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id Sales Numbers
by Steve Gibson, Oct 15, 1999 3:02pm PDTSince a bit of a debate on game sales erupted when I posted a link to a Forbes article a few days ago stating Ion Storm needed to sell 1.2 million copies of their next 3 games to break even, I emailed Todd Hollenshead up at id Software asking about the sales figures for Quake1 and Quake2 for comparison sake. Here's what Todd sent back:
about 1 million for Quake1, and about 1.2million for Quake2 not including console ports and OEM deals.So there you have it. I wouldnt be surprised if Ion Storm did pull it off honestly for 1 or 2 of the titles. But 3 in a row is a bit steep.
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That\'s all the eye opeing for now...
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Also. #24 Think about all the fans id has made... Doom, Doom2, Quake, Quake 2... i think they easly have 1 million hard-core fans, plus Q3A is getting great previews, everyone with gaming mags will find everything about it... i think id can get 2 million sales with Q3A... and even more if they can stop casual piracy
If you ask me, all the comments here about DK being a lost cause, while the majority of ppl here may hold that opinion, it doesn\'t mean DK won\'t sell well - how many of you bought Myst??
You elitist kiddes think you are so cool you forget that you are a minority, and that your opinion only matters to yourselves.
Cue media buzzards. I bet it gets on the Today show as one of the \"worst kids gifts of the year\" as compiled by Family Magazine or whatever.
Out of that $48M gross revenues received by Eidos, figure over $4M in cost-of-goods, and $5M in marketing, $30M to cover Ion\'s costs, and what\'s left is Eidos\' profits which of course must pay for their administrative and management staff and numerous running-the-company expenses.
Hey, these figures are guesses and are not worth repeating.
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But looking at their games, thats not saying much.
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