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Higurashi is hardly a big-budget title. :) However, it is very true that the pool of Japanese VNs is much, much larger than the pool of non-Japanese ones. Given that very few people are working on ambitious English productions, it's unrealistic to expect any of them to have yet surpassed the absolu...

Here is Jack talking about Cinders:

http://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.p ... 011#p13011

How about Hanako Games? How much do they sell on average?

I find claims that it's the best selling English VN so far ... where did you find such claims? I've never seen anyone say anything of the sort, only references that it was *on par with* other English VNs. There are many English VNs that have sold more than a thousand copies. There are, to my knowle...

I see you figured it out. I hope we get a response. :) Upon further research I've found that Analogue: A Hate Story sold at least 30k, Cinders around 400 on its first week (not sure about total, I find claims that it's the best selling English VN so far but the developer says in a forum that it sold...

Something like...

"Help a fellow VN creator take the leap - Can anyone please disclose commercial VN sales figures? This bit of information will let me finance my own VN project."

Does that work?

One thing that's stopping anyone from developing an English VN with the same production values as the best Japanese VNs is the fear of there being little to no market for it. Sure, as fans ourselves, we know the market exist, and some indie/small VN publishers know they are selling stuff, but others...