besides that they made out the PC version was a good bit away from finished when, until last year, we'd only EVER seen video of THAT version. Whatever, I'd blame the wait rather than any other side issue for the lack of huge sales for AW and while there's some evidence of PS gamers liking/buying more games from different genres it's not like survival horror/action games are niche , really, is it? RE5 did so well on the PS3 because of it's long heritage on Sony platforms and not the genre, imo, and that apart I fail to see any other real, close comparisons on any front.

BTW, did borrow the game from a mate and thought it was pretty good but not really worth the excessive wait as it relied on one gameplay mechanic the whole way through and suffered from those bloody chapter story recaps which, to me, treated gamers like idiots. In fact the whole narration liked spelling out the blindingly effin obvious from minute one. A good game, then, but not a great one and certainly not a lot like what we were once promised all those years ago. The wait and the changes will have hurt sales most, imho.

[Blaze929]

....no?

Or how about an advertisement? Magazine ad? Billboard? Cup? Newspaper? Anything? Don't worry - I'll wait.

[dirthurts]

For a game with so much going for it they didn't push it at ALL.
Advertising people. Come on!

[WildArmed]

Yeah, it seems like they already were holding their breathe for it to fail.
And saving the big campaigns for the one and only Halo Reach this fall.
(lets not lie to ourselves, it's MS trump card)

@Below
I think you misunderstand me.

I was talking about mass advertising.
I'm pretty sure if you visit gamefaqs, you keep up with the games. So they already know if they want AW or not.

I'm talking about TV advertisements, and bus ones etc etc.

I have yet to see one.
It's easy to point out links and saw it was a big campaign.
I find it hard to believe so.

I see RDR ads every other street in Chicago.
Not once have I seen a AW ad.

[ClownBelt]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3

Gamefaqs

http://www.strategyonline.c...

Another one. Big BillBoard

Lack of advertising?

I've also seen a couple of these adds on some downloading site like Zshare and Ushare.

Many games won't even get the privilege of such ads, yet still considered a success. Stop spinning it. 360 gamers aren't into this genre that's why it didn't get the sell they expected.

@below
" The projection, billboards and transit advertising was also accompanied by wild postings - produced by Italian LSD photographers - complemented the other media, all of which is set to run through June."

Numbnuts. Advertising is advertising. How they do it is their problem. Stop spinning and accept it. Butthurt. Haha I've showed you and all you can do is deny it and use personal attack against me. Lol.

@above
There is a bus one. Did you even try checking the link I posted?

[AridSpider]

A couple of teaser posters? You call that real advertising? You don't even know what those posters are about yet alone pay them any time of day. You say lack of advertising with a question mark as if it isn't true. not one damn tv ad. Microsoft has been pretty quiet on pushing this game.

Theres nothing even on Gamefaqs.

But of course, expect nothing less than retardation from ClownBelt. what a...clown. butthurt? What are you, 10? show us what Blaze is asking for or stfu.

[Cueil]

VGChartz had heavy ads for the game

[RememberThe357]

It's not wonder it didn't set the charts on fire.

@clown: Next time try a screen capture. I see no ad for gamefaqs.

[Tony-A]

I saw an ad for Alan Wake pretty every time an ad started before a video online. That's about it. I didn't see one for TV, but I saw a lot online, especially YouTube.

[AridSpider]

Did Microsoft fund this project or come in half way through to publish it? Maybe the development time went on so long it was no longer profitable to spend money marketing the game.

Whatever the reason is it must be good. Let's not pretend as if Microsoft's Xbox department suddenly forgot how to market. They've done some of the best marketing techniques this gen.

[ShiNe-Box-]

A lot of things could have happened; we'll never know though.

Maybe part of Splinter Cell's exclusivity clause mentioned something about NOT heavily advertising other Xbox exclusives near Splinter Cell's release date. Pretty weird but it could happen.

Sucks that the game didn't sell well.

[Rainstorm81]

But as of late in seems they started losing thier advertising swagger, so to speak. IMHO it started with the 360 ad with the LBP music then they tried the whole its play time or whatever ads withe the lady from two and half men and Role MOdels. It's been down hill since they abandoned "Jump In"

Personally i think the success of the "Dear Playstation" marketing campaign has made MS a lil shakey on the advertising front.

[k-Lan]

I'm pretty sure they're saving their marketing money for Natal.

[Drazz]

Well they did do a live action mini series.....

[theonlylolking]

Its great too.

[Cueil]

someone disagree with the truth... why do people hate the truth so much

[Elven6]

Here are some billboards,

http://www.strategyonline.c...

I saw a lot of ads on gaming sites for Alan Wake in the weeks leading up to launch on sites like N4G, GameGrep, IGN, etc. They also had a miniseries called "Bright Falls" that had excellent production values.

I haven't seen any TV ads which is very disappointing, they had a few on the Xbox 360 dashboard though.

In regards to this article, they are using VG Chartz which is hardly accurate, its been argued to death and back on N4G alone. It has been doing pretty well in Europe, NPD when its released should be good as well. The game had some pretty decent launch day numbers in Japan as well for a 360 exclusive.

And Future Crew shutdown years ago, Linger in Shadows was done by a group called Plastic...

[Mr Patriot]

well the ps3 exclusives neither get that much advertisement, yet it has sold way better than Alan Wake... somethin is wrong either AW bombed or 360 guys just dont buy games without advertisement..

[Smkt]

it had the same release date as RDR.. that's what happened to AW..

[solar]

i agree Blaze. i have seen 0, zip, nada, none, zippo adverts for Alan Wake. which, imo is not a MS way of promoting a game. and i dont own or plan on owning a 360.

[4Sh0w]

Well the only recent releases that sold very well have been SMG2, RDR and then you have to go all the way back to March to find GoW3, which sold a mil right out of the gate, besides RDR those are some huge sequels and R* name on open world games always draws huge sales, AW sales are doing better than other recent released games like LP2, blur, FIFA South Africa, ModNation Racers, and UFC Undisputed, not bad among healthy competition, still for a console that usually enjoys high sales so far AW is underperforming compared to other 360 exclusives, which is a shame because its one of the best. I do believe part of the blame is advertising, its almost weird because all the way up to a week or so before launch it seemed like microsoft were going to do a significant ad campaign, it was on plenty of sites and of course they had the Live action short stories but then everything stopped and I haven't seen or heard anything from microsoft in reference to AW advertising. I also think a small part of the blame is just the lack of multiplayer unfortunately, especially in the case of a new IP, many are not willing to buy it unless it has a multiplayer or co-op component to add longevity/value to their purchase. aaahh well, I think Remedy will do just fine in the long run with AW sales but I think they deserved so much more.

[Ri0tSquad]

Lots of advertising on YouTube (that horrible short show) and some internet ads. That's all I seen, but not like I was turning on my tv or going out and looking for them.

