Reality check

[Stuart]

I agree with Ryan in that isometric social gaming is huge at the moment having recently spent a few months playing Ikariam a similar strategy style browser based game also available through Facebook which can be played for free but in which you can advance at a rapid rate if you decide to throw in a few dollars here and there.

However although what I have stated in my first post is correct in terms of the figures from the official Xbox site, I have dug a little further back and found Xbox Live Indie game stats from 2009 showing 'GAM3 W1TH ZOMB1ES' selling 160'000 sales in 2009 making a profit of $112'000 dollars or £69'000 for the year. Therefore the current sales stats on the Xbox site may actually be based on 2010 or even (hopefully) sales so far in 2011 although I cant find anywhere that it states this and so it is just guess work at the moment.

Please see the link below for 2009 Xbox Indie sales chart (incomplete). A major issue I am coming across when trying to research this accessing official stats for recent indie game sales which also give information regarding time periods sold and price. It seems the case that it is up to individual developers wether or not they release these figures.

The importance of knowing this information is vital as when we go to Invest NI or any possible investor we are going to have to show examples of similar developers who have recently entered the market and what the potential profits are.

This link shows some sales details of the top 20 Xbox Indie Games of 2009

http://www.gamerbytes.com/2010/01/indept..._games.php