Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-pac.cts.com!tsouth From: tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Poor GS software sales reported Message-ID: <8902051836.AA29832@crash.cts.com> Date: 5 Feb 89 16:09:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth@nosc.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 37 >Date: Sat, 4 Feb 89 21:35:56 CST >From: "Lester I. McCann" >Subject: Poor GS software sales reported >I just read the transcript of the GEnie RoundTable discussion with Infocom >that took place in mid-December. It wasn't at all encouraging for IIgs owners. >Their sales of GS versions of their games has been very poor. They are not >From memory, I think they said that only 12,000 copies of Bard's Tale 2 for >GS have been sold (of the 250,000 total copies), and only 8,000 of Paintworks >Gold (though it was mentioned that PWG is a memory hog). They did point out >that these were only rumored numbers, but rumors do have a tendency to be >based on fact. Doesn't surprise me at all. Number one, a whole lot of people see no sense in buying products they have already purchased in another version. BT2 is a classic example. The first time around it was really interesting, but it just is not economically sound for me to go out and purchase the //gs version... Even with all the added whistles I don't need two copies of the same program. Also, did you ever think that one of the reasons memory hogs probably don't sell is memory is now $160/256K on average. Don't know too many people that can handle that sorta mark-up, or companies for that matter... >Lester McCann Todd South -- UUCP: {nosc, cacilj, sdcsvax, hplabs!hp-sdd, sun.COM} ...!crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth@nosc.MIL INET: tsouth@pro-pac.CTS.COM - BITNET: pro-pac.UUCP!tsouth@PSUVAX1