Amiga games number of copies sold

[ajlwalker]

I seem to recall that Lemmings sold 500,000 copies.

I believe some of the footie management games, SWOS etc sold 100,000+ copies, but most sold in the tens of thousands or lower.

[ajlwalker]

btw,

according to wiki the amiga version of lemmings sold the first day 55000 copies
but personally I can't believe that

I don't think it's all that unbelievable.  The Amiga market was huge despite the piracy.

The Amiga magazines sold a combined 500,000+ copies per month at their peak in the UK alone.  Amiga Format used to sell 170,000+ a month.  That is real active users.

Lemmings was hyped up and what's more, deserved this hype.  It's not surprising sales were massive.