Home
/
Indie Game Developers
/
Code Monkey
/
Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000?

Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000?

Published
Length9 min
๐Ÿ”ฅ How to get 10,000 Wishlists when you announce your game! https://cmonkey.co/gameannouncement make ANY game! โœ… FREE Game Dev Insights! https://cmonkey.co/gamedevreportnewsletter ๐ŸŒ FREE Complete Courses! https://cmonkey.co/freecourses ๐ŸŽฎ Get my Code Monkey Toolkit! https://cmonkey.co/toolkit ๐Ÿ‘ Join my Game Dev Practice Lab FREE! https://cmonkey.co/practicelab ๐Ÿ”ด RELATED VIDEOS ๐Ÿ”ด Almost 2 HOURS of Steam Marketing GOLD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsGAeqqD64 Roadmaps for Game Dev SUCCESS in 2026! (Beginner, Intermediate and Marketing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZcETvXRfl0 Steam EXPERT teaches you Game Marketing for SUCCESS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPOSZ_jhCaw THIS is the #1 Game Marketing RULE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n0flLF7FB0 Learn C# FREE Tutorial Course Beginner to Advanced! [12 HOURS] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZpMX8Re_2Q How to Write High Quality Code that doesn't fall apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0s3IUrWzVQ Learn Problem Solving (FREE Course, MOST VALUABLE skill) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgw5Z40Q1vc Escape Tutorial HELL with my Game Dev Practice Lab! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0VH0SmqRo ๐Ÿ’ฌ Does getting 1,000 wishlists when you announce your game mean it'll make $1 million? Not quite but maybe! I dig into the numbers behind that idea, explain why correlation isn't a guarantee, just statistics, and look at what a weak announcement might tell you before you invest years into development. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:12 Validating your game idea early 01:27 First two weeks: Wishlist benchmarks 01:59 Wishlist numbers and revenue tiers 02:27 Why these numbers aren't guarantees 03:08 Wishlist and revenue correlation 03:34 Why announcements need external traffic 04:15 Wishlist counts and review outcomes 04:51 Is a weak announcement a bad sign? 05:10 Developer inexperience and marketing 05:47 Experienced developers have advantages 06:30 Weak concepts and missing hooks 07:44 What to do if your game gets no traction ๐Ÿ“ Some Links are Affiliate links which means it costs the same to you and I get a nice commission. Thanks for using them! If you have any questions post them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them. ๐Ÿ”” Subscribe for more Unity Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFK6NCbuCIVzA6Yj1G_ZqCg?sub_confirmation=1 See you next time! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello and Welcome! I'm your Code Monkey and here you will learn everything about Game Development in Unity using C#. I've been developing games for several years with 9 published games on Steam and now I'm sharing my knowledge to help you on your own game development journey. I do Unity Tutorials on just about every topic, Unity Tutorials for Beginners and Unity Tutorials for Advanced users. -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Website: https://unitycodemonkey.com/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnityCodeMonkey - Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/EndlessLoopStudios