D&D (2024) 2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

It’s only officially been out for a week, but according to Wizards of the Coast, the new Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook has already surpassed Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything to become the fastest selling D&D book ever—in the entire 50-year history of the game. It has sold three times as many copies as the 2014 version of the books did at launch.

Not only that, the 2024 Player’s Handbook was the biggest print run in D&D’s history.

In a press release today, WotC claims more than 85 million D&D fans worldwide, and says that D&D Beyond, the game’s official online platform, has over 18 million users.

 

[darjr]

Oh! Looks like there is a third video.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Bob the world builder posted a video. Strangely seemed to be trying to spin the original. What he said was in the original didn’t entirely match what I saw.

I have not watched a lot of Bob recently but the couple I have watched he seems to feel obliged to be anti WoTC, whereas ProfessorDM seems to feel obliged to put out the most extreme thumbnail he can manage but the video is often an nothing burger.
That said, the good professor has stated outright that those videos do a lot better on YouTube than other videos he makes.
Which is one of the core issues with all algorithm driven platforms.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Oh! Looks like there is a third video.

What does it say?

 

[The Soloist]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but iCV2 are USA sales numbers only. It doesn't give sales for Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and Japan*. That's 900+ million people compared to 300+ million in the US. That is a ratio of 2/3 more potential sales than in the US.

(*You could also include Central and South America.)

 

[Selas]

Did you watch it?

No, I blocked it. Just by the thumbnail I could tell it was going to be a repeat of the previous videos. Guy is willing to die on that hill no matter how many others point out that the data is unreliable/incomplete.

 

[darjr]

What does it say?

Did not watch

 

[Lanefan]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but iCV2 are USA sales numbers only. It doesn't give sales for Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and Japan*. That's 900+ million people compared to 300+ million in the US. That is a ratio of 2/3 more potential sales than in the US.

(*You could also include Central and South America.)

I think Canada is included in the USA numbers, but could be wrong.

 

[Zardnaar]

No, I blocked it. Just by the thumbnail I could tell it was going to be a repeat of the previous videos. Guy is willing to die on that hill no matter how many others point out that the data is unreliable/incomplete.

Sometimes videos like that argue against the thumbnail which is clickbait. I haven't seen it might watch it later.

 

[Zardnaar]

Weren't you the same person that was claiming that 5E was going to crash and burn during the first year or so of it's release?

2014 or 24? Either way is no. I didn't say much about 2014 iirc and I'm expecting a 30-50 decline with 2024 over the editions lifespan. And could be completely wrong (looking at 1E to 2E or 3.0 to 3.5).

 

[Zardnaar]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but iCV2 are USA sales numbers only. It doesn't give sales for Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and Japan*. That's 900+ million people compared to 300+ million in the US. That is a ratio of 2/3 more potential sales than in the US.

(*You could also include Central and South America.)

USA tends to sell more than rest of world combined.

It's basically USA, rest of English speaking world, then rest of world.