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From:Mark Wilson
Date:9 Aug 2000 at 11:32:35
Subject:Re: Heretic II Sales?

On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:13:18 -0000 Michael Carrillo wrote:

Hi Michael Carrillo,

> I hear that sales of Heretic II have been dissapointing.

That would`nt surprise me, piracy seems to be taking large chunks out of whats
left in our community.

> Couple that with rumours that Wipeout 2097 didn't sell well either and
> it makes me wonder whether developers are better off just writting
> games that don't require PPC and extra RAM.

Well they reckon there`s only 10 thousand ppc boards sold so I reckon thats a
very small games market. I guess I`m quite surprised that people actually do
develop for it, I guess the reason that hyperon do it is so they can gain a
brand name ready for the next gen machine?

Cheers Kids,



Mark 'tecno' Wilson : Team Member of AmiBench

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