Re: PBM/PBeM List of Lists

From: Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl <lindahl@pbm.com> writes
>> I'd say that the PBM market is a few thousand people
>> worldwide. To me that's small.
>
>And wrong. If you read the PBM List, you would find out that there are
>a few thousand people playing Diplomacy on the Internet Judges alone,
>and there are 42,000 licensed copies of VGA Planets out there. There
>are also several traditional commercial games with more than a
>thousand players; Beyond the Stellar Empire had over 2,000 active
>players in 1984, although it's considerably smaller now.
>
You're still talking a few thousand. Back in 1984 the PBM hobby was
probably at least twice the size that it is now.

>> Our business turnover is less than $25,000 a year at the moment.
>
>GSI, Flying Buffalo, and RSI are much larger.

Of course, so are KJC, Madhouse and a few others here. There are also
quite a few that are smaller. We're considered to be one of the larger
firms around though, so I think it's a reasonable gauge of the size of
the hobby. We also advertise regularly, which most GM's don't do.

Phil Shulkind
PHILDEE ENTERPRISES
Professional Play By Mail since 1990
*NEW* web site : http://www.phildee.demon.co.uk

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Re: PBM/PBeM List of Lists
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM/PBeM List of Lists
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000