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[Marauder3D]

I would love some sales data. However, because we won't ever get that from PGI, I'm wondering if we can figure it out ourselves.

In order from most to least sold, what do you all think the order of the mechpacks would be?

I think it would be something like this for the top 10:

1. Clan I.
2. Marauder
3. Warhammer
4. Resistance
5. Clan II.
6. Resistance II.
7. Kodiak
8. Annihilator
9. Night Gyr
10. Clan III.

This is just a rough sketch.

My Guess for bottom 5 would be:

1. Hellspawn
2. Roughneck
3. Black Lanner
4. Champion
5. ???

I'm not trying to get into which are good or bad mechs, but what do you all think the sales data would reflect?

[VonBruinwald]

Clan Wave 1 is 1st for obvious reasons (the Clan fanbase)

My bet is the Marauder IIC will probably be second after Clan Wave 1. It was the first Clan Assault-Class Battlemech after the massively overpowered Kodiak so people were anticipating and jumping on the pay-to-win train and the pre-order came with an EXTRA 'mech further inspiring them to part with their money.

[Ghogiel]

I think the KDK would be higher from what I recall.

I also think pheonix sold really well too due to being like the 2nd mech pack, most of the player base was still around, and them being non macross unseens

[HGAK47]

I remember when I first bought the Kodiaks, they were absolutely everywhere. The dakka spam was a blast! I would have to imagine the Kodiak is high on that list.

Oh and I did buy the Hellspawns, if I bought it chances are not many did as I do like odd mechs.
Still didnt regret it anywhere near as much as the Nightstar.

[Agent1190]

I wouldn't guess the Anni or the Night Gyr - you didn't see much of them till they came out for CBills.

Urbanmech has to be in the top 10.

Mad Cat Mk2 might be top 20. Tough to say - the whale population really decreased by the time of it's release compared to some of the older packs listed.

[Marauder3D]

I remember Kodiaks being on both teams, sometimes 4 or 5 deep.

As far as revenue goes, I didn't put the Founders or Project Phoenix pack in my top 10, but they certainly could have been up there.

Project Phoenix was popular back then, but the revenue could have been lower, because I knew plenty of players that just got 1 or two mechs for $20 or $40, instead of the full pack. The full pack and the reinforcements were a crazy good value compared to packs we've seen since then.

[LT. HARDCASE]

My guess at a top 10:

1. Clan W1
2. Clan W2
3. Marauder
4. Clan W3
5. Project Phoenix
6. Kodiak
7. Warhammer
8 Marauder IIC
9. Resistance II
10. Resistance

Edited by LT. HARDCASE, 27 July 2018 - 01:58 PM.

[FupDup]

Urbanmech should be somewhere on this list.

[Marauder3D]

You know, I bought the Urby pack because at the time, it was the first PGI response to fan demand. We wanted something, so they tested the waters. I wasn't sure how successful that pack was. I see urbies, but I can't tell how many were pack bought, vs how many people got them over time.

As opposed to when the Marauder came out, there were something like 8 in every match for about a month.

So I'm sure the Urbanmech pack was a success, but wasn't so sure if it was a top 10 revenue success. You may well be right though.

[DarkFhoenix]

I think a thread asking the forum community what mech packs they bought , would probably give you a better guesstimate ?

Of course where does this leave the dudes who bought bundle packs , mc , premium time . If there were clan bundle packs like the old IS mechs , I would probably take that over mech packs.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

I'd guess that the Urbie pack sold a lot better than the number of Urbies in-game has ever indicated, because after that pack they changed their entire business model to selling one-chassis-only packs rather than multi-tiered gigapacks like Clan and Resistance waves. Some of the later packs likely sold better, but you don't restructure your entire revenue stream based on a flop.

[CFC Conky]

The K-9 probably sold better than the Urbie pack, I have one and love it.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[FLG 01]

Might be of interest:
https://twitter.com/...279007526576130
(That was just before the Marauder IIC and refers to the IS Marauder)

Edited by FLG 01, 03 August 2018 - 12:58 PM.

[Ghogiel]

Marauder3D, on 27 July 2018 - 12:45 PM, said:

As far as revenue goes, I didn't put the Founders or Project Phoenix pack in my top 10, but they certainly could have been up there.

Well founders would probably be second as far as revenue goes. We know It made over 5mil. As seen above, the MAD sold 25000 which a fraction of founders in terms of revenue.

[Abaddun]

The Phoenix pack would definitely be second only to clan wave 1, there was a lot of hype for the reseen back then, and it was by far the best value product at the time.

[MechaBattler]

Kodiak seemed pretty popular when it released and seemed to only grow more popular as everyone came to realize what a powerhouse it was. Glad it got nerfed :3