Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:36:59 02/03/05
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On February 03, 2005 at 11:41:13, Steve Maughan wrote: >Eydun, > >>Does any one have clue how big business manufacturing chess software is? > >If I made a guess I would say that ChessBase's turover is probably ~$1 to 1.5 >million. The big bucks are probably with ChessMaster - this probably has sales >of 100,000 units per year which probably bring in ~$1 million for UbiSoft. Then >there are probably six to ten other individuals that make a resonable living out >of computer chess. So I guess the market size is probably between $3 - $4 >million per year. > >Why do you ask? > >Steve When last I was working for Ubi Soft (over two years ago), they expected approximately $2.5-3 million in sales over all Chessmaster platforms. The entire Chessmaster budget, including advertising and other non-technical costs, was close to $750,000. Chessmaster generates a lot more revenue than Chessbase -- at least three times as much. jm
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