Epic paid $10.45 million for Control's exclusivity

BASED

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arrrr thanks for the free game tim me mate

Too bad the game was mediocre

wow, chinks are really desperate

A decision that had exactly zero effect on me

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Based Tim paying for all those free copies

Money well spent, right? lol

good for the devs, I guess they made bank. I hope they can find the magic again, it's been a while.

>the game made more money from Tim buying us all free copies than the game sold on its own
Kek Epic are probably seething as we speak.

>150k copies
Well jewben on SUICIDE watch, it's literally dirt cheap and made all money back for Timmy :)

Epic also paid for my copy

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Well even fucking satisfactory sold 500k copies on egs, 9 million sell guaranty is nothing.

The Control devs are pretty smart.

>holy SHIT this game stinks
>... but it sure is pretty though
>we're gonna go bankrupt...
>Wait, someone call up Ratdog and see if he'll do an exclusivity deal and give use free money!
>Yeah, we'll show him the graphics and pretend it's going to be a blockbuster!
>and don't sign any contracts for anything less than $10m!

and that's the story about how smart devs exploited Ratdog Sweeney and how others will continue to.

>tfw Remedy can keep making good but not great third person shooters and I didn't have to pay for my copy

How come people hate Epic? They're pretty much keeping these devs afloat given how even without piracy nobody gives a fuck about these kinds of games.

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>Remedy got welfare payments from Microsoft for Alan Wake and Quantum Break
>Got even more welfare payments from Epic for Control
When will companies realize Remedy is fucking garbage and let them die?

>he says this as devs like Bioware still exist despite everything post ME3
lol

By that logic Platinum games is getting welfare payments from Nintendo. Companies hire other companies for exclusives all the time.

Platinum is garbage and needs to die too

How much did it cost to make?

>Remedy
505. Remedy didn't get a red cent.
This is the worst part of the Epic buyouts, the actual devs rarely get paid unless they're indie schmucks.

Hey user, remember the housing crisis?

NO DON'T BREAK THE NARRATIVE THE GOY MUST NOT KNOW THE TRUTH

What confuses me about this article is that they said it was a 45-55% split between 505 and Remedy, and how this is more an advance than anything.

Am I the only fucker on this planet who thought Alan Wake was great? Especially the fucking sublime triple monitor (5769x1080res) support?
Everyone's always pushing for the "games as movies/storytelling" garbage, but Alan Wake actually did a pretty good job of balancing a story-driven narrative AND having a ton of player-driven gameplay. Gonna play it again this Halloween.

This is off-topic as fuck, and as such I open myself to the flood of insults that are sure to come, my body is ready.

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No, I also quite enjoyed it. They definitely know how to craft a good story, but it's a real monkeys paw they're using for it - either making their games weird exclusives (for microsoft, epic, whatever) or sacrificing some other important parts of the game

Yeah, doesn't really add up, does it? I don't get it. Why would they be paying Remedy now?