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Dwarf Fortress shipped 160k units in 24 hours, and moreover people paid money for it. That won't make a dent on the course of history.

https://cogconnected.com/2022/12/dwarf-fortress-sells-160000...



The first iPhone forever changed how people use and perceive smartphones as well as how they are built. It only sold 6 million units over the course of 13 months, an average of 15k units / day.

I too can pull up completely irrelevant statistics.


I'm not sure I understand. TapWaterBandit asked for a fairly specific example of something and I gave one. Could you elaborate on what your disagreement is?


I misunderstood the intent of your post. But also, DF is not a tech demo... it's been around for two decades. And it's not new technology.




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