The ever-shrinking attention span of consumers and the constant bombardment of new stuff means everyone is quick to move on to the next best thing. This truth applies in video games as well. Unless you're Rockstar Games, you can't simply afford waiting over a decade to release a sequel to your game, especially if it's a cult-classic. Remedy Entertainment is finding out about this the hard way.
Months after confirming that it had yet to profit from Alan Wake 2, Remedy doubled down on its earlier statement. Apparently, Alan Wake 2, despite topping sales charts, still hasn't made the studio money yet. But it firmly believes that, like with Control, the long-tail sales of Alan Wake 2 will be strong. Of course, not content with just leaving the sales of its upcoming titles to chance, Remedy is looking to speed things up so it can release games, specifically sequels like Alan Wake 3and Control 2, sooner rather than later.
Remedy confirmed all of this in its most recent financial report, where it also revealed that Rockstar is fully funding development on the Max Payne 1 and 2 Remake.