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HL Source mod generates $3m; Valve reveals retail sales numbers
HL Source mod generates $3m; Valve reveals retail sales numbers
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 amounts to over $3 million. Not to ...
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Valve Releases Sales Numbers…For Retail Products
Aeropause Games — ... these retail numbers, are not giving out any details on how the online download service is doing.  Most feel that Steam is very healthy, and putting up very good numbers.  Even the sales numbers show a trend of retail products going down in units vs. the rise of the Steam service and its popularity.  While Gabe Newell has said that they do not feel the need to release Steam numbers, it would be nice to release them, just to quell the “PC Gaming is dead” crowd. via Joystiq.com

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