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Aha, I see then.

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first it was 'the biggest preorder ever', now this:
approximately how big a number is many ?

1000? 5000? (N+1)?

("more each hour" = at least 150/week, but not enough info to make an estimate).

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I just got my fulfillment email. I ordered on 25th Sep.

I just have to wait for it to get to the Uk and hopefully it won't get intercepted by customs.

GM12

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We don't give out exact numbers. But, knowing that the preorder was our biggest ever, and you take the average number pre-ordered per day, we are now selling 28 times more per day.

At this rate, we will surpass the pre-order number this weekend.

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Awesome! I wonder how many people will pre-order after they've tried out the demo. Probably hella lot! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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You can pull a little loophole there. UK Customs duty only applies to goods coming into the country - according to UK law, software isn't classed as a good, ergo the value of the import is whatever the media and manual are worth.

The problem is it still has to work it's way through the UK postal system, which is all screwed up due to the new pricing thing. Last time I sent a letter first class it took a week to arrive. I remember when they were guaranteed in two days. Could be worse though - at least we don't need to worry about the Christmas rush.

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Does anyone know how sales from this game compares to Dominions II sales? Is it more, or "many times more"? I'm curious, because it would be great to see Illwinter be empowered to do things with Dominions or another game they had not previously been able to.

I suppose this question cannot technically be answered for several months, but only a forecast can be established.

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If this is bigger than Main Battle Tanks for Windows then this is Umor-freaking-some big. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Well, I can only tell you what we are projecting. First off, Dominions II did very well. We believe it could have done even better and that we, Shrapnel, dropped the ball with the manual.

As for Dominions 3, we are projecting that we will double, and maybe triple the sales of Dominions II. Of course that is just a projection. Alot has to fall into place. Reviews must be good, fans such as yourself will need to talk it up on other forums, etc. We are off to a good start though. Dominions 3 Pre-orders were over double those of Dominions II. And after-release sales, well, they are going very well compared to Dominions II. But it is very early and alot has to fall into place -- only time will tell.

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Wow, sounds great.