Made $100 million by 1915!

[Slim Jim]

Not bad, in the current build there isn't many AI in NA to dilute the sales... The game is currently missing American powerhouses like Generic Motors and Forward Motor Company.

Ahhh, I see - that makes sense.

Just to give you a historical perspective though, Ford Model T alone sold half a million for about $220,000,000 in just 1915. Of course they did those numbers by sheer lack of profit margins. In 1914 they made $30 million in gross profits, and between 1914 and 1916 doubled from $30 million to $60 million!

Wow! That's incredible, thanks for sharing.

(Also by selling large amounts of trucks you increase the demand for trucks. You should try selling microcars and see if you can make microcars the most popular car in the US! )

I was planning on doing that my next go around! Should be interesting to see how I do selling models that have little or no demand exclusively.

Anyhoo congrats! Sounds like I should make the game harder! And finish adding some events to decrease demand of random vehicles!

Thanks!

Make it harder?! Maybe... granted I did have it in easy mode. So perhaps leave easy mode be (for those that are still learning the game) and do as you suggested on the more difficult levels? Based on the actual historical numbers you shared, it doesn't seem unrealistic.

I also forgot to mention I nearly went bankrupt once when inventory started piling up on a few models and I failed to cut production capacity. Basically, I decreased the number of workers on a line - but forgot I still had the auto-hire button selected. Then when I changed the turn they were being re-hired, LOL! This went on for a few months and I went from about $20mm in cash to around $1mm (I was losing $3-6mm per month!) Good thing I caught that before "Washington" went bust.

Either way, I'm really excited about this game and can't wait to see the updates you have in store.

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$250 million goal reached by 1925! Granted I lost a of lot of money between 1916-1921 (cash dropped from about $110mm down to around $80mm). Partly due to the war, and partly because I hadn't updated any of the products since 1912! However, with the introduction of the PT105 profits are back on track.