teodor Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I would like to know how many copies of CM you sold so far and if possible by continent( country maybe ?) , just being curious .... subsidiary question : and why did you choose 60 seconds for the video replay ? I know you have to draw the line somewhere but was it a matter of hard discussion ? I have some other questions but maybe I should have some sleep first... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozi_digger Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hi Mum Oh, for the record, I have 3.5 copies of CM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoat Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Salutations, motherly unit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Although our competitors would love to know, we don't give out sales data. 60 seconds was chosen because it is a logical section of time. It was selected before the coding had really begun and nearly 9 years later we still think it was an excellent decision. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teodor Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 Ok thank you for the quick reply ! I can't see why the 60 seconds are a logical choice but we get used to , that's true . I'm sorry about the sales question , i just wanted to know if the "modules" would be as available in the european retail shops as the first game. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 BFC has sold approximately one copy for everyone who purchased the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by teodor: Ok thank you for the quick reply ! I can't see why the 60 seconds are a logical choice but we get used to , that's true . On our planet we divide time into 60-second intervals we call "minutes". You would call them "Earth-minutes". -dale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: BFC has sold approximately one copy for everyone who purchased the game. I suspect the average is more than one; I bought two copies of CMBB and CMAK...others are in the same boat. Some purchasers presented additional copies as gifts... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanachai Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Although our competitors would love to know, we don't give out sales data. Steve For a straight-forward, truthful answer, there's BFC. For everything else, there's Seanachai. To date, BFC has sold 6 million units of the various 'Combat Mission' games. Little Known Facts about the sold units: 1) The Pentagon purchased 212 copies of 'Combat Mission: Afrika Korps', and used them to plan Operation: Iraqi Liberation (they could have used that one, despite the acronym, as no more oil has been forthcoming). Sadly, because CM is a tactical level game without an 'Exit Strategy' module, that's as far as things got. 2) Karl Rove and staffers bought 3 copies of the entire 'Combat Mission' series and used them to help the Bush Administration win the Presidential Election. Sadly, as the Presidential Election was a tactical level game, with no 'strategic level' module, winning the election was all the Bush Administration gave us. 3) The Australian Government bought 24,000 copies of 'Combat Mission: Bugger the Afrika Korps, Mate!'. Beer sales in Australia increased by a staggering 24%(anything that could make Australian beer sales increase isn't simply staggering, but almost other-worldly), and Australia has been effectively neutralized from conquering the entire Pacific Rim. 4) Exactly 1 copy of each Combat Mission game was sold in Hong Kong, and 500,000 copies are currently being played in the Far East, where gamers are treated to soldiers who shout 'My leg, it has been injured by agents of the Presbyterian Church, I think fully!' 5) 4,700 copies of the game have been sold in the former Soviet Union, none of which has fallen into the hands of the military, which is thinking of marketing a competing game entitled: Combat Mission: School's Out Forever! Battlefront.com quietly contemplates donating proceeds of Russian sales to the 'Mothers of Beslan'. 6) An incredible 100,000 copies of CMBO and CMAK are sold in Finland. 7) 2.6 Million units of 'Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin' are sold in Finland; approximately one for each 2 inhabitants. 8) LucasFilms, Inc. bought 10 copies of each game, and has recently announced their decision to completely flush the game down the toilet by producing three movies depicting the events the lead up to the action in the original Combat Mission series. 9) Sales in America have been equally split between Red and Blue States. Anxiety about pre-release orders of the next Engine is high, and is being carefully monitored by the world's various Arms Suppliers. 10) 1 copy of 'Combat Mission: Afrika Korps' has been shipped to an unnamed American military prison. 11) 125,000 copies of 'Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord' and 'Combat Mission: Afrika Korps' have been sold to Canada, and 25 copies of 'Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin' have likewise been sold to Canada. Twenty-four requests for refunds for 'CMBB' have also been received from Canada, along with the complaint: This game simply isn't redolent with the bacony stench of Canada. So there you have it. The numbers. The stories. The lies. [ September 19, 2005, 10:53 PM: Message edited by: Seanachai ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Seanachai: So there you have it. The numbers. The stories. The lies. Which are which is for you to decide. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Whew, he scared me with the sensible post in the other thread. I'm glad he is back to uh, normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by junk2drive: Whew, he scared me with the sensible post in the other thread. I'm glad he is back to uh, normal. I never thought I would whoop for joy at seeing the phrase "bacony stench." But there it was... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 ...and whadda 'bout African CM sales, ONE-I? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hang on Seanachai, I thought one of those Canadians held onto his copy of CMBB in the forlorn hope that BFC would do a one off patch to include the Canadian RAM "Sherman" tank complete with the 6 pounder gun as one was shipped to the USSR for their evaluation. Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanachai Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: Hang on Seanachai, I thought one of those Canadians held onto his copy of CMBB in the forlorn hope that BFC would do a one off patch to include the Canadian RAM "Sherman" tank complete with the 6 pounder gun as one was shipped to the USSR for their evaluation. Regards Jim R. Dear freaking Australian lunatic: Did you not deign to notice that I said 25 copies had been sold, and that twenty-four copies had been returned? My gods! Must I do the thinking for the entire planet?! I'm not cut out for it! I'm insane, and not very bright! Why am I surrounded by fools?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Seanachai: I'm insane, and not very bright! Why am I surrounded by fools?! Because you didn't practice safe sex back when you could still have sex. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagwyn Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Michael: LOL!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Originally posted by Seanachai: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: Hang on Seanachai, I thought one of those Canadians held onto his copy of CMBB in the forlorn hope that BFC would do a one off patch to include the Canadian RAM "Sherman" tank complete with the 6 pounder gun as one was shipped to the USSR for their evaluation. Regards Jim R. Dear freaking Australian lunatic: Did you not deign to notice that I said 25 copies had been sold, and that twenty-four copies had been returned? My gods! Must I do the thinking for the entire planet?! I'm not cut out for it! I'm insane, and not very bright! Why am I surrounded by fools?! </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Originally posted by Pzman: You'll have to make that 26 copies of CMBB in Canada and 2 not returned. Depends on what your defintion of "Canada" is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I did not have Canadian relations with that woman. -dale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand451 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Originally posted by dalem: I did not have Canadian relations with that woman. -dale And I know the Canadian being and fish can coexist peacefully. Jordan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKS Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Although our competitors would love to know, we don't give out sales data. 60 seconds was chosen because it is a logical section of time. It was selected before the coding had really begun and nearly 9 years later we still think it was an excellent decision. Steve What competition? I have yet to find a competitive product. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 JKS, What competition? I have yet to find a competitive product.You are both wrong and right. Right that there are no other companies out there that have a competitive product to match against CM, wrong because Battlefront publishes more than just CM products that we do have competition to consider. We keep all sales data confidential. Plus, sales data is valuless without context. So we'd not only have to release ours sales numbers, but also our expenses, cash flow history, and all sorts of stuff. Sales numbers on their own mean nothing. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 My guess would be less than Age of Empires series games and more than Peng: Blitzkrieg at Playboy Mansion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcar Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Seanachai (not bolded out of disrespect) is close... we bought a Defence licence, including reserves and cadets, which is somewhat more than 24,000... but less than the numbers suggested for CMBB sales to the Finns. Cheers Rob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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