How well is DW selling ?

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fabio80mi
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How well is DW selling ?

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Greetings!
Just would like to ask Erik, if its possible to divulge, if the game has been so far concerning the sells:

1) A complete success (sold lot more than expected)
2) A moderate success
3) Break even
4) Failure

Judging from the activity in the forum i'd say it has been a success and i hope it was for you financially so you can keep on supporting and improving it :)

Me as an early adopter (bought the game like in the first 30 minutes :P) i am definetly satisfied for what i've seen so far both as the game itself and the support and responsiveness in this forums: keep up the good work!
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Deto
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Its much likely games like these which aren't marketed at moneys have smaller streak sales compared to "big and visible"-titles, but 'niche' games like this also slowly build up finding more and more player base via worth to mouth from fans and folk who enjoy gaming this kind of games. I greatly hope however that it had good enough beginning streak and then nice supporting bought-rate :)
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It will remain helpful to contribute on other forums, your impressions of DW - at the risk of being dismissed as a viral marketeer. Yet if you've a history on another forum, your post along with a link would at least create awareness. Smaller game developers need all the help...
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ORIGINAL: JonathanStrange

It will remain helpful to contribute on other forums, your impressions of DW - at the risk of being dismissed as a viral marketeer. Yet if you've a history on another forum, your post along with a link would at least create awareness. Smaller game developers need all the help...
That's how I got here. I was on the Star Trek Birth of the Federation forum and someone posted a link to here. I have been here ever since then. [:D]
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Same happened to me with Sins of a Solar Empire....now I'm always here!
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OberonDark
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I came from Demigod. :P
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I'm trying really hard to remember where I first heard of DW. I think it must have been Sins of a Solar Empire forum and also from checking out Armada 2526 also posted at Sins.
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Being only on Matrix of course means it is not going to sell like COD.I think it is a huge Matrix game,most likely the biggest.
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I found Distant Worlds because someone posted a review and link on our eve-online alliance's forum.
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I found it through gamespot, which would make me think that a lot more gamers might find it if they put up a review for DW. It just happened to be in the new screens section, and it looked interesting enough for me to take a look. Been hooked ever since.
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I heard of DW on the Bay12 forums (Dwarf Fortress) and quickly became a fan.
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I was looking up "best space games" on youtube and the distant worlds preview videos came up, this was several months before release though.

Of course this doesn't answer the OPs question in any way...
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martok
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While I'm sure Matrix isn't about to release actual sales numbers, I strongly suspect this is one of their more popular titles as of late. The response Distant Worlds has received has been pretty extraordinary so far. [8D]


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Martok/Davor Do you play the orginal BOTF or a modded/new game?
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I checked out the new releases section of Gamespot and saw a link for DW there.
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Sins and SE5 forums both had posts about this game, which prompted me to check it out.
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ORIGINAL: Gertjan

Martok/Davor Do you play the orginal BOTF or a modded/new game?

I play BOTF almost exclusively with mods these days; I've not played the vanilla game in probably three years or more. There's a number of excellent mods available, and almost all of them are significant improvements on the original gameplay.

My personal favorite is the Balance of Power mod, with the Ultimate Dominion Mod getting an honorable mention. They're definitely worth checking out if you've not done so already!




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ORIGINAL: Gertjan

Martok/Davor Do you play the orginal BOTF or a modded/new game?
When I was playing BotF, I was playing it modded. I was using the All Ages Mod. After I finished my game, (wich I havn't yet) I was going to go to the UDM III.

Thing is, DW has all my time now for gaming.
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Any links to these mods where you can point me to? Thanks in advance.
Note that I will be playing DW for some time, but I might want some variation from time to time.
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ORIGINAL: Gertjan

Any links to these mods where you can point me to? Thanks in advance.
Note that I will be playing DW for some time, but I might want some variation from time to time.

Balance of Power mod

All the Ages mod

Ultimate Dominion III mod


Enjoy!

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