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: Gaming industry status reports
: Gorkamorka April 18, 2013, 06:56:17 AM

I thought some of you might be interested in this.

Steve Jackson games just published their yearly Stakeholders Report (http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/).  If you are interested in knowing what a gaming company is up to it's a good read.
Also Evil Hat, doing their best to be transparent, just published their Q1 2013 sales figures (http://www.evilhat.com/home/q1-2013-sales-numbers-big-beginnings/).

If you know of any other gaming companies that are talking about how they are doing, please add them here.

: Re: Gaming industry status reports
: clockworkjoe April 18, 2013, 03:49:50 PM

Numbers on Dungeon World's first 5 months of sales: http://www.latorra.org/2013/04/04/dungeon-worlds-first-5-months/

: Re: Gaming industry status reports
: Gorkamorka April 18, 2013, 03:57:28 PM

I asked Fred at Evil Hat if he had sales going back longer and if they are available.  (Just in a comment on the 2013 sales)

He put pointed me to sales from 2007 onwards (http://www.evilhat.com/home/tag/sales-numbers/).  He really believes in being transparent!

: Re: Gaming industry status reports
: Gorkamorka April 27, 2013, 04:28:18 AM

Evil hat just published the first numbers from the unfinished Dice Kickstarter.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l0BBJrUnZl4-4MlZkicSQmAeH65wndzJRWgFukEio_8/viewanalytics?pli=1

: Re: Gaming industry status reports
: Gorkamorka October 09, 2013, 04:06:44 AM

Evil hats 3Q sales.  LINK (http://www.evilhat.com/home/q3-sales-2013/).  They seam to be doing well on the pay what you want model for FATE.

Some more data on Pay what you want from some people who did less well with that model.  LINK_1 (http://www.zeropointinformation.com/blog/2013/pay-what-you-want-and-me/) LINK_2 (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?691340-DTRPG-and-Pay-What-You-Want)

: Re: Gaming industry status reports
: Gorkamorka September 10, 2014, 02:09:11 AM

Thread necromancy!

SJgames 2013 report (http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report14.html) is in for those interested in the hobby as a business.

EDIT: And an interview with Steve Jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkh02LnAL4

EDIT II:  And following a discussion somewhere else.  Here is the Mongoose 2013 report [ http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=738 ].  It talks about amongst other things being so successful with a kickstarter that you loose money.