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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 4755273" data-attributes="member: 6616">Thanks again!So far we have the following "factoids":- Initial print run of 4e larger than 3.5 which was larger than 3.0.- Initial 4e print run was 50% larger than the one for 3.5.- Initial print run of 4e sold out quicker than WotC expected, prompting another print run before the book hit the streets. - Ryan Dancey claims sales of 3e 300,000 Player's Handbooks in 30 days. He doesn't say when during the product life cycle this occurred, or how many print runs it covers.- WotC most recent claim of people playing D&D is 6 million world-wide, no edition spread cited.- WotC claims to have sold "hundreds of thousands of core books" (paraphrased since I can't find the actual quote at the moment).- PH2 for 4e quickly sold out, but we have no information on the size of the print run.- Industry insiders often mention that the bulk of sales for a product occurs during the first 90 days. On the other hand, core rules are sometimes seen as evergreen products, with a longer product life cycle.No conclusive evidence of blatant lying from WotC IMO. So I need more information, e.g. does anyone know how many 3.5 PH/3.0 PH were sold in total?Also, I seem to remember WotC talking about 4 million players of D&D world wide? Anyone else remember that?/M</blockquote>