It turned out with strong sales. The problem with the Clone Saga was editorial lack of balsy commitment with the outcome after scretching it with filler and longer than they should have.
If they had sticked with original intents (either Ben as the real deal or Peter as the real deal and Ben simply as the Scarlet) it wouldn`t have earned most of it`s unflatering reputation after a certain point. Why? Because there are absolut writting gems in the CS and Ben was well received as a character despite Peter owning the spot because of history with fans.