In various posts Brad (Frogboy) has said that there was no way Galactic Civilizations II could make the overall top 10 in PC games sales.

The reason for that is that unlike games released by the big 5 publishers, Galactic Civilizations II would only be at major retail outlets (as opposed to every store that carries any sort of PC game). 

Another factor is that Galactic Civilizations II is available for direct purchase and download which aren't counted.  Nearly 30% of the game's overall "sell-thru" has come from sales through TotalGaming.net (one can imagine the ranking if those sales were added in).

But thanks to strong word of mouth, great reviews, and other factors, GalCiv II sold so well at the retail outlets that it is at that it was able to still make the top 10 for April.

Thank you so much for your support! 

 


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on May 04, 2006
An excellent game deserves an excellent position in the top sales charts cause it's just so good

I just can't believe that 'The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff ' tops the list. EA just keeps making cash cows...
on May 04, 2006
You forgot to mention the No Copy Protection part How could you sell so many, obviously everyone is just stealing the game without copy protection!

Heh, congradulations. I love you guys
on May 04, 2006
No, exactly the opposite! If they stole the game then they wouldn't be counted in the sales. This goes to show that people actually buy the game BaninLance.
on May 04, 2006
You guys just pulled off the George Mason NCAA run of the computer gaming world...

on May 04, 2006
I heard nothing but good words about GalCiv before I bought it, and the thing that really sealed the deal for me was the respect Stardock has for their customers. Not only is GalCiv free of copy-protection/drive hassles, but the shipped product is not considered finished! It is continually upgraded, made better, and the community is shown what changes occur and the progress Stardock makes through its frequent news. The community has truly received Stardock's dedication and support, and for that we give you ours.
on May 04, 2006
Glad I could add to your success. Now, if only the game had been called, "Master of Orion III"...
on May 04, 2006
Way to go Stardock!!!! I love seeing this game reach the top 10, maybe sombody should email the sales charts to Starforce.....
on May 04, 2006
maybe sombody should email the sales charts to Starforce.....

I think they know how useless and annoying their crap is, they are just used to marketing blahblah... and FUD.

Anyway, good idea ...

on May 04, 2006
Awesome news. Congrats all you hard-working developers at Stardock! Now start crackin' on those next patches and expansions..
on May 05, 2006
Congratulations, it's a success you deserve.
on May 05, 2006
You're welcome Even if I'm not in the american charts.
on May 05, 2006
Yup, well done you lot! I admit I'd never even heard of you guys until recently and I was kinda skeptical about about buying this because well to be frank I thought a small company like this wouldn't be able to make that was as good as some of the ones made by huge companies don't hate me! I downloaded the demo because well a lot of good things have been said about it and having played that I bought the full game asap... I'm now behind on several pieces of work because of this game... Oh man I've been woffling going "me, me, me"...


Okay I'll summarize: Great Game! You definitely deserve ever success you're getting... The quality of this company is frequently surprising me (cos it's so good lol in case you were thinking I meant otherwise).. Okay I'll shush now
on May 05, 2006
You deserve it...
Congratulations!
on May 05, 2006
I'm glad to see that good games can compete with overmarketed and mindlesss AAA titles. Congratulations.
on May 05, 2006
GOOD JOB!!! i accually first heard about this game on a civ 4 site, checked out this site and saw it just came out a week ago (this was early march), Civ 4 left me itching for a good single player TBS game. ( I mean who has the time to play a multiplayer TBS game, good lord, espessially playing against ppl i dont know) well anyway I bought this and its great. Keep up the great work
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