$500,000 mark surpassed by SEIV

Atrocities · #1 November 5th, 2002, 06:25 AM

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Cary, NC, October 31, 2002

Shrapnel Games announced today that the Space Empires IV Gold has surpassed the one half million dollar mark in internet sales. To mark this momentous occasion, Shrapnel Games is releasing a Commemorative Space Empires IV Gold digital art print. Additional details and ordering info are located at http://www.shrapnelgames.com.

Timothy W. Brooks, President of Shrapnel Games, said, "This is truly a momentous occasion and proves that our business model works. A PC game from one of the large publishers, available through retail stores, would be considered a success at one half million dollars in sales. The Space Empires IV franchise from Malfador Machinations achieved this almost exclusively through Online sales. The truly exciting aspect of this is that Space Empires IV Gold is still selling at record rates. Our next announcement will be when we surpass the one million dollar mark, which we believe we can do within 18 months."

Richard Arnesen, Director of Covert Operations for Shrapnel Games, said, "Space Empires IV Gold is a special game with a thriving and active community. It is because of this community that we have achieved these sales numbers."

The Commemorative Art Print and Space Empires IV Gold are available for ordering at the Gamers Front website at http://www.gamersfront.com.

WAY TO GO PEOPLE!

You can't help but wonder what all of us have brought to the table to help this game. The mods, the ship sets, the forum, all of it to make SEIV achieve this level of sales.

That is fan dedication to say the least. I guess Aaron knew this all along, and that is why he has supported this game so well.

I sincerely hope, and believe it will happen, see SEIV reach the $1,000,000 mark.

[ November 05, 2002, 04:28: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Krsqk · #2 November 5th, 2002, 08:48 PM

12,500 copies sold ain't bad at all! And i'd guess about half of that's from word-of-mouth promotion. Anyone know what SEIV Classic hit in sales?

Askan Nightbringer · #3 November 6th, 2002, 02:07 AM

Frick!!!
Thats damn amazing.

Long live independent game development!!!!!

Askan

DarkStar · #4 November 6th, 2002, 02:10 AM

I thought that amount also included SE4 classic. If those numbers are just for the Gold Version, then it's more amazing then I thought....

sachmo · #5 November 6th, 2002, 03:54 AM

Whoo hoo!

PvK · #6 November 6th, 2002, 10:19 AM

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Originally posted by DarkStar:
I thought that amount also included SE4 classic. If those numbers are just for the Gold Version, then it's more amazing then I thought....

The press release says Gold...

Pax · #7 November 6th, 2002, 01:04 PM

Hurragh!

And, Atrocities, what decided ME to actually get ahold of SE4/Gold was, this forum, and the community here.

Lots of other games have fan-made mods or maps; lots of other games have websites or the like where ou can go to find opponents, or games to join, and so on.

But IME, very few games have the sort of supportive, welcoming-to-newbies community SE4 has built.

The mods, those are nice. The ability for even a computer-almost-illiterate end-user like myself to work at MAKING their own mod, with a hope in hell of completing the project, helps. Having a site like PBW helps. The dedicated, ongoing support of the game's publisher and designer helps a lot.

...

But they all take a definite backseat to the simple, basic existence of such a wonderful, friendly, helpful, just-fun-to-become-part-of COMMUNITY like this one.