How do Civ3 sales compare to Civ2 sales?

[MarkG]

the "civ franchise" numbers probably include civ1, civ2 and the expansions(and mge and tot). not smac and certainly not ctp.

[Boris Godunov]

I think that, relative to this point in Civ2's career (6 months after release?), I will wager that Civ3 is ahead in sales. That's simply because their are more gamers out there and more who are familiar with the Civ titles than were when Civ2 came out. Civ3 also got much more publicity than Civ2 did (I was a big Civ1 fan, and didn't know Civ2 was even in the works until I saw it on the store shelves and nearly collapsed in spasmodic joy).

[Coracle]

Like a parasite, Civ 3 has fed on the great reputation of Civ 2 along with Sid's now sullied name. That helped its sales, along with rushing the beta product for the Holiday buying season.

You can also be assured that a year after its release Civ 3 will be disappointing compared to the legs of Civ 2.

[TCO]

I just have a sense that you are right.

Civ3 got a big initial pop...but won't have civ2 legs...

[MarkG]

at some point some people will have to realize some things

like for example that no "beta product" can stay in the top 10-20 selling games in the US for 5 months, no matter its title or designer...

i think i'm going to change my sig...

[Immortal Wombat]

Its wrong.

[Grrr]

So are you suggesting that Civ 3 is not beta, Markos?

I suppose it could be alpha

[player1]

Originally posted by Grrr
So are you suggesting that Civ 3 is not beta, Markos?

I suppose it could be alpha

No, it a FINISHED product. (at least with 1.21f patch)

But, it's a product with REDUCED number of features.

You could call it Civ3 lite.

At least until XP comes.