Remedy [Control, Alan Wake] is 'not satisfied' with its Q3 results after FBC: Firebreak's flop, and has 'moved development resources' to other games in production
Remedy [Control, Alan Wake] is 'not satisfied' with its Q3 results after FBC: Firebreak's flop, and has 'moved development resources' to other games in production
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Remedy is 'not satisfied' with its Q3 results after FBC: Firebreak's flop, and has 'moved development resources' to other games in production
Can't say I am surprised even slightly. Following up the smash-hit of Control with a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, class bssed FPS co-op multiplayer game was a really stupid move. That'd be like Valve saying they're releasing Half-Life 3 as a third person extraction shooter.
They seem pretty disconnected with what their fans actually want. The world and lore that Control establishes (and links with Alan Wake, ofc) is so rich and interesting with so many mysteries and unknowns left untapped. They could've continued the story with Jesse or another character and it probably would've sold like hotcakes.
They didn’t make much money off alan wake 2 after locking it on epic and not printing a physical copy for the console people for a year (and even then was only a limited deluxe and collector’s edition release). This seemed like a hail mary to try and get that sweet gaas money, but I imagine the overlap between people who play games like control and people who are willing to dump endless money on the live service game of the week skins is pretty small.
I think there is a space for these kinda games, but going so high budget with it was a mistake. A studio should probably have a flagship series (or universe, in this case) and keep side projects smaller scoped so the limited audience doesn’t hurt the rest of the studio.
Also release AW2 on Steam lol
You'd think by now these companies would know the epic deal is radioactive.
I didn't even know that FBC Firebreak had anything to do with Control until reading this post.
Same! It still A. Doesn't look like they have anything in common and B. Is a completely different style of game that's just a money suck. How did they think any of that same audience would show up for this?
I thought it was a sequel to Firewatch for some reason based on the name alone and didn't really bothered with it.
Also it just doesn't make sense. The FBC are supposed to be clean cut, 1960s Mad Men or Men in Black aesthetic operatives. But the characters and even the logo are sloppy, rag tag looking.
That's exactly what they are doing with Alan Wake 2 and Control 2. It's pretty clear Firebreak was meant to be a way to make a quick buck, and live service games are seen as free money printing machines. For some reason nobody told Remedy that the market is cutthroat and half-assing it won't be even remotely enough.