Oh well, I guess it's Microsoft's fault this game didn't sell a billion copies day one. Odd decision considering the fact that the PC version was canceled to put more focus on the the 360 counterpart. I just think this game was released at a horrible time. Could be a combination of both.

[soljah]

that is the one thing i don't understand. its almost like Microsoft gave up on the game. turned its back on remedy almost like a parent disowning a child.

maybe they should have called it ALAN WAKE:COMBAT EVOLVED TO GET MORE SALES

BTW is crackdown 2 getting the same treatment or will that game be the big focus of ms at e3

[blue7xx7]

Yeah Microsoft really messed up with this game as far as Advertising goes. They didn't advertise this game at all. So how are people who don't visit gaming websites even know it exist. No commercials for it at all. But it's been selling well so far around 400,000 so far not bad for a game with no advertising. It's a great game one of my favorite games on the 360 I hope it does well and word of mouth helps it. I remember Microsoft saying they would advertise Alan Wake like a summer blockbuster movie when it came out yet that didn't happen.

Plus at the people saying it was advertised in gaming websites that really isn't effective because most people who visit gaming websitea most likely already know about Alan Wake. So they have already made up their minds whether they will buy it or not.

As for the question would it sell better on the PS3 I honestly think so. Judging by the past the games that sell the most on the Xbox 360 are usually shooters specifically First Person Shooters. While PlayStation 3 games like MGS4, LBP, Uncharted 2, GOW3 and other games sell a lot and are different types of genres. PS3 owners seem to like variety overall as oppose to just liking only one genre. A game like Heavy Rain would have had a really hard time selling 1 million if it was only on the Xbox 360.

[DORMIN]

You would have to be delusional or in a cave to say this game wasn't advertised. I've seen the bright falls commercial on TV and an advertisment for it on every major gaming site. They even had YouTube locked down with ads for a while.

The main reason this sold the way it did was it was up against Red Dead and Mario Galaxy, but yes I agree it would have sold better on the PS3 or PC even because the general community is just more diverse taste.

[Tony-A]

That's what I'm saying. I saw Alan Wake ads just about every time I saw a video that had an ad before it. Some people must've not been on YouTube for the past month.

[Games4M - Rob]

There was one...

http://dualshockers.com/201...

[mastiffchild]

While it wasn't heavily rotated I did see the UK TV ad for the game a couple of times-though, admittedly not on prime time. Still, saw it advertised more than Killzone 2-if that means anything.

But, whatever, for a 360 exclusive(and having gone to the effort of making it a TRUE exclusive and talking BS about why)it really wasn't as heavily pushed as most have been. Whether that was because of the genre,perceived gamer apathy after so long waiting or what we'll likely never know but I don't think the game was anywhere near the level where MS would have doubted it's quality as a reason for advertising less thoroughly. Certainly, worse games have sold better and been pushed more.

[dirthurts]

I wish more people would play it. I'm already ready for a sequal.

[evilmonkey501]

yes, I love fighting farm equipment...

[Mr Patriot]

lmao... thats AW's brief review ..

[callahan09]

Ditto that, I loved Alan Wake. So far this year it's by far my favorite 360 exclusive (even counting the ones that are also on PC). I have played Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033, Splinter Cell Conviction, and Deadly Premonition as well, but Alan Wake is easily the best game of that bunch in my opinion (Mass Effect 2 being my next favorite, followed by Metro 2033, and I didn't like Splinter Cell or Deadly Premonition at all).

Alan Wake should have sold better, but unfortunately it came out the same day as Red Dead Redemption. I think that was the priority purchase for most gamers and Alan Wake was also under-rated by a lot of reviewers so the game went under the radar a bit as far as sales go.

[LordMarius]

do we even know the actual sales for this game?

[WildArmed]

LOL. I thought ur avatar was justin timberlake.. .now that i look at it closely, its the new badass cole!

[Dance]

377,994 http://www.vgchartz.com/gam... i also agree with blaze about microsoft not advertising this game more

[T9X69]

I know VGCharts isn't the most reliable source ever but according to them it sold 377,000 copies in 3 weeks, which is pretty bad. I can understand the sales being low though, RDR came out the same day but advertised like hell, especially in NYC. Ever bus, taxi or billboard I saw when I went out was RDR. Alan wake is a pretty good game, not a must buy but definitely worth a rent.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

Why does it matter if their a small company? The game shipped worldwide for the Xbox 360.

[AridSpider]

377,000 copies in 3 weeks is bad for a small company in Finland? lmao - wii publishers must be dying right now then.

[Whoooop]

It's not bad perse, but it must be disappointing for Remedy.

[cayal]

RDR was even advertised in Australia. I never see games advertised here.

"377,000 copies in 3 weeks is bad for a small company in Finland? lmao - wii publishers must be dying right now then."

377,000 copies for a game 5 years in development is horrible.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

400k worldwide does not pay for its 5 year development.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I think Alan Wake could sold better if this have any multiplayer mode.

On PS3 which sold good and better than Xbox 360 or exclusives with Games of Single Player like GoW 3, Bayonneta (even if this was a bad copy sold better on PS3) Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain and others Single Player Games.

Those are only Single Player, and sold very good on PS3.

Alan Wake only have Single Player, I think it could sold better on PS3.

[Brklynty1]

Eh...maybe cuz im sure Remedy would have announced a Move enabled patch in the works. and a game like that screams Playstation Move. But we'll never know.

[WildArmed]

Maybe we should hold our breath for Natal patch?
You never know

and I doubt it would sell any better.

There was no support behind the game from MS (ad-wise).

And Sony isn't exactly known for it's PR.
But you know, Heavy Rain did well. But i think HR filled that quota up, so esp. after HR i dont think AW would have done as much as it did on 360.

[NJShadow]

Crap, I hadn't even thought of that! Move + Alan Wake would have been great!

[RememberThe357]

I don't think much of the 360 crowd game a crap about this game.

[xHarvey]

Pointing that flash light on enemies with the PS Move would be awesome.
@skv007
How are you suppose to dodge,jump,reload,drive,run,wa lk, with out buttons. Someone tell me please.

[evilmonkey501]

move DOES have buttons...unlike um...that new Camera ball game doohickey...

[klado]

WAIT... I have something better to explain to mister...artificial!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Watch this son...(Video code option fail).

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

A Move implementation might actually be awesome.

[Dsnyder]

It tried to be Heavy Rain and failed. Get your own ideas next time Microsoft.

[STK026]

"tried to be heavy rain"? I don't remember Heavy Rain being being a third person action game, nor did it feature supernatural forces. The gameplay in both games is completely different.

As for the topic, no, it would not have. The game, while being fantastic, was too short, and priced too high (in Canada, AW was priced at 69.99, in comparison, RDR is priced at 59.99). It's probably the best game I rented so far this year, but there's no way I'd buy it unless they were to add free episodes to at least double the length of the game.

