Re: Fallout I&II sales figures?

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From: Thrasher
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 00:00

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On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:31:56 GMT, Desslock <dess...@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>The figures being thrown around here vastly understate the significance
>of Fallout's sales.  Just according to PC Data's stats, the game sold
>around 150,000 units, and Fallout 2 sold around the same (slightly
>less).  And both games sold well in Europe as well -- a very basic rule
>of thumb is to double the sales to get worldwide figures (for games
>developed in North America).  At the time, Fallout was one of the most
>successful games ever for Interplay (passed only by Descent 1 & 2).

Thanks for the info! All the more reason Interplay should have hit the
ground running with this franchise - I can't understand why they let
it languish.

>It uses the "Omen" engine.  A modification of the engine used for MDK2. 

I didn't play MDK2, I'll go take a look at it maybe. Is it an RPG? I
didn't care much for MDK1...

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From: Thrasher <spect...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fallout I&II sales figures?
Date: 2000/11/04
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