Within the span of a few hours, Remedy announced thatAlan Wake 2, the award-winning follow-up to a beloved critical hit, released in 2023, sold over 1.8 million copies, and then GIANTS Software sent out a press release announcing Farming Simulator 25 has sold over 2 million copies in its first week. Nothing explains just how big the video game industry really is, and how many different people play games, than the discrepancy between these two titles. It’s often the butt of jokes, butthe Farming Simulator franchise has sold over 40 million copies. To put that in perspective, that’s almost twice as much as everyPersonagame put together, over 10 million more than all of the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games and roughly 20 million more than every Dark Souls.
Alan Wake 2 Showcases PS5 Pro Comparison in Two New Videos
Remedy Entertainment gives us a look at how Alan Wake 2 will run on Sony’s upcoming console revision.
There’s Room For Both Types Of Games
Alan Wake 2 is still, despite the raw sales numbers, a success for Remedy.The fourteen-year gap between each game came about becauseMicrosofthad the rights to Alan Wake and didn’t want Remedy to make a sequel due in part to the sales of the first game. Remedy eventually secured the rights from Microsoft, and started working on the sequel almost immediately, sticking to their guns and embracing the Twin Peaks-inspired creative vision of the original instead of appealing to the mass market. With twisted visuals, a dark storyline that questions the nature of reality and a turn into survival horror, Alan Wake 2 was a critical hit and has found a dedicated fan base, but it’s a small drop in the world of video games.
Farming Simulator appeals to people that are both hardcore gamers and those that play only one game a year, while Alan Wake 2 is hyper-focused on fans of single-player narrative horror games, and there’s room for both to co-exist.
Farming Simulator appeals to people that are both hardcore gamers and those that play only one game a year, while Alan Wake 2 is hyper-focused onfans of single-player narrative horror games, andthere’s room for both to co-exist.The gaming industry can’t be supported entirely by niche titles, and it also needs creative minds pushing the medium in new directions so that it doesn’t stagnate. Without both the mass appeal titles and the artistic experimental ones, the whole billion-dollar industry would collapse in slow motion.
Alan Wake might even breakout into the mainstream soon, with Remedy recently announcing a partnership with Annapurna tobring Alan Wake and Control to television. Until then though, it’s another niche franchise in an industry filled with them, while Farming Simulator, College GameDay, and Madden sell millions of copies each year.
Alan Wake 2 Developer Remedy Entertainment Cancels Multiplayer Game Kestrel
Remedy Entertainment has made the decision to cancel codename Kestrel to focus on their existing titles like Max Payne and Control.
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 debuted in October 2023, nearly fifteen years after its predecessor first hit stores. Remedy’s survival-horror game tells a dual-protagonist story, with one part following the eponymous writer while the other revolving around an agent named Saga Anderson.
