If we're talking sales, the comparison I want to make is with 5E. The video said 5E out sold all the other editions COMBINED? Is that true?
Yeah, I don't think we know for sure if 5E has outsold all earlier Editions combined. Just that the majority of people today started playing with 5E. After nigh 50 years, not everyone who bought an earlier Edition is still around, so I don't think "outsold them all combined" follows.It’s kinda wild to me that this took this long to be brought up in this thread.
I was wondering when someone would ask.
Yea. This video.Yeah, I don't think we know for sure if 5E has outsold all earlier Editions combined. Just that the majority of people today started playing with 5E. After nigh 50 years, not everyone who bought an earlier Edition is still around, so I don't think "outsold them all combined" follows.
Sold the most ever? Probably, and likely by a fair bit.
Possibly a bit of hyperbole, definitely trolling for comment engagement. "Uhhhjm, ackshully" = greater ad revenue. YouTube is a hellscape.Yea. This video.
On the other hand, they've since declared that 5e is it, and they are sticking with it for the foreseeable future. So you were right!11 pages in, and all I can say is that when 5E was being put together, it felt like it was a "last hurrah" sort of situation, where it felt like the D&D designers were expecting that 5E was going to be it, there would be no more D&D to come. And surprisingly, near 10 years later we're looking at upcoming revision and more popularity for D&D overall than even back in its heyday in the early 80's.
Be happy the game still lives, instead of wallowing in its dark days.
Possibly a bit of hyperbole, definitely trolling for comment engagement. "Uhhhjm, ackshully" = greater ad revenue. YouTube is a hellscape.
Lots of good stuff up there, but boy is the reward structure warped.While YouTube is a hellscape, Ze Frank is always a cool oasis.