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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5646806" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>I appreciate the link but I think you can see why some of the data and conclusions might seem problematic. Anyway, I will leave those arguments to that other thread. I will however point out that your conservative estimates seem to support what I have been saying regarding the decline of market share to fifty percent (or less if we consider margins of error not favoring the company who supplied the estimated data).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If one didn't count Encounters and D&D Days, locally the estimate would be inverted but not 4 to 1, I don't think. That may be because I also see many RPGs played that are neither of the two. PF is big, as are other editions of D&D, as well as many other RPGs. Our three times a year EN Chicago gamedays for the past couple years usually see one D&D and one PF game in each slot, but most others are not either (2 slots, 6 to 8 tables). The north suburbs of Chicago have been part of what I call D&D's fertile crescent since the start (draw two arcs from Chicago to Minneapolis so that the lower one goes through Rockford, IL and the upper encompasses Milwaukee. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ). One could claim that if you broaden the definition of D&D beyond the actual brand and current rule set, this is still staunchly D&D country. But the boots on the ground don't seem to fit the more narrow definition.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That doesn't seem to be translating into many sales, from what I understand locally.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FLGSs sell many other things besides RPGs, fortunately, and I don't think we'll see them dropping off because they lose RPG sales. RPG sales haven't been the largest draw since D&D's early years. I also think characterizing the odd exclusive and use of FLGS game space as a best effort is over-generous in light of activity supporting online retailers and diversion of the revenue stream to DDI. It would seem their <em>best</em> efforts are not directed toward FLGSs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 5646806, member: 10479"] I appreciate the link but I think you can see why some of the data and conclusions might seem problematic. Anyway, I will leave those arguments to that other thread. I will however point out that your conservative estimates seem to support what I have been saying regarding the decline of market share to fifty percent (or less if we consider margins of error not favoring the company who supplied the estimated data). If one didn't count Encounters and D&D Days, locally the estimate would be inverted but not 4 to 1, I don't think. That may be because I also see many RPGs played that are neither of the two. PF is big, as are other editions of D&D, as well as many other RPGs. Our three times a year EN Chicago gamedays for the past couple years usually see one D&D and one PF game in each slot, but most others are not either (2 slots, 6 to 8 tables). The north suburbs of Chicago have been part of what I call D&D's fertile crescent since the start (draw two arcs from Chicago to Minneapolis so that the lower one goes through Rockford, IL and the upper encompasses Milwaukee. :D ). One could claim that if you broaden the definition of D&D beyond the actual brand and current rule set, this is still staunchly D&D country. But the boots on the ground don't seem to fit the more narrow definition. That doesn't seem to be translating into many sales, from what I understand locally. FLGSs sell many other things besides RPGs, fortunately, and I don't think we'll see them dropping off because they lose RPG sales. RPG sales haven't been the largest draw since D&D's early years. I also think characterizing the odd exclusive and use of FLGS game space as a best effort is over-generous in light of activity supporting online retailers and diversion of the revenue stream to DDI. It would seem their [i]best[/i] efforts are not directed toward FLGSs. [/QUOTE]
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