Sales data reporting for XBLIG is working again and Breath of Death VII did better than that early spreadsheet report led us to believe.
4/22-5/2
5701 Sales
10727 Trials
53.15% Conversion Rate
1847 Sales in our first week (7th best selling XBLIG)
3481 Sales in our second week
373 Sales yesterday
We were hoping for 5k+ sales by the end of last week and we made it! Woohoo! If sales manage to stabilize at 1k or more average a week, we’re looking at a big financial success here.
Thank you everyone who has purchased the game and who has helped to spread the word. With your help, we’re looking forward to making many more high quality RPGs for the XBox Live Indie Games service.
Best dollar I ever spent. I decided to try your game as I thought heck it’s only a dollar for a most likely mediocre RPG…Well was I ever wrong.
You may call your RPG a parody, but it’s so much more than that. It’s one of the best RPG’s of the last few years. (I’m comparing this to high end games.) Your battle and level formulas are unique and fun. This is the way RPG’s should be made today. Strategic, quick, and just a bunch of fun. Sure there are jokes in the game, but it is by far not the focus. The game should be sold based on it being AMAZING!
Seriously, I hope you charge more on your next project now that you have a following. Hope to see another high quality product in the next year. =)
Just dropping by to say I am really enjoyed Breath of Death VII. The classic rpg feel is just amazing. Keep up the great work and I hope to see some more delicious rpg goodness coming from you.
I would take these numbers to mean Xbox Live users being unable to see your game in top downloads/best selling has affected sales negatively. Though like ultpaladin said, a few more games, and you may have a steady stream of cash that should offset the costs of making these things and putting them on XBLIG. Also, why didn’t MS hold off on running tests on the sales thing until after TWO BIG RELEASES (BoDVII:tB and NLL Lacrosse)?
Hey there, just wanted to say that I purchased Breath of Death VII and I’m really enjoying it so far. The graphical style really takes me back, and the music is awesome. The branching leveling is something I love to see in games, and this is giving me the same feel as the RPG in Retro Game Challenge, which I thoroughly enjoyed :). Here’s to hoping sales continue to go well, and to more RPGs!
Not sure how to contact you, but feel free to hit me up in email (xona.com/contact.html). I blogged a great quote from you on xona.com and featured your trailer. Great work! Very inspirational! Thank you!
I can imagine someone could do pretty well financially if they were able to release several RPGs via XBox Live since the Indie RPG scene is so barren. I’m sure even a year from now that Breath of Death VII could still generate a few hundred sales a week and then combine that with newer RPGs and you could have a pretty good cash flow. Good luck with your future projects, I hope we see many of them in the future on XBL.