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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8307670" data-attributes="member: 4348">It would be interesting to see the research behind the numbers of WotC.IF...that's a BIG IF...the numbers of WotC add up and they have 50 million players, with over 50% being Americans...that would mean with the average family...around 60% of American homes now or have had a D&D player.Hmm...interesting claim on their part.Is this PR...or is this reality?I think it is based off of sales numbers, without accounting for multiple copies owned by single owners...but...we'd have to see the actual research values behind the claims to see if that's the source of some of the claims.Of interest...around 50 million Xbox Ones have been sold...a majority to American homes as well.Why is one much more able to find a cabinet of Xbox games in a department store than a D&D book?Things to ponder.At least they didn't claim PS4 numbers yet.I tend to be a skeptic at times...not that I won't use the 50 million players number in the future (from another thread posted as 2020 being the best year ever)...but it is useful to compare similar numbers to others who have similar numbers and say...why does one seem FAR more popular in sales and popularity than the other?Not that it is not true...just an interesting comparison.Red Dead Redemption 2 apparently has only sold 37 million copies, and yet I can get a copy of that more easily anywhere in the US than I can a copy of D&D (especially once you start travelling through rural America).Once again, especially centering on travelling through rural America, Witcher 3 only sold 30 million thus far, but I can still find copies of it far more easily than a D&D book...hmmm...things to ponder.Just another comparison of interest...AS I said, I'll probably use the 50 million player numbers in relation to popularity in other threads to bolster the popularity idea and argument for 5e...BUT...it should be good to look at this and question...AND...on that note...if we assume just 25 million of those are new players for 5e....that means that the books have made at least 625 million dollars if only ONE copy of one book was sold to each of those players on average (Which probably would not hold true...more likely it would be an average of 2 books, or something like 1.73 books or something similar) which would make D&D currently a Billion dollar game.</blockquote>

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