Alan Wake Remastered recoups development and marketing costs after two years

[John Elden Ring]

The remaster finally broke even ahead of the launch of Alan Wake 2.

Alan Wake Remastered has recouped its development and marketing costs around two years after it launched.

The revamped version of Alan Wake debuted in October 2021 and, according to developer Remedy, managed to break even during the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

The Finnish studio shared the milestone in its fiscal report for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, where it noted that quarterly revenue decreased by 1.1 percent to €7.8 million ($8.3 million). The company also recorded a loss of €5.5 million ($5.8 million), which was significantly higher than the $3.3 million loss it reported in Q3 last year.

Remedy CEO Tero Virtala said that's because the studio has been "investing more in our ongoing game projects than ever before. In the short term, this has a negative impact on revenue, profitability and cash position."

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[flaccidsnake]

Another Epic exclusive dying on the vine. Given Alan Wake 2's budget, it's sure to be a disaster for them.

 

[ethomaz]

That is pretty slow imo.

2 years to recoup the investimento doesn’t work well for game development… it is too much time to maintain the health of a developer.

IMO successful business needs to recoup in near term so after is profit.