Exciting but also expected
Based on your perspective, this news tidbit kind of shifts around — much like The Oldest House in a sense. In a year since launch,Controlhas gone on to become Remedy’s fastest-growing property to-date.
This comes out of Remedy’s first Capital Markets Day presentation, as reported byGamesIndustry.biz. That’s nothing but good, asControljoins the ranks ofMax Paynein terms of games that were quickly adopted. However, it’s less exceptional and more expected when framed with the context thatControlis Remedy’s first game in a long time that had a true multi-platform launch.
For instance,Alan Wakewas an Xbox 360 exclusive and then launched on Windows PC a couple years later.Quantum Breakreleased simultaneously on Xbox One and PC.Controlis the first since 2003’sMax Payne 2that launched on a Sony platform alongside PC and Microsoft’s console.
Control has sold more than 2m units[GamesIndustry.biz]
