The Walking Dead walks all the way to the bank with an estimated $40 million profit
1/6/13 10:40pm
In a recent interview with The Wallstreet Journal, Telltale CEO Dan Connors revealed that The Walking Dead: The Game has more success to its name than a loyal fan follow and critical accolades, as it has also made a lot of money for company.
How much money? Connors said a total of 8.5 million episodes (all platforms combined) of the game of have been sold, so you could estimate a profit of over $40 million, although this estimate is made without taking the price reductions of promotional sales into consideration (and Walking Dead has been on sale a few times throughout the year). Even with the sales, the profits still lean close to that amount, since TWD has made an average of $16 per customer.
He also said Telltale is planning on putting this surplus towards developing The Walking Dead Season 2, as well as expanding the company.
I finished the first season of The Walking Dead just a few days ago (I took advantage of the XBLA Countdown to 2013 sale) and I can honestly say that Telltale deserves this success and I hope the expansion plans work out.
I should also note that this profit could be a nice bit of leverage when negotiating future licensing deals, so maybe the studio has a real shot at getting to adapt that big movie or game franchise its gunning for… whatever it happens to be.
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luciferwilliams8552
I finished the first season of The Walking Dead just a few days ago (I took advantage of the XBLA Countdown to 2013 sale) and I can honestly say that Telltale deserves this success and I hope the expansion plans work out. best dissertations
luciferwilliams8552
He also said Telltale is planning on putting this surplus towards developing The Walking Dead Season 2, as well as expanding the company. thesis writing service
MaxusFox23
Point-and-click adventure games were awesome back in the day, I used to play Lucasarts' Indiana Jones titles and Full Throttle until my finger hurt and I still love them up to date. Good job Telltale, you guys deserve it :D
Mad-Mutt
I'm so glad to hear that they are going to make a season two and that the first game did this well. The game was amazing, I was just as attached to the characters of the game as I was to the ones in the series, maybe even more so because I actually got to interact with them. I hope season two picks up right where season one left off because I really want to see what happened with Clem.
Holy Hedgehog
I loved season 1, loved it! But I feel very apprehensive about a second season. I just don't see how they can top it. I hope I'm wrong.
Tom the Iron Man
I approve of this
Museyfied
Can't wait to see what that money will enable them to do in Season 2.
InterestingCathal
Just completed the game yesterday. Well done Telltale, the game's flat-out brilliant.
Can't wait for season 2.
jaykhunter
Excellent news. They'll have faith and the financial clout to make S2 a better, tighter and more varied experience. I guess we've all been spoiled by Mass Effect's branches but Walking Dead had a lot of "it's going to end up with these people and this way" a lot to save on work load. Either way, I'll definitely be buying S2. Can't wait!
Korahn
Tried the first episode and couldn't really get into it. Perhaps it's because I'm not a fan of the Walking Dead. I DO enjoy TT's Back to the Future adventure game though.