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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 6677675" data-attributes="member: 957">Who do you think is buying all these books?I love 5E.&nbsp; I'm well into the &quot;its is woefully undersupported&quot; camp, but that doesn't take anything away from the merits of the core 3 books.I would be careful comparing numbers to the 3E days, however.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, Amazon sells a ton more stuff.&nbsp; But a lot of people back then bought their books from Brick and Mortar stores while swearing that they would never abandon those beloved anchors of the hobby.&nbsp; Now those B&amp;Ms are long gone (exceptions noted) and those same people are reading about D&amp;D on their kindle.&nbsp; Plus 3E was competing for gaming budgets against a swarm of 3PPs from day 1.Again, I'm not challenging the success of 5E (to date).&nbsp; I love it and I'm glad to see it is off to a solid start.&nbsp; But I don't see evidence that hordes of new players are jumping into the hobby each week.&nbsp; The RPG fanbase pretty much seems to be in the same range.&nbsp; A whole lot of them are playing 5E.&nbsp; But most of them bought the books already.&nbsp; I can see a steady trickle of buys for players in groups plus the perpetual roll of new blood.&nbsp; But that seems pretty small compared to the enduring numbers that are suggested here.&nbsp; Either those people are coming from somewhere, or the data is harder to interpret.I'm not claiming it is either.&nbsp; I don't know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 6677675, member: 957"] Who do you think is buying all these books? I love 5E. I'm well into the "its is woefully undersupported" camp, but that doesn't take anything away from the merits of the core 3 books. I would be careful comparing numbers to the 3E days, however. Yes, Amazon sells a ton more stuff. But a lot of people back then bought their books from Brick and Mortar stores while swearing that they would never abandon those beloved anchors of the hobby. Now those B&Ms are long gone (exceptions noted) and those same people are reading about D&D on their kindle. Plus 3E was competing for gaming budgets against a swarm of 3PPs from day 1. Again, I'm not challenging the success of 5E (to date). I love it and I'm glad to see it is off to a solid start. But I don't see evidence that hordes of new players are jumping into the hobby each week. The RPG fanbase pretty much seems to be in the same range. A whole lot of them are playing 5E. But most of them bought the books already. I can see a steady trickle of buys for players in groups plus the perpetual roll of new blood. But that seems pretty small compared to the enduring numbers that are suggested here. Either those people are coming from somewhere, or the data is harder to interpret. I'm not claiming it is either. I don't know. [/QUOTE]

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