Professionals normally won't just blare out their sales on a public forum.

There are many reasons, but certainly not the IRS because they do tell their sales to the IRS! A simple reason could be that Steam does not allow to publish sales. Another simple reason is that after founding a company, you normally need permission from the shareholders to publish sales.

So stop rambling and make a good game and then you can see your own sales.

Awesome work Ichiro! congrats.

Please ignore BlueBeast. I have a feeling he had a few to many drinks that night lol

lol... well it was a bit more lengthy than I had planned... but still, that kind of stuff is damn irritating :P

If it's a matter of a contract, then I understand, but it would be nice to at least find out how many copies of counter-strike were sold at Valve/Steam just to get an idea...

It's just important for some of us to hear the stories of success so we can hope for x number of sales ourselves someday. It gives a lot of incentive to continue work on projects.

- Jason

I'll give you incentive Jason. I have a 12 pack around here, I'll deliver it in February when I come visit.

Incentive enough to keep on with your project? lol

there's "i love katamari" for the iPhone/iPod Touch now

LOL Just bring your car, that's all the incentive I need :P

Thanks, guys. To address earlier comments:

> But instead, you give us some cryptic nonsense... shutting out your fellow game makers now that you've made it 'big'.
> ...
> I'll NEVER act like I'm so good that i don't need to share my success with the people who have struggled with me.
> ...
> It's sad to see such a great guy change into one of 'those' people once they taste success.

I guess I see things differently here. I've tried to give back to the community in tangible ways; for example, I think these are some nice contributions that may have helped people:

* Cinematic Swooping Camera Code
* Flexible Earth Globe Viewer
* A7oogle

It may be that sales figures are more valuable to one person than tidbits of code are (for example, they can give people an idea of what's possible with the engine). And you may hate me and think that I have a big head for not sharing more. But it's just the way I feel comfortable giving back to the community.

Is it enough? I'm not sure. But I've always thought we'd keep doing it, however long we used 3DGS.

just played through it again. i have to say it is fun having a small game i can sit down and spend 45min beating :P

Don't worry about it Ichiro, I still love you.
That's all that matters, right?