@below Dsnyder
I agree there were HR/AW comparisons before they were released, however, AW never "tried to be HR" as AW was in development before HR was actually revealed. Also, I never knew scores between 8.0 and 9.0 were now considered "average", I guess that means awesome games like Modnation racers, inFamous, Folklore, Castle Crashers, Crackdown, FF13, RE5 and Just Cause 2, only to name a few, are "average" games.

As for the "HR had more graphics and mystery", some could argue that AW had more gameplay than HR.

[Parapraxis]

...the game was in development for many years, I wouldn't call it a copy-cat.

[SOAD]

It's nothing like Heavy Rain.

[Dsnyder]

Both games featured a high graphic mystery story. Unfortunatly for alan wake, Heavy Rain had more graphics and more mystery. Seriously, dont try and pretend that there were not 100 "Alan vs Rain" comparisions before both games were released. Now that the game is out and it turned out to be average, 360 gamers are trying thier hardest to pretend it doesnt exist and all their gloating on the game turned out to be egg on their face.

Go ahead, hit me with the phantom disagrees again. Your anguish sustains me.

[SOAD]

I don't know who it was that was comparing Alan Wake to Heavy Rain. It doesn't matter if some wannabe journalist blog sites made the comparison for hits. How can you cite them as support for your claim that the two were competing with each other.

Alan Wake is a psych thriller. Heavy Rain is a murder mystery.

As you said, both games have graphics. Just like every single fucking game in existence except text-based RPGs.

Is Heavy Rain also like Silent Hill, where a man is looking for his son? Should we make that comparison? No, because regardless of a few similarities, people get that the games are different.

Luckily you can't respond to this, because I don't think you would say anything valid. You would just reiterate the claim and sit in blissful ignorance.

[Hallmark Moment]

Don't know about your jibba jabba but Alan Wake is a very good game and scary as hell. They nailed the personal attatchment andp the controls are deciving at first. Once you start trying to control Alan Wake like a real person the gameplay is very good. Turn sensitivity down to 3 and use the anolog properly and you will have a ball. I can only take about 20 minutes at a time of AW because it's so scary. A new IP not properly marketed will always struggle in sales. Don't count AW out yet 360 fans have had too many games to buy this year so far and in the last month and could pick it up later as I did.

[OpenGL]

Alan Wake was in no way a bad game. If you had played it you would actually know that. Is it game of the year material? Maybe not, but it is my favorite game on the 360 and I enjoyed it a lot more than the QTE fest that was Heavy Rain.

QTEs should be used in moderation as seen in titles like Uncharted 2. Heck, even God of War 3 was light on QTEs in comparison to Heavy Rain.

[WLPowell]

It seems more people thought Heavy Rain was worth their money than AW. even the critics seemed to think it was a better game. Maybe we can agree that while AW was a GOOD game, it was not the AAA gift-from-god title certain people were billing it as.

How it would've been received on PS3? Who knows PS3's install base is all over the place (they play what they play) looking at Modnation racers' sales coming off LBP's success (and that there were parallel's being drawn between AW and Heavy Rain) AW probably would've sold around the same as it sold on 360.

[jsx]

I want to agree with you but I have no idea what this game has to do with Heavy Rain, or why people compare the two.

Bottom line is Alan Wake is not a great game, I don't even know if I consider it a good game. Watching the cutscenes is torturous, and the game play gets boring after you realize it never progresses from what you get in the tutorial.

[ticklechamp]

To me, Alan Wake looked like a combination of Siren (episodes) and Silent Hill. I don't think either of those sold well. It doesn't matter to me, I have my copies (Siren, Silent Hill).

[Raoh]

i agree that it should have been released on pc.

as for the question about selling better on ps3, i'll bypass that question but i will say that it would have been better appreciated on ps3..

[Parapraxis]

It might have been better appreciated, but it's a stab in the dark.

Look at how well ModNation Racers is selling and you'll quickly see that the PS3 userbase can be very unpredictable as well.
I expected ModNation Racers to sell like crazy and it hasn't.

Yes PS3 games have long legs, but whose to say that Alan Wake won't either. I'd say give it more time.
A PC version would be nice as well as I'd like to play it.

[Raoh]

valid points but i only say that because i was equally excited for heavy rain as i was alan wake, and i dont have a 360..

[Parapraxis]

That's cool.
I as well would like to play Alan Wake, and also have no 360.

[polow got sol]

Could KZ2 have sold better on 360?? Could uncharted 2 have sold better on 360?? Could this question be asked for every dam exclusive??

[JasonXE]

Lol I'm not gonna lie - Killzone 2 would have sold a **** load more copies on the xbox 360. I think even the most die hard ps3 fans can admit that haha. But yeah I agree, stupid article and question.

[NJShadow]

Yeah, but Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 wouldn't have needed the extra promotion, as their sales number were great on the PS3 alone.

According to VGChartz:

Uncharted 2: 3,274,930 units sold to date.
Killzone 2: 2,298,254 units sold to date.

[JBaby343]

That being said I'm not sure they would have sold the same. Part of what makes those games spectacular is what each developer was able to do with the PS3. Everything from the lighting, poly counts, animations, hit response, 32 vs 32 MP (for KZ2 at least), uncompressed audio and textures, post-processing effects, etc. all play a huge part in what makes those games simply amazing and nothing even remotely close has been produced on the 360. About the only thing that would remain constant is the story of each so I don't know that the comparison is fair with those two games. I'm not trying to be fanboyish (though I realize this may come across a little biased) but you have to take everything into consideration.

[theonlylolking]

If its gots Cursing, gore, online, gunz and blood. People who only have a 360 would it any title up. They say they dont like KZ2 because its not on their console and it proved everyone that the PS3 had loads of power.

[BrutallyBlunt]

1. The game isn't as good as Heavy Rain

2. Heavy Rain didn't come out in the same month as Red Dead Redemption. In fact May is one of the biggest months for releases so far. Very competitive.

3. The PS3 doesn't suffer from piracy. I'm guessing they lose at least 10% of XBOX 360 software sales because of it.

[firelogic]

Yeah, it only came out 2 weeks before FFXIII and GoWIII. People would definitely have been saving their dollars for those titles so it probably should have sold a lot more. Am I right?

[earbus]

Lol ms needs exclusives they release one and piss and moaning starts cause its not on pc make ur minds up ps3 owners say ms doesnt make enough games and condem 360 cause i can play it on my pc well you cant with aw and u still complain.

[AKS]

Alan Wake was a bit different. It was always supposed to be a quad core PC beast, and then it was cancelled very close to release. PC gamers were waiting for years to buy Alan Wake, as Remedy had a good reputation with the PC crowd because of the Max Payne games. You can't blame PC gamers for being pissed it was cancelled at such a late stage. I still bought Alan Wake for my 360, but I was royally pissed the PC verson was canned because I actually have a quad core PC and have been waiting for that game for quite some time.

