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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Profits from commercial games

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Devastaor
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Posted: 11th Apr 2010 01:28
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How much did Anderson & The Legacy of Cthulhu make, and how about Pioneering?
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Devastaor
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Insane Arts
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Posted: 15th Apr 2010 10:20
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probably a few thousand dollars?
may sound like a fair ammount too a small time developer which it is, But nothing compared the 100's of millions, Even billions that big companys like Blizard etc make.

but thats the thing,
having earned a mere 1000 dollars by selling his first game,
he can put that towards resourced for further game developments etc.
and his next game might make 100,000 (:

It only takes one game to make you rich ;D









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Red Eye
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Was that last post serious?

Just making sure.

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Plystire
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That was a total shot in the dark, Insane Arts.

This question would better be aimed at the developers of said titles. Sales data is not public knowledge after all.


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Scurvy Lobster
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Since 90% of professionally developed games don't make their investment back I think a fair guess would be that they didn't make a profit.

The computer game business is largely hit-driven and selling a few hundred copies does not make back the investment in development (both time and money), even for lone developers.

However, if you look at it from a hobbyist viewpoint then selling even a few copies can feel like a huge reward.

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Zay
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Quote: "However, if you look at it from a hobbyist viewpoint then selling even a few copies can feel like a huge reward."

That's so true...
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Mr Game
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Posted: 15th Apr 2010 15:39 Edited at: 15th Apr 2010 15:43
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Now we can make so epic games thanks to Bond1's creativity... and other clever folks here.
Return to the point - 10000 euro is good at the beginning (for interesting game).

Insomnia is coming...
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Bootlicker
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I would be more than happy with £100, I'm probably gonna make my current project commercial XD
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Johnski
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look at call of duty modern warfare 2 they earned millions profit

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