Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpihoah!winch From: winch@hpihoah.HP.COM (Bill Winchester) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Poor GS software sales reported Message-ID: <4640005@hpihoah.HP.COM> Date: 6 Feb 89 17:13:52 GMT References: <8902050335.AA11262@plains.NoDak.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 42 >>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. I'm sorry to hear this. My son bought BTI and II for our GS. The graphics and the sound make this game worth while, as far as I'm concerned. The wilderness in BTII really sounds like wilderness. I even enjoy listening to the Bard Songs, and wait till you see what your Arcmages (Archmages?) look like. If you have the GS version of BTI, go down into the 1st level of the catacombs and set and look at any wall for awhile. These walls have a shelf of skulls and then .... I admit that I would never have bought these games myself. (I've owned an Apple II since 1981.) I just don't normally go in for games. However, I highly recommend both the GS versions of Bards Tale. >>Lester McCann >Todd South Bill Winchester