CloD Sales Figures, any sources?

[swiss]

I so love Valve for refusing to publish sales figures.

[addman]

Originally Posted by swiss

I so love Valve for refusing to publish sales figures.

I think it's up to the publishers if they want to release sales figures, Steam is only a distribution channel.

[BlackbusheFlyer]

I have a bit of information in this regard, Europe is the biggest Market in the world for software distribution accounting for 60% usually of sales. The rest of the world including USA accounts for 40%. A friend of mine runs a very large and successful software distribution company and is my source for this.

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by BlackbusheFlyer

I have a bit of information in this regard, Europe is the biggest Market in the world for software distribution accounting for 60% usually of sales. The rest of the world including USA accounts for 40%. A friend of mine runs a very large and successful software distribution company and is my source for this.

Really? I would have thought that the US would outnumber everyone else put together. Stupid question - does his software include games?

[BlackbusheFlyer]

Originally Posted by TonyD

Really? I would have thought that the US would outnumber everyone else put together. Stupid question - does his software include games?

I was also surprised by this, yes they distribute games including FSX and apparently FSX sales where also in those proportions.

[FG28_Kodiak]

Not in PC-Games, in US there are more consoles.

Another thing to take into account is that the N. American market is big on FPS MMORPG's and sports/racing games. Europe is the sweet market when it comes to Sims, hence the reason why they really have to watch out for the swastikas, even though they are ok in the US. You lose Europe, might as well not release this game.