[SWCollect] California Pacific sales figures

[Per-Olof Karlsson]

I was just reading Shay Addams ‘Official Book of Ultima’, which was rather nice I think.   One thing got me quite puzzled though: he is leaving me with the impression that CPC sold no less than 30,000 copies of Akalabeth, and a mighty 50,000 copies of Ultima!? Can this really be true? Am I misinterpreting what he wrote perhaps?   If this is really true, I cannot for the life in me understand the prices on these games. Surely there can’t be tens of thousands of hardcore Ultima collectors willing to pay several hundred bucks for these?   On another note, I’m sure you all have noticed that there is a CPC Akalabeth on eBay right now.. Nobody’s mentioned it though, so I thought I’d just say it, hehe.   …a puzzled Peo