[jack who]

lmao

[dizzleK]

not necessarily but i think there would have been more excitement for it. generally speaking playstation fans seem to prefer single player, story driven games i.e. heavy rain, infamous, gow, mgs, etc as opposed the the generally more online play focused xbox crowd.

[Jason143]

I think the first poster said it best in that the game would have sold better on the pc. If it was something totally fresh and new in terms of gameplay it would have sold more on the xbox. I think the majority of true gamers are tired of the same old stuff with bells and whistles and are demanding something new.

[keysy420]

if this wasa ps3 exclusive with teh move it would have sold 7million those days of the 360 haaving a larger install base are over. ps3 owner play a larger variety og games and thats why sony has such a strong following. the 360 no matter what it does will only have about 25 million real followers those who buy shooters mainly for its console and those who play hardcore on its console. and just keep reselling to those people( fanboys)that's why there system isnt growing.ps3 however is way more diverse and offers alot more and appeals to all types of gamers so that is why there games will sell like 1.5 and still grow because people arent expecting to play certain games on there system you never know what they will come with. i play rpgs and other one player games so i play most games on ps3 i play multiplayer but i dont need to pay for it and multiplayer doesnt make a system for me. the reason why all digital wont work and why we are 20 yrs off. ill never buy a console tha ti need to be alwyas connected to the internet to play. thats just dumb.

[AKS]

7 million? Seriously?

[ApocalypseShadow]

"there was no marketing."

is microsoft not the publisher?any failure of the title can rest on 360 gamers need for shooters.you do have a variety of games.you just don't buy them unless it has big burly men and guns.

see,on ps3,little big planet sold well.heavy rain sold well.ratchet and clank sold well.even small time games like demon souls,valkarie chronicles,yakuza,etc sell very well because of word of mouth.and being that ps3 gamers love variety,we just don't buy ONE GAME for our gaming needs.which is why there is no mascot for ps3.

microsoft failed alan wake,360 gamers failed alan wake.and any gamers that used to say that ps3 gamers don't buy games need to look in the mirror:

"you don't buy a variety of games."and that's just the truth ruth.

doesn't matter that it would have been a bigger game on ps3 and PC.the company and the gamers failed the game.if forza wasn't packaged in,that games would have failed too.maybe if it would have released at the same time as heavy rain and the hype machine that is the 360 gamer on multiplats(infamous and prototype type hype machine),it might have sold more just on that.

alan wake is not needed on ps3,but it would have sold more on ps3 because of its game type.

[Kamikaze135]

Why? Because games that deviate from the industry standard usually sell better on the PS3. Valkyria Chronicles, Heavy Rain, LittleBigPlanet....all sold pretty well at a certain point after they were released. Alan Wake is on the 360 and most 360 gamers are afraid to try something that deviates far from what they're used to. It's not a bad thing, but I guess 360 and PS3 owners just have different tastes.

[Moonboots]

The most sold game on both platforms is a shooter.. just saying.

It's funny, because I have full friends lists on both the PS3 and 360 and %90 of the time both systems all the users are playing shooters or some multiplatform game like RDR. The similarities are striking yet I don't see any 360 site with the kind of gall to stereotype an entire fanbase and system saying they aren't interested in anything they aren't "used to" or claiming to have a broader taste or sophistication. What an elitest jerk thing to say to a fellow gamer even in a form of a question.

That is fanboy drivel if you ask me. I have no problems with wanting a game from a different system but when you berate the system/userbase, no matter how subtle, it just stinks.

[WLPowell]

Shooters are the most popular genre, that's a set in stone fact. It's just from what we've seen other genre's have a better chance of success everywhere but the 360. It probably would've sold half a mil week one on PS3 or PC. Instead of still working on reaching half a mil and it's going into month 2. HR sold incredibly well and God of War 3's release was right on it's heels. What bigger exclusive release did AW have to deal with?

[TruthSeeker]

I would guess it might have sold about the same due to the fact it's a totally new IP and there's not much brand awareness. Alot of people who were orginally interested in it years ago might have had the game fall of their radar because of the lengthly production time. by the time of it's release alot of us knew that the game was short and wasn't worth the initial $60 price tag so that could also be a deciding factor to ps3 owners as well

[SKUD]

Whats Alan Wake?

[Nugundam0079]

It would have sold far better on PS3 Im not trying to bash but I feel that the 360 crowd is mostly guys who would rather be on live playing COD or Halo or whatever shooter is hot right now. I was extremely disappointed in the fact that AW didnt get as much coverage as it deserved. I mean 360 fans kept touting its graphics but they didnt go out and buy it? what kind of twisted logic is that?

[NYC_Gamer]

the gameplay is kind of weak thats why its not selling....

[Spydr07]

It would have sold better if it was multi. Too bad, too, AW had me interested. One day I'll buy another 360 and maybe pick it up.

[clarkdef]

They should of had it on everything PC and 360/PS3 then they would of made 3x times the sales and more importantly created a fanbase.

[N4BmpS]

I honestly think this is a tedious question.

[A change in the wind]

Whatever. It`s always the same old story nowadays. I always hear fanboys talking about how PS3 games don`t sell, and how PS3 owners should support their games, yet gems like Alan Wake, that actually do something a little different on the 360, FOR ONCE, get completely ignored. I actually feel really bad for the guys at Remedy, and it just further reinforces my thoughts on the 360 as a whole. Aside from a few Youtube ads, Microsoft failed to push the game at all...and the fanbase? It`s what I`ve been saying this entire generation, they failed to show something a little different any love. Unless it`s an "Ub3r p0pulr sh00t3r" they don`t seem to care. Meanwhile, the unproven, under the radar Heavy Rain, fared quite well and seemed to be welcomed with open arms by PS3 owners in general. But, you know, I`m just a troll, all I say is non-sense, don`t listen to me.

[Meryl]

most 360 users only like shooters, so go figure, heavy rain outselling alan wake proves that the 360 base is not growing outside of the FPS genre, ps3 has a whole lot more diversity
Anyway I'm sure with these sales we will eventually all see a PC version at least, I cannot see remedy letting all those 5 years go to waste and losing money

[Wile]

I enjoyed Alan Wake. It looks good and was a great change of pace from the usual releases on the console. Being a Max Payne fan, Alan Wake was exactly what I was expecting and hoping for.

[chiwoo]

yeah Heavy rain sold well caught even the developers off guard. also they shoulda released it on pc but since they never did i had to get the 360 and yes it woulda sold more

[acere]

lol lot of ppl here getting own

[BBAM]

Look at the heavy hitters on the PS3, alot of the sales no matter how grand the game, do not match that of the majority of Xbox360 sales. Which is a shame really considering the effort the mass of first party developers go through to create such great games.
Also to the people who are complaining about a lack of advertising, maybe it was only in the UK, but I've seen a mass of adverts for Alan Wake. Mainly the one with real people in it.

[cayal]

What are you talking about?

LBP, Uncharted 1 and 2, Killzone 2, Metal Gear Solid 4 have all sold close to or over 3 million.

