kingchris20
Wisdom Seeker
As of a few weeks ago:
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/43507/sid-meiers-civilization-v/Global/
For comparison:
- CiV: 1.26 Million
- Civ IV: ~ 3.0 Million
- Civ III: ~ 2.0 Million
There was a huge fall off very early, with a bounce when they did some advertising in Oct. 2010, and another bounce from Christmas sales. 2011 sales dropped precipitously.
Expansion 1 (GnK) provided a good lift to sales last year, but this year's Expansion 2(BNW) has not had a similar effect.
Prediction: A poor second expansion will relegate this title to increasing obscurity. As a CiV modder, this has forced me to reconsider undertaking planned larger projects.
Note: This is only retail hard copy versions of the game........it excludes digital sales. And I feel like Im in the majority as a person who has not bought a physical copy of CiV or any of its DLC/Xpacks, so purchases made by people like me aren't included in those figures.