Hi Ian, Well, the number of members who are subscribed to the Audyssey list generally is about 300 give or take a few. In the six years or so since I have been moderating the list sometimes it has been as low as 280 and as high as 320 per month. It just depends on how many subscribe and unsubscribe. However, I don't believe that is anywhere near the number of actual people who are out there playing games.
I think the best estimates given is that the audio games community is somewhere between 1000 and 2000 members total. However, as yet I don't know if there is a good way to run a survey to find out something more substantial. Cheers! On 4/30/13, Ian Reed <supp...@blindaudiogames.com> wrote: > Hi Tom, Dark, and developers, > > Tom, I was just curious to know how many people are subscribed to this > list. > It would give me a bit more of an idea about the size of the audio > gaming community. > > Dark, I noticed that forum.audiogames.net states there are 12,762 > registered users. > I wonder if this number includes spam bots that created accounts and > were subsequently banned. > Do you have any idea about the number of registered users who have > visited the site in recent history? > > Just curious. I appreciate any information you can share. > > It would also be very interesting to hear the number of actual audio > game sales from developers but I understand if they wish to keep this > private. > > For my part I will share that I have between 90 and 190 unique players > of my games in a month and have had 513 users register to play since my > first release. > > These numbers are definitely not something to base a business on as even > 190 users playing my free games does not equal 190 users willing to > purchase a game. > And if I may say so, recent conversations on this list lead me to > believe that a high number of people would attempt to pirate any games > offered for purchase which make those numbers even weaker. > > My games are perhaps not as well targeted or advertised as others so I > wonder if there is a lot more audio games community out there. > > I have also heard Aprone quote numbers in the thousands for those who > play Swamp on a fairly consistent basis. I'd be interested to hear > those again if you're reading Aprone. > > Draconis, you seem to be able to maintain a very professional company > which includes more than just yourself. > As an audio game developer who would love to someday be able to support > myself full time writing audio games I'd be interested to know if your > company is able to support you full time or is more of a supplemental > income. > > Feel free to write me off list if anyone is willing to share things on > an individual basis but not with the entire list. > > Ian Reed > supp...@blindaudiogames.com > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
