D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data.

Zardnaar said:

They're not saying anything new.

Peak 5E was around 6 years. 2017-22/23

I adjusted for inflation it was approximately twice as long and twice as big as TSR peak.

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pukunui said:

I’m not surprised sales were bad in 2013. 4e had essentially been dead for several years by then, and 5e was still in the playtesting phase. There were no new, readily available D&D products to buy in 2013. The playtest era adventures were mainly for organised play or con exclusives etc.

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Zardnaar said:

Its been public knowledge for ages.

Think I said something like it being 10 times bigger than 2013. Last week iirc.

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darjr said:

lol Fred did the math on the spot and said 13 times bigger.

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Zardnaar said:

They're not saying anything new.

Peak 5E was around 6 years. 2017-22/23

I adjusted for inflation it was approximately twice as long and twice as big as TSR peak.

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Stalker0 said:

Peak meaning sales?

We have already seen other quotes that 2024 has outsold 2014 at least in the initial year, so certaintly didn't peak in the timeframe quoted. It seems to still be going.

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Zardnaar said:

Outsold initially yes.
2014 vs 2024.

Not 2014 vs say 2021.

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Stalker0 said:

Right but the point was we haven't likely hit peak 5e yet if the 2024 numbers have outsold the 2014 ones, at least in these initial couple of years it has been out.

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Zardnaar said:

They're not saying anything new.

Peak 5E was around 6 years. 2017-22/23

I adjusted for inflation it was approximately twice as long and twice as big as TSR peak.

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