EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales

EverQuest breaks All Online PC Game Industry Sales is today’s update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.

The useful part: In only six months, EverQuest has sold more games than any other online role-playing game ever released, with 225,000 units sold and an active subscriber base of more than 150,000 players. “EverQuest has changed the traditional lifecycle and sales curve of entertainment software,” said Kelly Flock, president, 989 Studios. “What is most impressive is the fact that EverQuest’s sales and subscriptions numbers are continuing to grow by the thousands week after week. Listed pricing shows $9.89, so this is not vapor sitting on a press sheet.