The only exclusives that top that for the 360 are Gears and Halo 3. The others are around the 3 million or less.

[BBAM]

lots of games on the 360 have sold well over 6 million worldwide..
where as on the PS3, it's concidered a good sale if it gets over 2 million. That's fact, and a reason why second party developers are going multiplatform.

[Blitzed]

Which games have "sold well over 6 milllion" on the 360 other than Halo and MW games? Do you have a link?

Also, from your statement that 'on the PS3, it's concidered a good sale if it gets over 2 million'; are you saying 2 million doesn't constitute 'a good sale' on the 360?

[WLPowell]

the only games that have sold over 6 million that weren't Gears of war, Halo, or Call of Duty was GTA4 so unless you're bungie, activision, epic, or Rockstar you have about 50/50 chance of selling 3 million plus on either console.

[NEWSWATCHERS]

But you dont know know interested I was in Alan Wake, then it left my mind, saw it about 2 years ago and I was hyped. Then another year passed and never heard of it till recently and I said "Ill buy it in bargin bin" Them as devs dont deserve my money for taking so long to make a game. I waited and waited for this game, I even waited for 5 years for Conviction and now just released, takes so long to make the game, It will take me awhile to pick up the game.

[cmrbe]

Not sure if it would have sold more on the PS3 though. The PS3 crowd are a tough bunch to please as its quite croweded at the moment with stellar exclusives.

[resetme]

they sell what the game are.

i didnt like it at all, ps3/pc/360 wont make the game better! maybe hight res lol

[Nugundam0079]

what the hell did you just say?

[Focker420]

I think it would've sold alot better on the PS3 honestly. Especially with the recent success of Heavy Rain. I do believe 360 users are just used to the spark and glamour of all the shooters that they either don't care about anything else, or they're very skeptical to try anything new. The increase in piracy doesn't help either. Whereas the PS3 community has been exposed to a very vast variety of high quality games. And almost every different experience has been a positive one so theres no need to be skeptical about anything thats new and unique. You can blame it on RDR all you want, but if thats the case then the same could be said for Modnation Racers. Its definitely a factor, but not a significant one. I also think MS payed Remedy to can the PC version because the PC version made the 360 version look like absolute sh*t, and MS couldn't have that. I do love how everyone was "Alan Wake for GOTY!!" and now they've just tried to completely forget about it.

[danielle007]

I don't agree. I have a PS3 and a 360. I did buy Alan Wake, but I definitely regret it. I know Heavy Rain did well on the PS3, and that had both high and low reviews.. But.. Heavy Rain is a masterpiece. I loved it. I bought a Ps3 just for Heavy Rain, honestly. and LBP.. but whatever. Alan Wake does not deserve to be compared to Heavy Rain..

I don't know. I just don't see Alan Wake doing that well on either console. I would not have given it a very good review, and if I knew I would have 0 urge to ever replay it again, I wouldn't have bought it either, I would have rented. I just had high hopes.. I mean. I don't know. I didn't hate Alan Wake, but it's one of the first games I really regret buying, and I was so excited. I'm just going to go back and play the Silent Hills and pout.

[TheJudgement]

Is a buddy system if you cant play the game with your buddy it will not do to well and if it doesn't have Halo/Gears/Cod in its name it wont get much recognition. GoW3 out sold ME2 and Splinter Cell Combined and Heavy Rain outsold Alan Wake by 3x. Even MAG sold pretty well.

[EVILDEAD360]

Guess we are allowed to ask these silly questions now..

Alan Wake is doing fine..all these years and it drops on the same day as Red Dead Redemption..LMFAO..it got buried under the ads for Red..in fact I never saw one Alan Wake ad outside of the net and Xbox Live..

But since it's cool to make ads about sales of a game before the true results come out..watch what can of worms you open..we'll keep this bookmarked for the rest of the year..

Bought Alan and wow..INTENSE..love it..just hard to play when you got too many games

Evil

[Focker420]

But see, if it was really all that awesome and everyone had waited 5/6 years for it. Why pass it up for RDR that was just announced last year?? Wouldn't they have chosen the game they've been craving for years??

[danielle007]

I was going to be snarky towards you, but then I read the doofus's comment above yours. So, my b.

Alan Wake really wasn't that great, and I definitely forgot about it for years til they finally brought it up again at last years E3. But, I agree, if it had been amazing, I don't think RDR would have slowed it down.

I mean, my 360 brethren.. I don't have all that much faith in their taste. & I was one of the people that actually bought Alan Wake day 1.. I like scary games, even though I'm a huge chicken. But, I didn't like the game. There were good parts, yes. I'll gladly admit that, I even liked the combat. But overall, I just didn't like it, and will probably never play it again. I regret buying it.

[ticklechamp]

why would other games be a priority if Alan Wake is only 7- 10 hours long? Unless you finished it and haven't gotten back to it yet.

[EVILDEAD360]

Again..a Playstation fan blog fakes the first week's sales of Alan Wake and tries to pretend it would have sold more on the 360.

First off..Alan Wake is predicted at 380,000 first week..

Outselling the hyped M.A.G.'s first week (311,000)
and Infamous (275,000)

Did anyone ask M.A.G. (which was hyped for two E3's in a row) would have sold more on the 360..nah because we know the answer..

Infamous didnt jump out of the gate with massive sales but it's back with a sequel..

This isnt the winter..Alan Wake went head to head with the monster Red Dead Redemption that is already at 5 million in sales..that games ad budget was huge..in fact I'm watching the Laker Finals and the Red Dead commercial just came on (A.W.? not so much)

In the 'WAKE' of those events (pun intended) selling
400K is actually pretty good for a niche title.

This is similiar to Battlefield:BC2 dropping one week before the highly anticipated Final Fantasy 13..

Battlefield did 820K the first week on the 360 alone and was at 1.1 by the end of week two.

FF ended up doing a decent 743K the first week but BC2 trumped it and that is due to it's multiplayer component..

Red Dead took advantage of Live..Alan Wake was asingle player experience that also has scary elements to it..

@ Danielle

Thanks for sharing..ok you hated the game...review noted..

I'm not a 'chicken' absolutely love horror games and I only play them late at night turned up really loud..I havent even really sunk my teeth into the game but I loved the intro dream sequence and the look and feel early on in the game..

Heavy Rain was great..but completely different type of game..especially with it's original but massive use of QTE

Hands down my favorite horror games were the original Fatal Frame, Silent Hill 1& 2, Resident Evil and of course Dead Space..

I even bought the Wii's Juon and Cursed Mountain just to get my fix.

So for me Alan Wake is exactly what the doctor ordered..but there is NO INDICATION that PS3 fans would have topped the 360s 380K eapecially when their highly anticipated First person shooter didn't top those numbers..

@ ticklechamp..

