How well has DW done?

Whistler · 08-09-06, 08:23 PM

How well has DW done as a commercial release? Has it been sucessful? I know a "game" as complex as this doesn't always fare too well due to the fact that you actually have to work to learn it... But I do see DW all over the place in pretty much every store. Did it hit its targets?

I'm just curious because it probably will be important when it comes to whether or not SCS does a followup game or add-on.

Sea Demon · 08-09-06, 09:16 PM

I'm not sure how well overall. But when I was looking at games at bestbuy.com the other day, DW was the only game that listed as "Sold Out". The local best buy near me also carried 4 DW's in the last month, and theyre all gone.

I hope those trends I've seen are indicators of good sales overall.

SeaQueen · 08-09-06, 09:30 PM

Modern naval simulations are so few and far between, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a tendancy for them to get snatched up fairly quickly by enthusiasts. It seemed like there used to be more of them out there, though. I remember Red Storm Rising and 688 Attack Sub came out at about the same time.

I dunno... it seems like there's always Harpoon, though. The game that just won't go away. :-)

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon

I'm not sure how well overall. But when I was looking at games at bestbuy.com the other day, DW was the only game that listed as "Sold Out". The local best buy near me also carried 4 DW's in the last month, and theyre all gone.

I hope those trends I've seen are indicators of good sales overall.

LoBlo · 08-09-06, 11:01 PM

Seems like there's a nice slow, but steady stream of new players to the forums. Hopefully its a sign of steady sales.

goldorak · 08-09-06, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LoBlo

Seems like there's a nice slow, but steady stream of new players to the forums. Hopefully its a sign of steady sales.

I agree.
Going retail in america and europe (albeit in this case with 1 year almost after the american retail release) was the good thing to do.

Good web reviews + publicity the old fashioned way + retail = good sales.
So when is the opfor pack coming ?

:rotfl:

deglaser · 08-11-06, 12:13 AM

My ultimate add on wish would be:

Sturgeon class snn attack sub(playable)
Yankee class
Victor class(playable))
Trafalgar class(playable)
November class (playable)
Alfa class
Whisky class

Having these classics to play with, I could reenact my favorite cold war scenarios. OPFOR sounds cool, but this would be even better. Any thoughts on this.

08-09-06, 08:23 PM	#1
Whistler Watch Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 24 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How well has DW done? How well has DW done as a commercial release? Has it been sucessful? I know a "game" as complex as this doesn't always fare too well due to the fact that you actually have to work to learn it... But I do see DW all over the place in pretty much every store. Did it hit its targets? I'm just curious because it probably will be important when it comes to whether or not SCS does a followup game or add-on.

08-09-06, 11:01 PM	#4
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	Seems like there's a nice slow, but steady stream of new players to the forums. Hopefully its a sign of steady sales. __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man

08-09-06, 09:16 PM	#2
Sea Demon Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,552 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure how well overall. But when I was looking at games at bestbuy.com the other day, DW was the only game that listed as "Sold Out". The local best buy near me also carried 4 DW's in the last month, and theyre all gone. I hope those trends I've seen are indicators of good sales overall.

08-11-06, 12:13 AM	#6
deglaser Nub Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My ultimate add on wish would be: Sturgeon class snn attack sub(playable) Yankee class Victor class(playable)) Trafalgar class(playable) November class (playable) Alfa class Whisky class Having these classics to play with, I could reenact my favorite cold war scenarios. OPFOR sounds cool, but this would be even better. Any thoughts on this.