How many units sold = a successful homebrew game?

[Melf]

I've been thinking about this as I work on an article. Beggar Prince has a run of 600 units, but what about those 2600 and other hombrew and retro releases that are sold at Atari Age and other places? How many are usually sold before a game is considered successful?

[JJNova]

2

Not counting your neighbor, personal friends, or parents.

[Guru of Time and Space]

Feet of Fury on Dreamcast had 5500 copies pressed.
The Inhabitants (again, Dreamcast) had 1000 pressed.
Maquipai (Dreamcast...) also had 1000 pressed.
I don't know how many Cool Herders were pressed.

-GoTaS

[Niku-Sama]

i would go by if the game was good or not...but thats just me

[Goblin]

How many are usually sold before a game is considered successful?

I would think most homebrew authors are not primarily coding for a dead system to really make money. So I would but I would say as long as they recover their manufacturing, packing, and shipping expenses then the game is a success.

I think the price point of Beggar Prince is just about right and if they sell even half the 600 cartridges it is a hugh success. I know there are a number of releases for other systems that I'd love to get, but I'm not going to spend $75 on a cartridge. Sometimes outside factors I think work to limit a releases success.