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Subject: Re: New Axis and Allies CD-ROM Announced!
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> A more apt comparison might be between Panzer General -- a turn-based
> strategy game which sold quite well due to its simplicity, elegance, and
> depth -- and any of the myriad of second- and third-tier RTS games that
just
> limp along. If there's one thing that the market is not crying out for,
> it's just another RTS game.
Even if you pick some of the bestselling TBS game series (PG, Warlords,
HOMM, etc), the number of copies sold of all releases combined isn't even in
the same ballpark as Warcraft 3 alone. Unless the game has a much broader
scope, like Civ, you're looking at a tiny portion of the PC game market..
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