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Subject: Re: How many copies does a top program sells?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:17:28 01/10/06

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On January 10, 2006 at 08:34:15, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Here's my best guess - based on info gleaned from various sources, including
>conversation with Friedel:
>
>1. Chessmaster: 600,000
>2. Fritz: 8,000
>3. Shredder: 2,500
>4. Junior: 2,000
>5. Gandalf: 1,000
>6. Ktulu: 500
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

I guess that ChessTiger has fairly high sales because it is bundled with
ChessAssistant (some thousands anyway).

But I guess that every chess program besides ChessMaster added together is less
than 10% of the sales of ChessMaster.

That does not surprise me at all.  ChessMaster is in even the department stores.

It shows you the value of shelf-space.



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