I havent even played a hour yet..I'm waiting till I have time on a weekend to play really late at night..plus I'm in between four other titles right now..I bought LP2, Red Dead, Alan, Blur,and still trying to finally get around to finishing FF13

[Moo7a-Seven]

khalee lkhnan fee blas two w reedh

[The Desperado Lives]

PS3 sold about 10 million more pieces of software last year and HW increased vs 360, which remained stagnant y-o-y.
It will be overtaken this year and that will be the end of the Xbox brand for good.

If you don't own a PS3, you're not a gamer.

If you don't develop for PS3, you're not a developer.

Simple as that.

[MastermindPS360]

so iggnorant

[Omar91]

its to bad alan wake didnt sell as needed. i heard in one of the articles that remedy needed to have this game sell and it was crucial for the company. so what might happen to them?

[Focker420]

MS will throw them in the trash, and Sony will take them under their wing.

[ticklechamp]

Now, that would be something.

[MGRogue2017]

I believe that Remedy has developed the game on the wrong platform. If they had made the game on the PS3, it would have been a much better looking & longer game overall

[MastermindPS360]

no not really.....but mag and killzone 2 would of sold a hell of alot more on the 360..no doubt

with all the ps3 gamers wining about the whole 540p it differently wouldn't of sold on the ps3...

[REDHULKSMASH]

Alan wake, Josh Brolin, the city of Seattle, Kris Kristofferson, superman 3, jaws 3, all have in common?.....there all boring as shit!! Throw Don Ameche in there too, he's another boring shitwad.

[BigPenguin]

Hey Hey Hey, how dare you say that about Seattle. It may be a living hell on earth, filled with the worst assholes on the planet, raining almost every day of the year plunging the populace into crippling depression. However it is not boring.

[KILLERAPP]

I see alan wake 2 coming to the PS3 in may 2012…

[ravenl0rd]

The bulk of my PS3 library is composed of third person action/adventure games. Alan Wake fits this mold well, in my opinion. I certainly would have given it a strong look if it had came out on the PS3.

[Official General]

I'm a PS3 owner and most of my games are pretty much third-person action/adventure games.

[Pika-pie]

Yeah I think this might have sold better on the PS3. Its a shame its not doing so well... everyone should buy this game, it really is brilliant!

Playing this reminded me of the first time I ever played Silent Hill, it even starts with a car crash!

[Shendow]

It was build for the PS3 only, maybe it would have look better but sell any better. I don't know on that one.

The game isn't bad but it isn't great to, I played it for about 8 hours and got bored, I went back to Halo and SC:C.

But this game isn't for everyone anyways, for those you enjoy it are playing alot.

[SDF Repellent]

I bought a copy and patiently awaits the planned 2 DLC this year and hopefully a sequel down the road.

I bought Split Second on the same day...and that game didn't really set the world on fire.

If you are playing with sales figure, then gems like Demon's Souls should never exist because it didn't sell enough. Have fun playing what you like and stop worrying about sales.

Next of my list is Crackdown 2 in July.

[melkyre]

Problem is that if they don't sell they won't be able to develop again.

[Fade_Walker]

Huh...for some odd reason I started thinking about this the other day. Considering back in the day that Alan Wake was planned for Xbox 360, PC and PS3 until Microsoft picked it up.

[baodeus]

AW is a good game, more people should try it out at least (too bad it isn't multi-platform, should be played by everyone who into this type of game.)

@firelogic

"PS3 games tend to sell well consistently over time whereas 360 games are majorly front-loaded and peters out to nothing in a few week's time."
let see Gears sold 5 millions at $60, PS3 games sold over time (include cheaper price over time) and still not 5 millions. Hum....think about that.

"Shooters do sell well because that's the majority of the 360 audience. Forcing games of this nature on the platform isn't going to change the game playing preferences of the majority of 360 owners"
hum...the highest sold game on PS3 is MW2, a shooter? Seem pretty similar to me. And beside, what other exclusive JRPG that sold well on PS3? Any ideas?

"You go to 360 for Halo and Gears. You go to PS3 for everything else"
You mean u go to PS3 for KZ, Resistant, UC, MAG, Socom, Haze? Why are there so many shooter on PS3 and what happen to the JRPG or WRPG? Go look up on Metatric and compare the amount of game in each genra for x360 and PS3, come back and tell me what you find?

I didn't give you disagree, i just want to point out something so that you guys can think before hitting that automatic agree button for anyone bashing other consoles that aren't PS3.

[ipe]

gears didnt sold 5 millions at 60$!!!!!ROFLMAO

360 games dont get cheaper by time but ps3 games do???
hahahahhaha 360 trolls re unbelievable .

MGS4,gt prologue over 5 millions official reports.

[Kurisu]

I am a PS3 only owner but I played Alan Wake at a friends house last night and I thought it was really good! The graphics are great, the environments are pretty creepy, and the music makes things intense! I love the light and dark elements, having to shine the torch to get rid of the darkness before shooting is quite nerve racking! If it was on PS3 then I would go to a shop and buy it right now.

[MadMan00]

I hate FPS games and I play 360 the most, so your theory is fail ps3 fanboy, your name explains it all you jump on a wagon but you have the IQ of a rabbit.

Killzone 2 sucked, GoW sucked stop making sequels and actually make a new IP that can actually sell. Heavy Rain wasn't even that great in sales.

360 has had some fail exclusives too, they both do I don't see shit that is a new IP that's actually amazing on either system.

And 360 isn't only FPS there just as many WRPG fans as FPS, don't know what you idiots are talking about just look a RDR.

JRPG own all to bad there's not many good ones this gen yet, hopefully e3 changes that.

[melkyre]

I am a lucky possessor of both PS3 and XBox 360 and I really don't understand why a normal question can create such commotion.
I do prefer playing on PS3 because of some specific game PS3 has but it's a matter of tastes and also because of noise but that's just a silly difference. I'm playing AW and i find it very nice; a good atmosphere nice narrative elements. Much better than some hyped game's story (See FF13).
But I'm curious ... what WRPG are you talking about on XBox 360 are worth mentioning? The only one i can think of is Lost Odyssey.
Every WRPG which is multiplatform is better played on PC imho.
Let me know some titles, maybe I have to update my RPG collection :)

[Figboy]

it's more than possible that it could have sold more. ZING!

in all seriousness, i doubt it.

the survival horror genre is, sadly, painfully underepresented this generation.

there have been only a handful of TRUE survival horror games released so far: Siren: Blood Curse, and Dead Space.

