D&D 5E Amazon US book sales rank.

[Oofta]

It's insane that after a decade they still hover around selling 6-7 thousand books a month. One heck of a fat "long tail".

 

[darjr]

PHB is at 379 out of all books sold in amazon US.

I thought it was a good time to capture this after the ICV2 report dropped.

At $26 us.

ICv2 Reports Disappointing Year For Hobby Games Channel: TTRPGs Down, D&D Declines 30%

According to ICv2, 2023 was a tough year for hobby game sales. The US and Canada market increased by just 1%, which was less than the rate of inflation, growing from $2.86 billion in 2022 to $2.89 billion in 2023. The hobby game sales channel is defined as specialist game and card stores--it...

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[DarkCrisis]

It's insane that after a decade they still hover around selling 6-7 thousand books a month. One heck of a fat "long tail".

My best friend just bought his youngest son his own PHB last weekend

 

[Parmandur]

PHB is at 379 out of all books sold in amazon US.

I thought it was a good time to capture this after the ICV2 report dropped.

At $26 us.

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ICv2 Reports Disappointing Year For Hobby Games Channel: TTRPGs Down, D&D Declines 30%

According to ICv2, 2023 was a tough year for hobby game sales. The US and Canada market increased by just 1%, which was less than the rate of inflation, growing from $2.86 billion in 2022 to $2.89 billion in 2023. The hobby game sales channel is defined as specialist game and card stores--it...

www.enworld.org

Pretty crazy numbers considering that we have seen pages from the new PHB even.

 

[Clint_L]

For those who are wondering why WotC is insistent about sticking with 5e, this thread is pretty much all you need to see. They just want to keep that momentum going.

 

[darjr]

For those who are wondering why WotC is insistent about sticking with 5e, this thread is pretty much all you need to see. They just want to keep that momentum going.

I think it’s also a reinforcing feedback loop.

The more WotC called 5e the last edition the more people felt good buying it at the long tail end and the more it appeals to WotC to keep it going.

 

[Zardnaar]

I think it’s also a reinforcing feedback loop.

The more WotC called 5e the last edition the more people felt good buying it at the long tail end and the more it appeals to WotC to keep it going.

That and a few people who made those comments 10-12 years ago are no longer there.

And it's come out they did think it would be the last edition. It blew up bigger than they thought.

 

[Stormonu]

It's sitting at #347 as I write this. If the below is accurate, this is just wild.

How many books has WotC printed in the first place? Historically, my understanding is once a new edition has been announced, sales for the old fall off to almost nothing. At this rate, with another 5 months to go, they're looking at selling another 20K of books - just on Amazon.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

PHB is at 379 out of all books sold in amazon US.

I thought it was a good time to capture this after the ICV2 report dropped.

At $26 us.

View attachment 354632

ICv2 Reports Disappointing Year For Hobby Games Channel: TTRPGs Down, D&D Declines 30%

According to ICv2, 2023 was a tough year for hobby game sales. The US and Canada market increased by just 1%, which was less than the rate of inflation, growing from $2.86 billion in 2022 to $2.89 billion in 2023. The hobby game sales channel is defined as specialist game and card stores--it...

www.enworld.org

Given that this book has a replacement coming out later this year that is pretty insane.

 

[Oofta]

We don't know yet if they'll continue to print the 2014 version so maybe people are stocking up with the old edition before it's replaced in case they don't like the new or are unwilling to switch in the short term.