D&D 5E Amazon US book sales rank.
- Thread starter darjr
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Almost like people actually like the game, contrary to some people's opinions on these forums.
darjr
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I didn’t mean it that way.Almost like people actually like the game, contrary to some people's opinions on these forums.
It’s weird that the talk seems like a product that’s failing when it’s anything but.
If the PHB had maintained this rank through the last ten years we’d still be calling it the huge sales success, better then all other editions, the golden age of D&D.
And yet the talk is about how it’s merely “not as good as it was”.
Weird.
darjr
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Also here’s the thing, a sales rank of 300 is phenomenal and still an unprecedented high for any rpg. Other than previous sales of 5e. It STILL represents leaps and bounds in the continuing growth of the player base. Probably more than any other edition, except earlier 5e.
Especially this late in the game.
Especially this late in the game.
Which was my point, so I don't follow. If the product was "failing" or "not as good as it was" it wouldn't still be outselling every other RPG out there by a large margin. Hence, people still like the game and still purchase it. There's a lot of reasons for that, including plain old momentum, and it's not a comment on whether people may like other TTRPGs better if they tried them.
People generally don't put money down on something like a new PHB unless they actually enjoy playing the game. The fact that it continues to sell this well at this point in the life cycle is amazing and unprecedented for a TTRPG.
darjr
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I’m not saying it’s failing. Is my point. In fact I think the opposite.
I do think it’s weird that it seems that’s the perception, even among fans.
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Whata crazy run.
At this point in 4E's life cycle, 5E had been out for three years. At this point in 3.5' life cycle, the Next playtest had started. At this point in 3E's life cycle, there had been two Edition changes. At this point in 2E's life cycle, TSR had gone bankrupt.
Absolutely insane.
darjr
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Also note that the PHB may be selling better, by a lot, right now, than during most of the lifespan of all these other editions.
LordEntrails
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So what might market saturation actually be? Biggest thing would be to sell one (+) book to every person, and then have some sort of sustained rate due to damage/loss etc.
Obvious not 100% of people would ever want this book. But 1%? of 7.9 billion people would be 790 million copies. How many have been sold?
What might be market saturation? How big could the RPG and D&D markets become? 100 million? How many PHBs can be made and sold before the market stops growing?
Obvious not 100% of people would ever want this book. But 1%? of 7.9 billion people would be 790 million copies. How many have been sold?
What might be market saturation? How big could the RPG and D&D markets become? 100 million? How many PHBs can be made and sold before the market stops growing?
LordEntrails
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This assumes that the buyers are actually aware of this upcoming "change". I suspect that most people buying now are not really aware of what's coming. I mean we all are, but how many of us are still buying the PHBs?