Resident Evil and Dead Rising were more action games that straight up horror, and Silent Hill: Homecoming was an embarrassment to the series, and should never be spoken of again after this sentence.

there hasn't been a Fatal Frame or Silent Hill 2 caliber survival horror game this generation yet.

i haven't played Alan Wake yet (my gaming budget is forcing me to wait a few more months until i can pick it up), but it looks like a solid game.

traditionally, the PlayStation audience is more receptive to non-shooter titles, but it just seems like the Survival Horror genre is in a decline for a little bit. eventually, i think it will re-emerge when a developer delves back into the genre and produces a quality game.

right now, the industry, and most mainstream gamers, are obsessed with pointing guns at each other and going "bang bang!" than games that either break convention (like Heavy Rain), or try and tell a more complex narrative (like Alan Wake).

i don't know how Alan Wake sold on the 360 (i haven't been following sales numbers of ANY GAME), but i doubt it'd have performed any better or worse on the PS3, honestly. gamers are a fickle, savage bunch. lol

[Oner]

I honestly believe if AW was made to it's fullest potential by not being limited to an aging medium, on a system that is not heavily pirated plus being on a platform where it's owners are more receptive to variety then I do believe it would have sold better on the PS3. Additionally AW optionally integrated with PS Move would have been extremely great for both Remedy & Sony!

[TheFaggot_]

LOL it's an horror game what did you expect?
Look at Resident Evil 5 or Silent Hill Shattered Memories, they both sold little cause there are pussies that are too afraid.

[StarCSR]

The difference is that "Heavy Rain" was put out in every newspaper, every TV station, etccc... It was much more hyped than Alan Wake. And that's a strange thing, since Microsoft normally pulls out all the big guns to promote their big games. But they were probably too busy with promoting Splinter Cell : Conviction.
If you're not a true fanatic and you just buy games when you know a good one is out, Alan Wake just might have slipped under your radar.

[asgharagha]

i really didnt enjoy alan wake visualls because of the unneccesary fog and too much darkness that really ruins the beutiness of the game i hope they reduse the fog amount foer alan wake 2

[kraze07]

Not a big fan of Alan Wake personally. The gameplay is interesting, but the story and visuals are meh imo. The setting kind of bothered me too. I usually don't have problems with "dark" games but this one just didn't win me over. It's weird because I actually liked Jericho and Condemned 2.

[KongRudi]

The demoscene comments are pretty far off..
Alot of people in the industry come from the demoscene, and they work on all platforms.
The dude who makes the music in Assasin Creed and Hitman, Jesper Kyd, is a famous demoscene musician..
Some of the people who worked at Linger In Shadow, have their dayjob in Criterion wich made Burnout, while demoscene-group Plastiq wich mad Linger in Shadows, is hobby.
The DICE-founders wich is the studio wich made Battlefield, Mirrors Edge etc. is coming from the demogroup The Silents, that's the reason why Fairlight and alot of crackergroup didn't put the crack of their first game on the Amiga on BBS'es, Pinball Dreams, because they knew alot of the people making the game.
Bjørn Lynne, or Dr. Awesome/Crusader, works at Team 17, and made most of the audio for the Worms-games..
So that people from the demoscene only have connections in the PS3, is bullshit.. However it's still pretty cool with full demoscene-productions - like Linger in Shadows, wish there were more available.

As for the game selling more on PS3, I think that would have been the case aswell, (am mostly a PS3/PC-gamer myself, and probably would have bought it on PS3) but it's all hypotethical, since MS were the ones who took a chance on the game - and kudos to them for that.. :)

[Superduper09]

I would've bought it if it was available on PS3 as well.

[earbus]

Ha ps3 fans dont buy their own games so they wouldnt buy this 3 million uncharted 2 sold is poor for a console that has sold 35 mill odd is u2 the best selling exclusive wow.

[NYC_Gamer]

well in that sense mass effect 1&2 both sold poorly on 360

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi__]

...don't buy games they just Chat all day on 'xBox LIVE' ;-D

[Run_bare]

Actually, i would buy xbox 360 again for this game alone, but decide againts it. I already have RROD twice (it was replace first time free of charge after close to 5 weeks). But the second RROD takes really make me thinking if it's worth it (It's out of warranty and could not be bothered buying another one). I probably buy xbox 360 when they redesign it to be more reliable, but not until then. Alan Wake might have to wait :(

On other note, if it's comes to PS3, i'll buy it straight away cause it's looks really good.

[vx]

flop .

[extermin8or]

short of releasing it on ps3 (wink wink nude nudge) we wont know, however what might have helped it out would be if they had not released it around the same time as a Rockstar game?

[kewlkat007]

PS3 Exclusives sell well enough but not like Big 360 titles. So I wouldn't trust that as PS3 exclusive, now being multiplatform it would make lots more green.

[Nugundam0079]

So i just got off from a job interview somewhere in jersey-while on the drive home I spot a gamestop that I had never visited-always eager to see whats in store in the used ps2 section, I quickly got of the highway and went inside. As im browsing this man comes in dressed in what looks to be hunting camo he quickly, made his way to the 360 section of the store-I carry on searching and quickly become excited as I found a copy of Space Channel 5 unfortunately it was not the one with the King of POP in it.

Anyways the man that came in earlier engages the store clerk in a volley of questions- the conversation quickly turns to the store clerk pointing out "Dantes inferno" and maybe that the patron might like it. The guys response?

"Is it a First Person Shooter?"

if you could have heard my huge sigh of disbelief and seen how far back my eyes rolled into my head you would have thought it was a scene from the exorcist.

[gypsygib]

Alan wake would have sold more if it was a better game. Considering how long they took to make it and the fact that it was an exclusive - the game should have looked and played better. It just gets redundant by the end. And why isn't it thrilling or scary? It's not bad just not great either.

[Jerkstore81]

I only own a PS3 and love narrative games with deep, engaging story lines. Alan Wake would have been right up my alley.

[ghostgaming]

I own Alan Wake - its good, but not great.

Here is why in my opinion it did not sell great.

1. Linear gameplay
2. Needs Co-op or some type of Co-op mode - multiplayer would have gotten more sales
3. Timing - came out at a bad time - here are some of the games that came out during the same time period
Splinter Cell Conviction
Blur
Split Second
Prince of Persia
Read Dead

[Sully_Moustache]

If you want sell better in XBox360 you should call the game HALON WAKE

[Megulito]

but i thing it really wouldve sold better on the ps3
just going by the vibes i get from the different consoles
everything on the xbox seems so in your face the ads and the culture around it it make it seem community based but really we are all just getting the same ads
where i find on the ps3 its just feels chill and everything feel so optional like if u wanna do the community thing then go for it home is always bustling(it really is i hated it until one of my younger sisters cme back from college and we spend her whole vaca goofing around in home. crazy enough she got a good 5 of her friend to buy this thing just to play home highvelocity bowling and lbp ...crazy) with community nights random people to talk to and really not an insane amount of ads anyway it just feel like an open eclectic space on the ps3 where u play whats intriguing rather than what everone else ha. i mean u still come together for big mp experiences like mw2 kz2 n mag but its a weirdly diff world but i kinda like it yeah i guesss i posted a lot oh for a good laugh read that rangedx guys poss he write a ton of angry sounding novels lol

[chidori666]

for sure...

the reason for poor sales in 360 is because of the fanbase not buy this types games and buy only shooters.

