Paul Farquhar
Legend
Probably correct. It's the "player " market that has seen massive growth.I dare say in TSR days the readers might have outnumbered the players.
And the fact that D&D is now owned by Hasbro is part of the reason. It's not that there is no market for "readers", it's that a toy and game company isn't particularly interested in pursuing it (and when they do it's aimed at children). There is an old adage in business that you should stick to what you know, and avoid overdiversification.