I like the release of actual sales figures for the Starter Set. 126,000 in North America in 2014 (from the July release); 306,000 in North America in 2018. I wonder what we can extrapolate from that!
Maybe I should start charging lol. Locally DM shortage but there's also a gap age wide. A few oldies like me in late 30s early 40s and a heap college age ( who are mostly broke). Shortage of reliable DMs might be more accurate. Most can't afford a phb.
The DM charging is in Seattle or somewhere like that? His clients were Google staff iirc.
However you parse the numbers, it's clearly a great time for D&D! Not only does it feel that more and more people are enjoying it, it also seems to be a period if critical and creative success. I'm excited about that! Hoping it bodes well for further expansion of the edition into settings.
If 50% of those 40 million buy Baldur's Gate 3 Larian is going to make an insane amount of money, like possibly several hundred million dollars or more.
If 50% of those 40 million buy Baldur's Gate 3 Larian is going to make an insane amount of money, like possibly several hundred million dollars or more.
I doubt anywhere near half of the 40 mil will by Baldur's Gate 3. But I'm not a (video)gamer, so maybe it is just me.