In my ongoing quest to provide other would-be publishers with a first year data point for sales, I present the Q2 sales for Omnihedron Games' products. This is the third quarter that Duty & Honour has been released and also saw the release of the 1809 Miscellany. It was a very interesting month!
Omnihedron Q2 Sales
DUTY & HONOUR
13 Direct Sales (inc cons)
26 Retails Sales
10 Lulu Sales
20 OneBookShelf
01 Comps
Total Q2 Sales: 69 (262 lifetime)
DUTY & HONOUR 1809 Miscellany
14 Direct Sales (inc cons)
13 Retails Sales
02 Lulu Sales
20 OneBookShelf
02 Comps
Total Q2 Sales: 49 (49 lifetime)
DUTY & HONOUR ALMANAC
D&H Almanac #1 lifetime downloads: 219
D&H Almanac #2 lifetime downloads: 142
D&H Almanac #3 lifetime downloads: 150
D&H Almanac #4 lifetime downloads: 115
COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL
136 Collective Endeavour Journal downloads (538 lifetime)
- It really was a quarter of two halfs (and there's a potential Coleman Balls if ever I saw one!). Prior to Games Expo, sales had been really stagnant. Almost non-existant. Since Games Expo things have been a little manic! Something happened that weekend - I can only presume some market crossover or being nominated or something - to pour rocket fuel onto those stagnant sales.
- This rush of goodness does have its downside. Combining these strong sales with a small problem with Lulu (now, hopefully, resolved) I have been stripped of every copy of the game I possess. I even sold my own shelf copy! I like to run a very tight inventory, but I think thats a little too tight!
- The launch of the Miscellany was very successful too. As a bit of vanity tester product it did the job magnificently and the sale of bundles of the two books at Games Expo were swift.
- Another big change this quarter is that the game has began to appear in retailers, including Leisure Games, Black Lion and Patriot Games.
- I'm realistic about sales across the long, humid, convention-less summer months when gamers usually venture out from their hobbit holes to see what all the noise is about. If by some magic I can crack 300 by the time Furnace rumbles around, I will be thrilled.
- Thanks to everyone who has bought, supported and moreover played the game so far this year!
Neil
That 262 lifetime sales
Submitted by Malcolm Craig on Sun, 19/07/2009 - 23:37.
That 262 lifetime sales figure is pretty heartening. A good number to have reached since launch. It is likely that once BtQ comes out, you'll see another uptick in D&H sales.
Anyway, nice to see it doing well.
Cheers
Malc
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