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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9873443" data-attributes="member: 6906980">I had a literal 5 minutes to do some research and found an article from 2017 <a href="https://unpossiblejourneys.com/industry/how-well-is-5th-edition-dungeons-and-dragons-selling/" target="_blank">How Well is 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Selling?</a>.  D&D 5e did well from the beginning.  In 2016 Mike Mearls of WotC tweeted: “5e lifetime PHB sales > 3, 3.5, 4 lifetime.  There was no panic, the game sold well from the beginning.Oh, and before we hear the inevitable "But Stranger Things!", the tweet from Mr. Mearls was on <a href="https://x.com/mikemearls/status/764241988128419840?lang=en" target="_blank">https://x.com/mikemearls/status/764241988128419840?lang=en</a> was made on Aug 12, 2016 and ST was released on July 15, 2016.  I rather doubt that there were hordes of people breaking down game store doors over less than a month in order to boost sales enough to justify the claim - it's doubtful the sales numbers had even been tabulated quickly enough to notice any increase.  Any claims that the release of 5e was not successful are dubious.</blockquote>