Re: Industry Stats

From: jonmmorris@aol.comnospam (JonMMorris)

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Carol and Tim.  I dug up a US issue #55 (March/April 1995) for some
additional stats.  The "US" totals include 9 Canadian and 1 Brazilian
companies, 14 Canadian games, and 1 UK game that accepted US dollars (Delenda
est Carthago).

So, some collected stats so far.

UK   (Year / Companies / Games)
1991 / 124 / 215
1995 / 127 / 261
1999 / 120 / 255

US   (Year / Companies / Games)
1991 ?
1995 / 97 / 184
1999 ?

If somebody has some additional US numbers for 1991 and 1999, please revise the
list and repost.

Looking at my 1995 Flagship was a walk down memory lane.  I would be surprised
if half these folks are still running games and I can't imagine how bad the
comparison would be between 1991 and 1999.

My ill-informed, non-expert impression of the typical moderator is a male in
school or just out but with a lot of free time and a creative itch.  Once the
free time starts drying up and/or the creative itch gets satisfied, the game is
soon to be history.  About half the PbM games that I joined were not completed.
 (And only one was free).

As a mostly lurker on this newsgroup and a semi-commercial moderator, I want to
say thanks those of you folks who post so often (even the periodic flamewars)
and keep your games running for so long.  You, and the 'zines like Flagship and
Paper Mayhem are the glue that holds this industry/hobby together.

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References

Re: Industry Stats
"Tim Lomas" <tim@antsnest.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Industry Stats
"Tim Lomas" <tim@antsnest.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000