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Old 01-18-2005, 01:50 AM   #17
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My reason for asking this was to try to figure out around what year a really well-made adventure game could no longer be expected to bring in the same sales as hit games in other genres.
I know nobody here wants to hear it, but for nine years an adventure game was the best selling PC game of all time. (Until it was finally surpassed by the combined Sims franchise.) It is still the second bestselling PC game of all time. Yeah, I'm talkin' about Myst.

If you want to pinpoint the marketplace shift away from adventure gaming, jump in the Wayback Machine and visit 1996.
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