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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7496063" data-attributes="member: 6716779">I was in a rush and looked at the dmg by mistake.&nbsp; &nbsp;I did say what is good about 5E is it's doing consistent sales so far vs big spikes like 2000 or 1983. I don't think the 5E spike was 1983 but it's had 4 good years vs the golden ages 1 or 2.&nbsp;And that's what makes D&amp;D good.&nbsp; 3E and 4E both had big spikes, 2E kind of did as well but the WoTC ones crashed and burned although I think that was also corporate wanting that sales spike high.&nbsp; Works short term but they did 3 editions in 8 years that's to many.&nbsp; Same thing when they had Star Wars 3 editions in 7 years.&nbsp;5E is going to have at least a 7 year cycle and that would be if they announced 6E in the next year which I don't see happening.&nbsp;5E has benefitted from a perfect storm of social media, price via Amazon, online play and being a good edition. Even 10 years ago social media was in it's infancy along with things like apps and YouTube was kind if new. Most of that did not exist when 3E landed.&nbsp;If you make a crap edition though all of that will sink you though even worse than the blowback on 4E. I just turned 40 and my youngest player is 26 and his younger sister and friends are also playing and are using D&amp;D beyond and are fans of critical role. Watching other people play is anathema to me lol but I at least understand why it appears to others, hell I don't expect others to like my Farscape and Stargate addictions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7496063, member: 6716779"] I was in a rush and looked at the dmg by mistake. I did say what is good about 5E is it's doing consistent sales so far vs big spikes like 2000 or 1983. I don't think the 5E spike was 1983 but it's had 4 good years vs the golden ages 1 or 2. And that's what makes D&D good. 3E and 4E both had big spikes, 2E kind of did as well but the WoTC ones crashed and burned although I think that was also corporate wanting that sales spike high. Works short term but they did 3 editions in 8 years that's to many. Same thing when they had Star Wars 3 editions in 7 years. 5E is going to have at least a 7 year cycle and that would be if they announced 6E in the next year which I don't see happening. 5E has benefitted from a perfect storm of social media, price via Amazon, online play and being a good edition. Even 10 years ago social media was in it's infancy along with things like apps and YouTube was kind if new. Most of that did not exist when 3E landed. If you make a crap edition though all of that will sink you though even worse than the blowback on 4E. I just turned 40 and my youngest player is 26 and his younger sister and friends are also playing and are using D&D beyond and are fans of critical role. Watching other people play is anathema to me lol but I at least understand why it appears to others, hell I don't expect others to like my Farscape and Stargate addictions. [/QUOTE]

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