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> The game was a commercial success for id Software; with more than 3.5 million copies of the game were sold. Wrong/Cheated. It was such a success that they h

• golergka 12y ago
  Why are you referring to the process of selling the company as an opposite of financial success?
  • ksk 12y ago
    I can't say for Id Software, because I have no clue about their financials. But historically, people who run profitable companies do not want to sell them. They want to grow them so they can make even more money. These days startups which are "owned" by VC money, usually have to sell so the VCs can recover their investment.
• talmand 12y ago
  Doom 3 - 2004 ZeniMax - 2009 It seemed to do well enough to slow the need to sale for five years or so. Or maybe, just maybe, it was so successful of a company that another company bought it to share in the success.
  • Scuds 12y ago
    They were building Rage at the time. I'm sure the budget for that game was like 5x that of D3. Shit runs late, cost blooms. Lots of 90's era twenty person shops had trouble dealing with increasing costs.
    • talmand 12y ago
      So, you are suggesting that id was sold to cover the costs of Rage?