[pton_xd]

2-3x yearly net revenue, more if you're lucky.

Revenue is ultimately a function of DAU, either via ad RPMs or IAP / subscription conversion rate.

Also most sales agreements have a confidentiality covenant.

[umvi]

> 2-3x yearly net revenue, more if you're lucky.

And what is the yearly net revenue of a game like generals?

> Also most sales agreements have a confidentiality covenant

Yeah that's super annoying. I'm mainly just interested in the ballpark. $10k? $50k? $100k? $500k? >$1m?

[toasted-subs]

Kind of rude to ask, if I had to guess less than $50k a year.

Kind of thing you put up and maintain because of the community you foster. Labor of love, not business.

[onehair]

To consider the act of asking rude depends totally on culture and milieu.

[losteric]

Just curious, how would that ballpark number be helpful?

This thread has inspired me to do further research and explore monetizing/selling some of my side projects. I am curious how a ballpark sales value is useful...

[fragmede]

Because it's interesting to know if my hypothetical video game similar to this is worth a few beers on a night, a fancy dinner, a year's salary, or enough to set me for life a la Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft. Depending on that information, someone could choose to build a game as a labor of love, build a game as a for-profit venture (haha), or decide to go do something else with their life.

[spintin]

Minecraft sold for 2,5B when having sold 1B, now it sold 10B.

[deelowe]

Largely due to Microsoft's strategic direction. I doubt Minecraft would have grown 10x under notch's leadership.

[gallerdude]

What big changes has Microsoft made? The whole Java/Bedrock split seems like a mess, and the updates have been enjoyable, but certainly nothing to write home about.

The only vaguely interesting thing I can point to is Minecraft Dungeons, which was fun for a month for my friend group, and then it wasn't.

[deelowe]

Go walk around any toy section...

[umvi]

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