shio

Currently Offline

30,689

4027 posts since 08/11/07

Recent Badges:

3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
The Nuts & Bolts Add a total of 25 games to your collection.
13 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 13 years.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.

shio on 02 January 2011

Today we have another annoucement to make.

Recettear: An Item's Shop's Tale has continued to sell since our previous announcement. At this point, we can therefore announce...

That Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has sold over one hundred thousand copies as of this date.

This means... well, it means a whole lot of things, really. Andrew Dice's blog post about this event covers most of the more pertinent points.

We at Carpe Fulgur would still like to thank everyone who made this possible - the distributors who supported us ceaselessly, the news outlets who continued to give us attention, and most of all, the fans who continued to buy our product (we know a fair number of you gifted the game around whatnot) and spread the word about this humble little shop simulator we localized. Without you, we wouldn't be here today, and we wouldn't be in a position to bring you more great titles in 2011.

Happy New Year, everyone. The coming year looks bright, and it's all thanks to you.

http://www.carpefulgur.com/

An indie JRPG just sold over 100k in less than 4 months on Steam! Japanese publishers should learn from Recettear and embrace our Steam gods, and also the lesser Demi-Gods like GOG, Impulse and Gamersgate.

http://i48.tinypic.com/120qaon.jpg

Torillian

Currently Offline

42,672

10032 posts since 06/01/08

Recent Badges:

Pon Received 100 wall post comments on gamrConnect.
'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
Painting A Picture 100 screenshots added to the VGChartz database.
Freezing Logged in on Christmas day.
Vice Free Managed to avoid being banned for 6 months.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.

Torillian on 02 January 2011

Happy to hear they had even more success than the last time they posted about their sales, Recettear is a very fun game and I look forward to Carpe's next localization effort. Steam could turn out to be a great place to get some indie Japanese games that we never would have seen in the West before which is great to see.

...

DirtyP2002

Currently Offline

63,176

6491 posts since 07/06/08

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.

DirtyP2002 on 02 January 2011

where does it say it sold on steam.

In the last news they said:

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has sold over 26,000 copies between all distributors as of this news posting.

the next news says: we have reached 100k.

Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

Acevil

Currently Offline

81,781

14718 posts since 21/03/08

Recent Badges:

It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Congratulations on Pressing Start! Score your first game in your collection.
One Of A Kind 1,000 replies made to user's most popular thread.
The High Flyer Earned 40 badges.

Acevil on 02 January 2011

DirtyP2002 said:

where does it say it sold on steam.

In the last news they said:

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has sold over 26,000 copies between all distributors as of this news posting.

the next news says: we have reached 100k.

Also while the game is awesome, it spent a huge amount of time being priced 5 bucks or bundled with other games, so that 100k doesn't seem that impressive to me.

leatherhat

Currently Offline

25,493

6154 posts since 10/03/08

Recent Badges:

2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.

Currently Playing:

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC)
Final Fantasy IX (PS)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)

leatherhat on 02 January 2011

One of the game of the years

Time for hype

FaRmLaNd

Currently Offline

17,307

4860 posts since 07/03/08

Recent Badges:

Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
50 in One Add a total of 50 games to your collection.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.

Currently Playing:

Chessmaster 10th Edition (PC)
Alan Wake (X360)

FaRmLaNd on 02 January 2011

Acevil said:

DirtyP2002 said:

where does it say it sold on steam.

In the last news they said:

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has sold over 26,000 copies between all distributors as of this news posting.

the next news says: we have reached 100k.

Also while the game is awesome, it spent a huge amount of time being priced 5 bucks or bundled with other games, so that 100k doesn't seem that impressive to me.

I think its relatively impressive given the platform. PC gamers aren't generally known to play JRPG's that much and it is quite a niche release.

Acevil

Currently Offline

81,781

14718 posts since 21/03/08

Recent Badges:

Spreading the Disease Score a total of 50 games in your collection.
Happy Birthday Logged in on your birthday.
Artiste 100 video game banners added to the VGChartz database.
Social Butterfly 50 friends on gamrConnect.
Painting A Picture 100 screenshots added to the VGChartz database.
Freezing Logged in on Christmas day.

Acevil on 02 January 2011

FaRmLaNd said:

Acevil said:

DirtyP2002 said:

where does it say it sold on steam.

In the last news they said:

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has sold over 26,000 copies between all distributors as of this news posting.

the next news says: we have reached 100k.

Also while the game is awesome, it spent a huge amount of time being priced 5 bucks or bundled with other games, so that 100k doesn't seem that impressive to me.

I think its relatively impressive given the platform. PC gamers aren't generally known to play JRPG's that much and it is quite a niche release.

Can't argue there, but I think the lack of JRPGs is the reason PC gamers aren't generally known to play it.

zarx

Currently Offline

60,245

10155 posts since 24/05/07

Recent Badges:

Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.
We're Still Watching You Received 50,000 profile views.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.

zarx on 02 January 2011

that is a hundred thousand copies from all distributors not just steam tho from this http://www.carpefulgur.com/drakblog/?p=9 blog post the lions share were from steam as it's the only distributor they specifically mention. The post is a very interesting read as well and from the sound of things we can expect many more indie games from non English speaking countries in the future especially from Japan.

I can't wait to see what they bring over next ; )

@TheVoxelman on twitter