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Over $3 million in sales (so far) for Garry's Mod
Big Download Blog — ... Why is the G-Man smiling? Maybe he's happy because of all the money that has been made by the commercial version of Garry's Mod, the Source Engine-based sandbox game that started life as a small but innovative Half-Life 2 mod. ...

Garry's Mod Rakes In Over $3 Million In Sales
The Escapist : Latest News — ... video? That's Garry's Mod. For Newman, the success of the mod was an unexpected (and obviously welcome) surprise. "I kind of expected that it would sell a big number of copies for the first day, then sell very few after that," he wrote on his blog . "I was kind of wrong, because over the next 2 years it went on to sell 312,541 copies. Which has totally knocked my socks off." Aside from granting him "financial stability" and making "me a lot more experienced in c++", Garry's Mod also opened some doors for Newman. "I got to fly to Valve HQ and meet some game making dudes," ...

HL Source mod generates $3m; Valve reveals retail sales numbers
Joystiq — ... Half-Life application Garry's Mod celebrated its two-year anniversary of being on Steam last week. On his blog, creator Garry Newman celebrated by divulging the sales figures of the software so far on Steam: 312,541 copies. At about $10 per copy, that ...

Garry's Mod Tops 300K Sales
Blue's News — A post from a few days ago on Garry’s Blog noticed by Big Download mentions the second anniversary of Garry's Mod going on sale via Steam , offering the commercial version of this mod that allows a great deal of freedom in using Valve's Source engine to create machinima movies and to play with game assets in a sandbox environment. The post thanks Valve, the members of Team Garry, and other contributors for helping make this project so successful, and reveals just how successful it has been, as over 300,000 copies have been purchased over those two years, ...

Garry's Mod Makes Garry Rich [Machinima]
Kotaku — ... machinima to bring a smile to our faces. Turns out it's not just good for laughs. It's also good for cash money. Since releasing the commercial edition of his editing suite, creator Garry Newman has seen 312,541 (and counting) copies fly off Steam's shelf. At $9.99 a pop, that's $3.12 million worth of Garry's mod. Course, he doesn't pocket all of that, but we're sure he pockets enough to look at himself in the mirror every day and smile smugly. GMod10 is 2 years old today! [Garry's Blog, via Big Download] ...

Garry’s Mod Sells More Copies Than Few
Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Reading Qt3 I was pleased to hear news about Garry’s Mod. It’s been on Steam for two years. And it’s sold… well, take it away, Garry… The popularity took me and Valve by surprise. As soon as it went on sale the steam servers were temporary knocked out, due to the demand. On the first day it sold 5,729 copies. Wowzer. I kind of expected that it would sell a big number of copies for the first day, then sell very few after that. I was kind of wrong, because over the next 2 years it went on to sell ...