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fishtoaster
on Nov 15, 2012
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"Why don't you sell Triple Town for 99 cents and m...
To nitpick just a little, didn't Blizzard have significant success producing packaged hits for over a decade before WoW?
namdnay
on Nov 15, 2012
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Yeah, and he seems to ignore Id Software too
trin_
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didnt Id make most of their money with the licensing of their engines (id tech 1-5)?
allenp
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Interesting question. According to this site:
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Sales
between 1993-1999 Doom and Doom II sold a combined 4 million units (gross over $120 million worldwide). Not sure what they made from licensing.
krakensden
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No, and after iD Tech 3 they made an effort to license their engines less.
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