horray!

499,999 oponents to kill! MUHAHAHAHA!

So that would be about $25 million of income, give or take??? That has got to be good news for IC and SD - will ensure they keep pumping out new games and/or new content/patches etc...

Congrats to Iron Clad and Stardock.

Thanks for the awesome game.

hahaha true but also with that kind of budget.. they should be able to help create a better mod creater and viewer too ... also i bet they will hit 1m in sales withing the next 6-8 months

Digg it!

http://digg.com/pc_games/Solar_Empire_moves_500_000_units_shows_PC_gaming_done_right

Can't wait for more from Ironclad.

I'd guess it's closer to 10 million in revenue.  The 100k digital downloads could be half the game.  Retail sucks a lot out of the price.  First you've got the creation costs, then you warehouse them, ship them, distribute them, and finally sell them in stores.  Everyone along the way gets their cut.

Not that a 5-1(or better) return on the investment is anything to make fun of, it's bloody disgusting.

More like 50-150 people.  When was the last time you saw 300 people online or even 200 for that matter?

Or LAN with buddies

That seems to be true, but it's kinda sad.

Even in the more multiplayer friendly games where you don't need a couple hours to finish a game, the online crowd is a very small fraction of the total customer base.  Starcraft is a shining example of hour prolific the multiplayer crowd can be, and even there it was never anywhere near the the sales numbers.