30+% growth for 4 straight years, on a product 40 years old is unheard of
I'm not sure how to read that. In context, it seems he's talking about releasing sourcebooks for classic and new MTG worlds, rather than say Greyhawk or Dark Sun.
Personally, I'm not particularly interested in any MTG sourcebooks as the lore doesn't appeal (and I say that as a long time on-off Magic player), so hope we see SCAG equivalents for some of the classic D&D worlds. It's a shame the Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron didn't get the full dead-tree treatment as it would be a useful measure of demand for some of the existing non-FR settings.
Minor grumblings aside, this is very positive news for the hobby. I still can't believe the swell in popularity D&D has experienced under 5th Edition. Long may it continue!
The most natural way to read it is that it means old Magic settings AND old D&D settings, and new to both settings. At the very least, this means they are thinking and talking about these options extensively if it spills over from the Prez in a fluff piece.
Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron will get the dead tree treatment... when they're done. They released it digitally in Beta form as an experiment, and will continue to tweak that until they're happy, at which time content will be locked and go to presses
It's a shame the Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron didn't get the full dead-tree treatment as it would be a useful measure of demand for some of the existing non-FR settings.
This would truly be the best of both worlds (pun unashamedly intended).
Ah - thanks for that. I thought it was going to be PDF only for some reason. That's an insta-buy then.
It’s also core book sales. The PHB is STILL in the top 100 of ALL books sold on Amazon.
You know I know that! They have held high, but is that growth? I guess there could be overall sales growth on Amazon...
But since you brought it up
MM 173
DMG 193
XGtE 411
MToF 788
DM Screen 706
VGtM 1052
AND
Art & Arcana 85
Art & Arcana D’lx 164
Dragon Heist 619
Its core books, but not just core books.
Anybody remember Spellfire?