D&D General All known sales of Dungeons & Dragons video games

[electricmastro]

Well, that was at the height of both D&D popularity and Second Generation game sales, so it makes sense.

At that point, the only electronic options were either an LCD handheld game or the Intellivision. D&D was only 8 years old, but with a lot of nerds interested in both D&D and electronics, it was a no-brainer. lol

 

[Zardnaar]

Did you post this on reddit?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

5.) Planescape: Torment (1999) - 400,000

This, frankly, is a disgrace. I wonder how many more copies they would have sold if they had the put the succubus on the cover?

 

[Seramus]

This, frankly, is a disgrace. I wonder how many more copies they would have sold if they had the put the succubus on the cover?

I will always remember what we could have had if Planescape sold more.

Chris Avellone: "A long time ago, I did kick around the idea of two sequels. One was "Lost Souls," an adventure that allowed the player to experience the events surrounding Torment (both past and future) but the Nameless One wouldn't be in it - it would, however, feature Deionarra, some of the members of the player's first party (Xachariah), Fall-From-Grace, Ravel, Trias, and other major characters and see the Planescape universe from a different perspective. This didn't go much beyond a one-page vision statement, though, and I never submitted it for serious consideration."

"One I felt less strongly about (but still liked) was "Planescape: Pariah", which allowed the player to take on the role of Dak'kon and try to unify the githzerai and githyanki, but again, that never went past the vision doc stage."

 

[DarkCrisis]

This, frankly, is a disgrace. I wonder how many more copies they would have sold if they had the put the succubus on the cover?

Torment is so good. Just tragic.

A BG3 style Planescape game would be just magical

 

[Henadic Theologian]

This, frankly, is a disgrace. I wonder how many more copies they would have sold if they had the put the succubus on the cover?

Probably double it.

 

[Lord Irongron]

As someone that worked (and works) on one of those titles (Neverwinter Nights) this made for interesting reading.

In addition to being surprised at NwN's strong numbers (at the time I found it a major let down after it was trailered at end of BG2), I'm sad to see the low numbers for Temple of Elemental Evil, as that game was insanely good for its time. I wish it had been the first of many.

 

[Incenjucar]

NWN was a dang cultural movement for a while, though it sure was rough on older PCs.

 

[JConstantine]

In addition to being surprised at NwN's strong numbers (at the time I found it a major let down after it was trailered at end of BG2),

Neverwinter Nights was technically the first cRPG I ever played, so I have major nostalgia for it. I know people tend to consider it inferior to Baldur's Gate, but teenage me loved it while BG failed to capture my interest.

 

[Lord Irongron]

Neverwinter Nights was technically the first cRPG I ever played, so I have major nostalgia for it. I know people tend to consider it inferior to Baldur's Gate, but teenage me loved it while BG failed to capture my interest.

For myself it's less nostalgia and more a current passion; working on NwN first privately then professionally has made it not only one of favourite titles, but a large part of my life. At the time of its initial release, however, I did not rate it all compared to BG and Planescape, though in fairness this may have had something to do with just how good Morrowind was that same year.