Got an email today and it said sins had hit the 500k milestone after 7 months. If this is true then 100 million grats to Ironcald and Stardock.
yep , it was all over Shacknews a few days back, 400k boxed copies sold , 100k digital downloads.
horray!
499,999 oponents to kill! MUHAHAHAHA!
500k..i just can't stop.
So that would be about $25 million of income, give or take??? That has got to be good news for IC and SD - will ensure they keep pumping out new games and/or new content/patches etc...
Now...why aren't more of these purchasers playing playing the game in online multiplayer?
Congrats to Iron Clad and Stardock.
Thanks for the awesome game.
With a marketing budget, it could have sold a million... But thanks for the awesome game!
hahaha true but also with that kind of budget.. they should be able to help create a better mod creater and viewer too ... also i bet they will hit 1m in sales withing the next 6-8 months
It will sell well into the future, 3 mini-expansions along with the eventual single player campaign.
Digg it!
http://digg.com/pc_games/Solar_Empire_moves_500_000_units_shows_PC_gaming_done_right
awesome
Can't wait for more from Ironclad.
SHOW ME THE MONEY EXPANSION PACKS!!!
I'd guess it's closer to 10 million in revenue. The 100k digital downloads could be half the game. Retail sucks a lot out of the price. First you've got the creation costs, then you warehouse them, ship them, distribute them, and finally sell them in stores. Everyone along the way gets their cut.
Not that a 5-1(or better) return on the investment is anything to make fun of, it's bloody disgusting.
why are there usualy only 150-300 people on the game at the time then....if over 500,000 copies were sold. Kinda hard to blieve that.