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USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
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06/02/04 21:57
06/02/04 21:57
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USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
Hi Gang,
I just got my royalty statement from Valusoft.
Total sales of USA Bass to date is 69,988, total returns is 3613. Leaving total sales through the channel of 66,375 units.
My other 2003 title Veggie Tales Creativity City has sold through 40,661 units.
I am in discussions for a sequel to USA Bass right now. I am trying to decide between 3DGS and Cipher as the engine to use for the sequel. They both have their plus's and minus's, the great thing is both engines are capable of doing the job.
I have a total of over 107,000 units sold of my 2003 developments as an Indie.
I am working hard to get the 2004 products out before XMAS.
Ken
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Re: USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
[Re: Nardulus]
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06/02/04 22:45
06/02/04 22:45
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Alexandria, VA
Alkai
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Outstanding!!
How do you like working with ValuSoft?
Last edited by Alkai; 06/02/04 23:00.
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Re: USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
[Re: Red Ocktober]
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06/03/04 00:03
06/03/04 00:03
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Nardulus
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I like working with Valusoft. They are good people.
I have a few tips for working with publishers. I have worked with a bunch.
Be persistent. Even if you have a good product they will not call you back until you have a deal. It's just sort of an industry rudeness thing. Do not take it personal, it's just the way things are done. Once you have a contract and a deadline you will begin to wish they were not calling you.
You constantly have to prove yourself. I had two profitable games with Valusoft and I am still having to pitch like a newbie. This is even worse than the "what have you done for me lately" mentality. Short memories for success and memories of elephants about failures, you mess up and everyone remembers your screw-up.
I am trying to secure a multi project deal that will add a little security to my old frame. These deals are out there they are just a devil to get closed. I would like to develop some educational games and create some more socially relevant games. Right now I am trying to get a project that teaches "Anger Management" through video game simulation off the ground.
I truely think an Indie or Indie Team has an advantage over a Dev Studio. You can come in with a less risky bid, the return on investment is lower, and you can probably offer something fresh to the market place, and you can get it to market faster if you use an off the shelf engine. This works in the value area, where I develop games, the AAA games area is another story, which I have little interest in pursuing.
Ken
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Re: USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
[Re: ROMAC]
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06/03/04 01:03
06/03/04 01:03
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Don Pedro
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Here's a link to some of their games. Unfortunately not to USA Bass  web page Anyway, it's great to hear it's still selling after so many months!!!
The only place where success comes before work - is dictionary.
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Re: USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
[Re: Nardulus]
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06/03/04 01:16
06/03/04 01:16
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Pappenheimer
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Congratulations! And thank you very much for sharing your insights! Your plans of making more socially relevant games have my full respect, and if you get them done, than you deserve far more respect than I can express with my poor english. I wish you great success to organize the conditions to develop them! Thumbs up for your project "Anger Management"! If you can combine a unic gameworld which is fun to play with your social intentions, you will count among the pioneers of game developing who raise the intellectual standard of games to that of great movies and novels!  (Not sure whether my bad english makes it sound totally stupied, but it is what I mean.)
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Re: USA Bass Sales Hit 66,375.
[Re: Pappenheimer]
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06/03/04 02:37
06/03/04 02:37
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Really cool! It's good to see sucessful games made with 3dgs. Another proof against the "3dgs isnt good enough"-opinions Anyway, I guess that's the game we are talking about? http://www.valu-soft.com/products/usabass.html
Perhaps this post will get me points for originality at least.
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