Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises

**MIG-31** · Dec 3, 2008, 04:14 PM

Independent developer Valve has released lifetime retail sales figures for most of its own titles released over the company's ten-year history, partially quantifying the company's ongoing success by demonstrating tens of millions of units sold.

But Valve kept some cards close to the chest, declining to reveal digital download numbers. (All of the following statistics were described as Valve's estimates of worldwide lifetime-to-date retail sales.)
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Source: Gamasutra

Dec 3, 2008, 04:14 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises Independent developer Valve has released lifetime retail sales figures for most of its own titles released over the company's ten-year history, partially quantifying the company's ongoing success by demonstrating tens of millions of units sold. But Valve kept some cards close to the chest, declining to reveal digital download numbers. (All of the following statistics were described as Valve's estimates of worldwide lifetime-to-date retail sales.) ____________ Source: Gamasutra __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here