[Darkfiber]

I rented it and beat it in a day. Maybe it would have sold better if it was longer. Also, there wasn't really much diversity in terms of gameplay and scenery. It was pretty much the exact same the whole way through, and the story wasn't good enough to keep it interesting. The story was still better than a lot of games out there, but it got too weird and random and silly at points. Still a good game, but it could have been better.

[Longhart]

hmmm dunno haven't think about it lol :D

[bjornbear]

obviously.

well, lesson learnt. clearly 360 owners have no interest in a game that doesn't consist of pumping bullets into aliens

[lavitz]

This game was way overhyped imo. After playing it I'm no longer disappointed that it wasn't released on the PC.

[dkgshiz]

Except for the advertisements. Like the ads for Verizon, Energizer, MS Sync, Ford, Lincoln, etc. I hate movies and games that have an over use of advertisements. Either way I liked the game quite well. Its a shame that the game didn't sell very well. Mostly due to the fact it was in development for 5 years. I highly doubt Remedy or MS will get there money back on this one.

[dkgshiz]

This game had little to no advertisements. When it first came out I barely even knew it was going to be released in May.

[danielle007]

It's a suspense action thriller, yes? I'm a huge chicken, and I didn't get any thrills until the end.. I mean. They gave you a big slow motion warning when the taken were sneaking up behind you. Just so you know, you don't get startled or anything.. during a thriller game..

Plus, I thought the story was good, but Alan Wake wasn't believable. He didn't notice for a second the change with his stalker fan? and he honestly thought when Barry asked him to get drunk, that he should actually do it? & If I were him, I would have like ducktaped the flash light to myself. I did like that there were some parts where you just didn't have ammo at all though. It was pretty nifty.

Plus, the lack of replayability.. I regret buying it. My PS3 brethren might not have been so gullible as I was. It just wasn't that great of a game.

[Lightel0s]

alan wake problem is that the game is good but not all we hope; we got others like its a a new franchise and the genre it represents it not the most popular between gamers.

alan wake 2 will be announced at e3 and it will sell a lot for sure.

[Tzuno]

Would Heavy Rain Have Sold Better on the Xbox 360?

[ATi_Elite]

360 owners only want two things.....Halo and Call of Duty and that's about it just look at Mass Effect 2 sales numbers versus the ungodly amount of commercial$ payed for by Micro$uck.

PS3 owners are a diverse group of gamers and buy every thing unfortunately with so many AAA Exclusives out on the PS3 one would go bankrupt trying to buy all those great games but Alan Wait would have sold great on the PS3 just like Heavy Rain did.

Alan Wait would have sold very well on the PC if it was the original open world sandbox format we were promised when the game originally was announced. But since Micro$uck has once again screwed things up I expect a Ultra High amount of pirating if the Linear version is ported over to the PC as Remedy doesn't deserve our money after you sold out to Micro$uck.

[syrion]

it would've better if alan wake come out to ps3 !

[ATi_Elite]

If it was...

Halo Wake

or

Alan Reach it would have sold 8 million copies

Call of Alan: Modern Wakefare 2 would sale 12 million copies easily

[Whackedorange]

Pretty good sales considering this game have been out less than one month and so many other titles that have also been in the release, games like RDR sells alot more

[bobdog626]

There are 2 sides to every coin

[devilhunterx]

Alan in the Dark: The SALEZ Monster!

[Alcohog]

No, because when comparing Alan Wake to what the PS3 offers for exclusives would have just shadowed it further.

[HumanStark]

My 360 is broke so, yes, I probably would have bought it for the PS3 instead.

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Every exclusives have their own weakness and strong points on exclusives that's my opinion anyway.

[Vorekdor]

@huzzaahh
It's a fact that the majority of the multiplat games tend to be sub hd or with gfx, framerate or technical issues on ps3. I personally suffer this with a couple of games Fallout 3, COD WAW, Bayonetta, Ghosbusters, and more recently with Red Dead Redemption. I know there are more but this are the ones that i have play.

[Counter Strike]

Lets be realistic here ... Conviction is above 1 Milion and no MP Competitive at all...

I think its because its a new IP lets see if it can get above 1M... Hopefully

[kung-fu-grip]

Ps3 gamers have been riding this talking-point dead horse since last fall. And I expect to hear this word all throughout the Sony Press Conference at E3. Now, since the PS3 gamers have helped make "exclusives" the magic word of this generation, should we expect MS to come out of nowhere with more exclusives? We may find out real soon.

[NateDPG]

What a flop

[ethan]

Well I know I would have bought it, had it been on PS3. But I have so many other great PS3 games that I don't miss it.

[dikturbo]

I almost bought this game yesterday until I went into Gamestop to discover that it was priced at $69.95 CDN. While I believe that developers or retailers should be able to charge what they want; be cognizant that you can overprice the product.

[exsturminator01]

Yeah, it sucks, but Alan Wake would be doing a lot better had it gone multi-platform. I won't argue that it would have done any better as a PS3 exclusive (though it might have with the success thriller Heavy Rain as an example), but it DEFINITELY would have done better going multi-platform. I know a LOT of PS3 and PC gamers who would have bought Alan Wake, and very few 360 owners that have heard of it. I wish my 360 hadn't gone all 'No Video' on me or I'd have bought it, lol. Anyway, here's hoping Remedy scrapes together enough money to do a decent PC port. I'd still love to play it, just not at the expense of buying another piece of crap 360 =P

[djfullshred]

Interesting that this type of game's sales on 360 fits right into the stereotype that the 360 demographic just isn't into these kinds of games. This seems to be the kind of game that 360 fanboys like to bash PS3 owners over for not selling like Halo.

[FuckinUsername]

Spoke to my mate.. who owns a 360, he said he was gonna buy alan wake.. but it was that or red dead..so he went with read dead... which i'm sure alot of folk have done.

[OutgoingSquall]

dont blame him rdr is worth your money.

[Madbrain]

I prefer the Sony-exclusive true AAA titles...

[Thoreau]

not the console of exclusivity but the game itself. i am still giong to buy wake, but trimming it down from the original sandbox style could have hurt it.

[jalen247]

Alan Wake should have been a PS3 exclusive. I don't know what Remedy was thinking.

In Remedy's defense, back over 2 decades ago (kidding...) when they started Alan Wake the PS3 wasn't really an option for them because it either wasn't out yet or was out but in low numbers while the 360 had a sizable install base.

[aaronisbla]

like it has been said in this news post, it seems MS didn't advertise this on tv nearly as much as it does for other games for some reason.

I've yet to see a commercial for this game yet im already seeing a commercial for MW2 Resurgence map pack.... a fvcking map pack gets a commercial now? It'll be on ps3 next month, whats the fvcking point in advertising it on tv when you got brand new games that could use the advertising?

Its like MS cares more about bragging about getting something that both systems end up getting eventually a lil bit earlier instead of advertising a game that quite frankly looks pretty damn good