HL Source mod generates $3m; Valve reveals retail sales numbers

Half-Life application Garry's Mod celebrated its two-year anniversary of being on Steam last week. On his blog, creator Garry Newman celebrated by divulging the sales figures of the software so far on Steam: 312,541 copies. At about $10 per copy, that amounts to over $3 million. Not too shabby for the 26-year old English developer -- even if Valve takes a piece of the pie. Maybe now he can make a suit of money.

Speaking of Valve, who as a general rule is very secretive with its sales figures (especially regarding Steam), the company has released its worldwide lifetime-to-date retail sales (via Gamasutra). Pre-Steam release Half-Life is on top at 9.3 million, followed by Half-Life 2 at 6.5m and Counter-Strike at 4.2m. These figures don't include Steam sales, which CEO Gabe Newell has said he expects to typically surpass retail sales. Full list after the break.

Half-Life: 9.3 million units
Half-Life 2: 6.5 million units
Counter-Strike: 4.2 million units
The Orange Box: 3 million units
Counter-Strike Condition Zero: 2.9 million units
Counter-Strike Source: 2.1 million units
Half-Life 2 Episode 1: 1.4 million units
Half-Life Opposing Force: 1.1 million units
Half-Life Blue Shift: 800,000 units

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Source - GMod10 is 2 years old today! [Garry's Blog]
Source - Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales [Gamasutra]

Reader Comments (56)

I only know two people who bought the Orange Box at retail. The other 6 bought it on Steam. I wouldn't be too surprised if the steam numbers were lower than retail, but I would be shocked if there was a huge difference.

Thats less than what I thought. Don't like GM anyways. Just a paid-for front end for the SDK.

Does that include other system sells on top of PC?

lol i just logged into mine after like idk.... 8 months?

The Half Life family of games(that includes all of those listed, CS DoD, Garry's,Portal, L4D, etc..) are the best of the best as far as FPS's are concerned, period. It's why PC Gamers hold their noses up so high, and can you really blame them?

The best thing is, ANYONE can play these games if they haven't, becuase Valve(like Blizzard) makes PC Games that run on everything. So, even the hardcore console folks who like trashing the PC as a platform can play Valve games, and Blizzard games...etc..Really, the best on PC is available to EVERYONE.....a nice little fact I think most people rarely bring up.

Oh, and I would almost double most of those numbers, maybe triple a few of them since the STEAM numbers aren't included. This is why Valve is beholden to retail still, even with STEAM, they must cow tow to their concerns, it's why prices are the same and DRM etc..soon though, almost everything on PC will be bought online, it's happening every year, and the PC platform is leading the way.

HL Source mod generates $3m; Valve reveals retail sales numbers

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