Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress

Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by masakreTech on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:31AM (#34625160)

And? - Cherry games with Hollow Knight have made more money and it's just a team of three people.

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Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by dunefox on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:34AM (#34625186)

Hollow Knight is not even remotely close to the complexity and effort of dwarf fortress.

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Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by TheUndead96 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:56AM (#34626502)

We can celebrate things separately. One good thing does not detract from another.

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Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by hinkley on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:53AM (#34628272)

Jealous people don’t think that way though, unfortunately.

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Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by kelvie on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:33PM (#34630070)

" Comparing accomplishments is a short-circuit pathway to tearing others down."

This is from a comment that I read on HN a few days ago that really stuck out to me, and applies here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34581366

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Re:Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf... by an-honest-moose on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:44PM (#34637239)

And Minecraft blows all of them out of the water. That's not the point here. The point is that Dwarf Fortress has been a labor of love for two decades and it's nice to see these guys get some solid financial security for all that hard work.

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