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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9055807" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>Every version of D&D dominated the industry. In terms of sales 3E fell short of what most other D&D editions have done, I think that is what he is saying.</p><p></p><p>The Red Box and its siblings, 1E AD&D and 5E all were all much bigger commercial successes. 2E probably outsold 3E as well in terms of gross sales, the main problem with 2E and the reason for the financial collapse is sales started declining while TSR kept increasing volume.</p><p></p><p>3E did bring profitability back to the D&D brand.</p><p></p><p>5E can't collapse in the same way 2E did because it does not have the same volume in terms of paper products, or the same business model where they buy back unsold product. It was the unsold print that really killed 2E. 5E could experience a contraction and I think ONE will not attract nearly as many players as 5E has, but I don't think that will kill it.</p><p></p><p>People are going to keep playing regardless. I played 3E, but I played far more AD&D 1E even after 3E came out than I did 3E, and I think that was pretty common, at least for the gamers that had been playing since the early 80s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9055807, member: 7030563"] Every version of D&D dominated the industry. In terms of sales 3E fell short of what most other D&D editions have done, I think that is what he is saying. The Red Box and its siblings, 1E AD&D and 5E all were all much bigger commercial successes. 2E probably outsold 3E as well in terms of gross sales, the main problem with 2E and the reason for the financial collapse is sales started declining while TSR kept increasing volume. 3E did bring profitability back to the D&D brand. 5E can't collapse in the same way 2E did because it does not have the same volume in terms of paper products, or the same business model where they buy back unsold product. It was the unsold print that really killed 2E. 5E could experience a contraction and I think ONE will not attract nearly as many players as 5E has, but I don't think that will kill it. People are going to keep playing regardless. I played 3E, but I played far more AD&D 1E even after 3E came out than I did 3E, and I think that was pretty common, at least for the gamers that had been playing since the early 80s. [/QUOTE]
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