Looking For Games Sales Figures

#1 You are going to have to pay big money to one of the firms that tracks this information in order to get these numbers it is not freely available.

Logan

#2 To quote.. well, everyone : "How long is a piece of string?"

#3 3 Words...
Google is God!

#4 @Chris oh thats an easy one...
int Length = sizeof(char* String);

:)

#5 @Dreamer - That would give you a syntax error

#6 First hit on google www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/28/news_6117438.html

#7 Whats games are you looking for?

#8 @Chris, so does your fabled question :)

char* String = "How long is a piece of String?";
printf ("%d\n", sizeof(String));

#9 Fair enough. That will definately give me the size of a defined string... but the string I was asking about is not defined. . . It would look like htis:

char* String;
printf ("%d\n", sizeof(String));

Whats it gonna print to the buffer now, huh?

#10 The size of a char pointer (4, usually), just like Dreamer's example would.

Are you guys looking for the strlen function, perhaps? ;)

#11 Dreamers example would not return 4. It would return 31 I believe...

Mine would likely return 1 or 0 or give you an error.

Its just a play onthe common "How long is a piece of string?" statement people give in regards to the how much money can I make? questions noobs ask.

#12 Yeah, I'm just being a smart alek. I think we both are, the point I was really making is that if a concept cannot really be nailed down in code, it also presents a syntax error in the context of the english language.

Properly formed questions, can and do look a lot like code, so "How long is a piece of String" cannot be converted into a true programming function, ergo it is an improperly formatted question.

In short, I was getting my smartass remarks for the day :)

#13 I understand you guys were joking. I was just nitpicking the joke.

Try compiling them both and see what you get!

#14 I dont have tiem to compile that kinda useless junk...

Back on point. The equation for success is this:

sales = hardwork * funFactor;

That is the only reliable equation. and even then it is inaccurate asyou need an unknown constant (marketing)

const float MARK = marketing;
mSales = mHardwork * mFunFactr * MARK;

I dont think anyone can dispute that with any kind of logic.

#15 Wow this is what i hate about the garagegames community you ask a question it just go's way off topic

#16 Nah! You shouldn't hate that, We usually answer the question quick within the first 5-6 responses anyways, then move on to debating semantics with one another :)

#17 Answered in the second post in this case! There really is no comprehensive free source for this information.