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D&D Still Leads ICv2's Quarterly Hobby Game Rankings
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7675999" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>ICv2 has just released its hobby game rankings for Spring 2015, based as always on a survey of retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. The top three positions are exactly the same as the previous Fall/Holiday 2014 positions - D&D followed by<em> Pathfinder</em>, followed by FFG's <em>Star Wars</em> line of products. Following that, <em>Numenera</em> and <em>Fate</em> have been displaced by <em>Shadowrun</em> and<em> Iron Kingdoms</em> (the latter presumably based on Privateer Press' recent, highly promoted <em>Iron Kingdoms Unleashed</em> boxed set). As always, I've added this latest ranking to my <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings" target="_blank">compiled chart</a>.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"><strong><p style="text-align: left"></p></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong></p></p> <p style="text-align: center">Top 5 RPGs Spring 2015</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>1</td><td><em>Dungeons & Dragons<br /> </em></td><td>Wizards of the Coast</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><em>Pathfinder<br /> </em></td><td>Paizo Publishing</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><em>Star Wars<br /> </em></td><td>Fantasy Flight Games</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><em>Shadowrun<br /> </em></td><td>Catalyst Game Labs</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><em>Iron Kingdoms<br /> </em></td><td>Privateer Press</td></tr></table></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p><p>You can find the report <a href="http://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/32097/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2015" target="_blank">here on ICv2</a>. It pretty much matches the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2732-The-Orr-Group-s-Q2-Usage-Data-Also-Puts-D-D-5E-In-The-Lead" target="_blank">Orr Group's Q2 usage data</a>, and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2730-FANTASY-GROUNDS-Confirms-D-D-5E-Lead-On-VTTs" target="_blank">Fantasy Grounds' Q1-2 2015 report</a> as well as EN World's own <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/hotgames.php" target="_blank">Hot Games Chart</a>.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, ICv2 is also reporting that the hobby games market size has <a href="http://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/32102/hobby-games-market-climbs-880-million" target="_blank">grown to $880 million</a>. In 2013, they reported the market size as $700 million. That's divided as follows:</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Market size 2013-2015 ($ millions)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td> <span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>Category</strong></span></td><td> <span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>2013</strong></span></td><td> <span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>2015</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td> Collectible games</td><td> $450</td><td> $550</td></tr><tr><td> Miniatures</td><td> $125</td><td> $125</td></tr><tr><td> Boardgames</td><td> $75</td><td> $125</td></tr><tr><td> Card & dice games</td><td> $35</td><td> $55</td></tr><tr><td> Roleplaying games</td><td> $15</td><td> $25</td></tr><tr><td> <strong>Total</strong></td><td> <strong>$700</strong></td><td> <strong>$880</strong></td></tr></table></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p><p></p><p>RPGs have grown from $15 to $25 million in the last two years, which is an enormous increase. ICv2 reports it as the fastest growing segment, while miniatures are the lowest growing with fairly flat sales over the period. Boardgames, also, have a very notable increase.</p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]109711[/ATTACH]</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7675999, member: 1"] ICv2 has just released its hobby game rankings for Spring 2015, based as always on a survey of retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. The top three positions are exactly the same as the previous Fall/Holiday 2014 positions - D&D followed by[I] Pathfinder[/I], followed by FFG's [I]Star Wars[/I] line of products. Following that, [I]Numenera[/I] and [I]Fate[/I] have been displaced by [I]Shadowrun[/I] and[I] Iron Kingdoms[/I] (the latter presumably based on Privateer Press' recent, highly promoted [I]Iron Kingdoms Unleashed[/I] boxed set). As always, I've added this latest ranking to my [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings"]compiled chart[/URL]. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER][B][LEFT] [/LEFT] Top 5 RPGs Spring 2015[/B] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][I]Dungeons & Dragons [/I][/TD] [TD]Wizards of the Coast[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD][I]Pathfinder [/I][/TD] [TD]Paizo Publishing[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD][I]Star Wars [/I][/TD] [TD]Fantasy Flight Games[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD][I]Shadowrun [/I][/TD] [TD]Catalyst Game Labs[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][I]Iron Kingdoms [/I][/TD] [TD]Privateer Press[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/CENTER] You can find the report [URL="http://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/32097/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2015"]here on ICv2[/URL]. It pretty much matches the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2732-The-Orr-Group-s-Q2-Usage-Data-Also-Puts-D-D-5E-In-The-Lead"]Orr Group's Q2 usage data[/URL], and [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2730-FANTASY-GROUNDS-Confirms-D-D-5E-Lead-On-VTTs"]Fantasy Grounds' Q1-2 2015 report[/URL] as well as EN World's own [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/hotgames.php"]Hot Games Chart[/URL]. Interestingly, ICv2 is also reporting that the hobby games market size has [URL="http://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/32102/hobby-games-market-climbs-880-million"]grown to $880 million[/URL]. In 2013, they reported the market size as $700 million. That's divided as follows: [CENTER][B]Market size 2013-2015 ($ millions)[/B] [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #808080"] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]Category[/B][/COLOR][/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #808080"] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]2013[/B][/COLOR][/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #808080"] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]2015[/B][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] Collectible games[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $450[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $550[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%"] Miniatures[/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] $125[/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] $125[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] Boardgames[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $75[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $125[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%"] Card & dice games[/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] $35[/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] $55[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] Roleplaying games[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $15[/TD] [TD="width: 33%, bgcolor: #dddddd"] $25[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 33%"] [B]Total[/B][/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] [B]$700[/B][/TD] [TD="width: 33%"] [B]$880[/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/CENTER] [CENTER] [/CENTER] RPGs have grown from $15 to $25 million in the last two years, which is an enormous increase. ICv2 reports it as the fastest growing segment, while miniatures are the lowest growing with fairly flat sales over the period. Boardgames, also, have a very notable increase. [CENTER][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present"] [ATTACH=FULL]109711[/ATTACH][/URL] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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