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This page contains useful data for use in understanding the Sales Algorithm page

Size Constants[]

Small Medium Large AAA
Fan target 1 100K 250K 1M
Game unit price 7 11 14 18
Market Size modifier 1 2 2.2

2.5

Sales length target 10 15 20 25
Efficiency factor 1 0.75 0.65 0.5

Consoles Market Points[]

Market size for a console is basically evolving linearly between two subsequent time markers in the tables below

Values are actually multiplied by 1 million every time they're used

PC[]

Y1 M1 W1 Y2 M1 W1 Y4 M1 W1 Y4 M10 W2 Y11 M5 W2 Y16 M12 W1 Y20 M7 W1 Y23 M4 W1 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
0.22 0.24 0.41 0.48 1.1 2.1 2.4 4 5.7 5.7

Govodore 64[]

Y1 M1 W1 Y2 M5 W1 Y3 M1 W1 Y4 M1 W1 Y4 M6 W2
0.28 0.36 0.38 0.386 0.388

TES[]

Y2 M1 W2 Y2 M5 W1 Y3 M1 W1 Y4 M1 W1 Y6 M6 W2
0.356 0.41 0.444 0.46 0.42

Master V[]

Y3 M2 W3 Y4 M1 W1 Y6 M6 W2 Y11 M3 W4
0.43 0.456 0.466 0.7

Gameling[]

Y3 M9 W2 Y14 M4 W2
0.8 1

Vena Gear[]

Y4 M2 W4 Y8 M4 W1
0.6 0.84

Vena Oasis[]

Y5 M2 W4 Y10 M11 W1
0.62 0.65

Super TES[]

Y5 M12 W4 Y6 M6 W1 Y8 M10 W1 Y9 M8 W1
0.65 0.7 0.73 0.8

Playsystem[]

Y7 M7 W1 Y12 M11 W3
0.85 1.22

TES 64[]

Y9 M2 W1 Y9 M7 W1 Y16 M5 W4
0.7 0.85 1.45

DreamVast[]

Y10 M8 W3 Y11 M4 W2 Y47 M1 M2

1.1

1.2 0.9

Playsystem 2[]

Y11 M5 W2 Y18 M6 W3
1.3 2.4

mBox[]

Y11 M12 W4 Y12 M10 W1 Y14 M4 W1 Y17 M2 W3
1.35 1.6 1.7 2.1

Game Sphere[]

Y12 M12 W1 Y15 M2 W3
1 1.7

GS[]

Y13 M8 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
1.5 3.8 3.8

PPS[]

Y14 M3 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
1.44 3.1 3.1

mBox 360[]

Y16 M8 W4 Y22 M2 W3
2.4 3.7

Nuu[]

Y17 M4 W4 Y21 M6 W3
2 2.8

Playsystem 3[]

Y17 M12 W4 Y22 M9 W3
2.5 3.7

grPhone[]

Y18 M9 W1 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
2.3 3.7 3.7

grPad[]

Y19 M7 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
2.3 3.8 3.8

mPad[]

Y20 M10 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
2.4 4 4

Wuu[]

Y20 M12 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
3 5 5

mBox One[]

Y21 M8 W4 Y22 M9 W1 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
3.6 4.1 5.5 5.5

Playsystem 4[]

Y22 M3 W4 Y26 M12 W4 Y260 M12 W4
3.7 6 6

Achievement modifier[]

Sales Anomaly[]

Number of sales Value
10K 0.1

50K

0.2
100K 0.3
500K 0.4
1M

0.5

5M 0.6
10M 0.7
50M 0.8
100M 0.9

Top Scores[]

[A <-> B] means a random number between A and B

Number of top scores ever achieved Value
1 0.2
2 0.3
3 0.5
4+ [0 <-> 0.4]
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