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Re:After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used t... by ancapsfascists on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:13AM (#33980884)
It failed to sell well enough to recoup expenses.
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Re:After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used t... by 0xRolex on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:03AM (#33985432)
It IS subjective. For a game of its kind it can have sold realy well yet not have sold enough to make up for a poor management and way too big of a debt. It wouldn't change the reality of "it sold well" but still validate "it didn't sell well enough"
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Re:After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used t... by mach1ne on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:21AM (#33983806)
4,000 reviews suggests sales numbers of 400,000, which is huge.
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Re:After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used t... by ancapsfascists on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:21AM (#33984665)
They sent out a notification that development had stopped, but they were still selling the game for half price. This resulted in huge review bombing.
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Re:After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used t... by MichaelZuo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:44AM (#33985062)
Even 40 000 sales is still decent for an indie game?
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