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! 

 


Comments (Page 3)
3 Pages1 2 3 
on May 06, 2006
Woot! Grats Stardock!!! I was so excited to see that this great game has made the top 10 list... and it definitely deserves it! I was hoping this day would come, and it looks like it has!
on May 06, 2006
Congratulations to the whole team at Stardock. What you guys have accomplished is truly awesome!
on May 06, 2006
I love how they point how that Stardock broke into the top ten "dispite" not having copy protection. Congrats though and I'll keep buying BECAUSE there is no copy protection.
on May 10, 2006
Grats

... Its saddening to see so many SIMS titles still on the chart though..

on May 11, 2006
GOOD, i'm glad to see a game like this selling well. I'm tired of these flavor of the week EA clone games they non stop release that is killing pc gaming. I want to see more flight sims, more tactical strategy, more turn based games, and shit from "dead genres" like that. I want a new x-com to be done well, for example. I dont want to play Battlefield 12 or endless cloning MMORPG 25.

The one thing I want that I know wont be made? A new Mechwarrior game.... because Wizkidz killed battletech
3 Pages1 2 3