sales of major computer games in 2001-2002, their prices
mainly RPG for PC

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Request for Question Clarification by sgtcory-ga on 01 Nov 2002 12:08 PST

Hello,

Since the sales of 2002 are incomplete, are you looking for the total
sales for 2001?

In addition, when you say prices, do you mean the total sales amount
or the average price of these games?

Thanks for the clarification-

SgtCory

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Clarification of Question by delvar-ga on 01 Nov 2002 12:21 PST

i am looking for the total of 2001 (even earlier information could be valuable)
i mean total sales amount in items and $

Hello delvar,

You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the resources I have
found for you. You can download it here:

Adobe Acrobat:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


According to the InterActive Digital Software Association, here are
the statistics that you are looking for:

2001
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Total PC games sold : 83.6 million units
Total Amount Spent  : $1.75 billion

Total RPGs sold     : 7.4 million
Total Amount RPG    : 155 million

I used the percentages in the reference I have listed for you to
figure out the rough amount of sales in dollar amounts for the Role
Playing Games. There are also statistics on numerous other facets of
the industry from a range of years. Here is a small sample of what you
will see:

- RPG's were the 5th best selling Genre of games with 8.8% of all PC
game sales
- Computer games industry growth was double that of our economy at
14.9%
- Women purchased more PC games than men. 55 to 45% respectively.

There is also yearly comparison statistics sine 1996. They did not
break down RPG's specifically, but I thought you might find this
interesting. This data has been interpolated from the IDSA booklet on
the gaming industry:

IDSA gaming industry statistics
http://www.idsa.com/IDSABooklet.pdf

To find this answer I searched for:

pc games sold worldwide
://www.google.com/search?q=pc+games+sold+worldwide

I also used the IDSA as a resource, as I have seen the sites free
statistics in the past. You can see the IDSA site here:

http://www.idsa.com/


I hope this answers your question to your satisfaction. Should you
need clarification, please ask before rating this answer, as I would
love to offer more assistance.

Thanks for the question!

SgtCory

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 01 Nov 2002 16:29 PST

"Total Amount RPG    : 155 million"

This should have been a dollar figure. The total amount spent on RPG's
is rounded up to $155 million.

Sorry about the typo -

Thanks again
SgtCory

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Request for Answer Clarification by delvar-ga on 04 Nov 2002 02:30 PST

thank you sgtcory, your answer is already satisfactory, but still i
need sales of individual games
at least 3-5 most popular PC RPG titles of the last few years

thank you again,
Grisha

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 04 Nov 2002 04:38 PST

Grisha,

Sounds good - give me about 15 to 20 minutes to see what else I can
find. Be right back :-)

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 04 Nov 2002 06:17 PST

See comment below. (I accidentally put the information in the comments section.)

Thanks -

SgtCory

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 04 Nov 2002 08:47 PST

Grisha -

Thank you for the very generous tip and rating. I wish that I could
have got my hands on more pertinent information for you.

Thanks again -

SgtCory

probably it was as much as could be found over the net for free
thanks a lot

I came up with a little something for 2000 :


Title                               Units
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Baldur's Gate (all formats)         500,000 
BG expansion pack                   156,000 
Fallout                             144,000 
Fallout 2                           123,000 
Diablo                              1,300,000 
Revenant                            37,000 
Darkstone                           75,000 
Ultima IX: Ascension                73,000 
Planescape: Torment                 73,000

http://desslock.gamespot.com/archives/200005/20000511.html

That's about all the free information I could find. Here is the site
to watch, as they are one of the top industry trackers:

http://www.npdtechworld.com/techServlet?nextpage=trend_index.html

Sometimes they release free information. If you are willing to pay
them, they offer access to very detailed reports that are not
available over the net.

Hope this helps a little more - and don't hesitate to ask for further
clarification if you need it. I'd be glad to help!

SgtCory