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'Alan Wake': Half of all players finished the story
Published Tuesday, Feb 21 2012, 09:07 GMT | By Matthew Reynolds | 5 comments
Alan Wake saw a high completion rate, according to developer Remedy Entertainment.
Head of franchise development Oskari Häkkinen said that over half of all players finished the game's story on Xbox 360.
"The DLC [episodes] actually had a fantastic attach rate to them. What we saw on the Xbox Live statistics, we were getting that the story for Alan Wake was liked so much over 50% of all gamers that played Alan Wake played it to the end," he told Digital Spy.
"Now if you look at the gaming industry statistics [it's quite low]... but for us at least it was a high completion rate for Alan Wake and with that of course it means that people were engaged in the story, which we're happy to see, and with that they were engaged with going on further, experiencing the downloadable content, 'The Writer' and 'The Signal'."
Häkkinen added: "So yeah, we were really pleased with [the episodes]."
Alan Wake was released on PC last week and made back its development costs in under 48 hours.
Nordic Games will publish the PC version at retail from March 2 in the UK, alongside a Collector's Edition.
Standalone release Alan Wake's American Nightmare will be available on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, February 22 for 1200 Microsoft Points (£10.20 / $15).
> Digital Spy reviews Alan Wake's American Nightmare
> Read a previous interview with Remedy Entertainment on Alan Wake
Watch the launch trailer for Alan Wake's American Nightmare below:
Head of franchise development Oskari Häkkinen said that over half of all players finished the game's story on Xbox 360.
"The DLC [episodes] actually had a fantastic attach rate to them. What we saw on the Xbox Live statistics, we were getting that the story for Alan Wake was liked so much over 50% of all gamers that played Alan Wake played it to the end," he told Digital Spy.
"Now if you look at the gaming industry statistics [it's quite low]... but for us at least it was a high completion rate for Alan Wake and with that of course it means that people were engaged in the story, which we're happy to see, and with that they were engaged with going on further, experiencing the downloadable content, 'The Writer' and 'The Signal'."
Häkkinen added: "So yeah, we were really pleased with [the episodes]."
Alan Wake was released on PC last week and made back its development costs in under 48 hours.
Nordic Games will publish the PC version at retail from March 2 in the UK, alongside a Collector's Edition.
Standalone release Alan Wake's American Nightmare will be available on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, February 22 for 1200 Microsoft Points (£10.20 / $15).
> Digital Spy reviews Alan Wake's American Nightmare
> Read a previous interview with Remedy Entertainment on Alan Wake
Watch the launch trailer for Alan Wake's American Nightmare below:
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