I suspected this thread would be pedantic. It has not disappointed.
Ben's math feels like a good faith if imperfect effort to estimate the player base. He's far from the first to try and arguably fail. Cut him some slack.
More interesting to me is WotC's claim that 50 million people have "experienced" D&D. Experienced does not equal played. It probably includes those who have played the computer games, watched the Saturday morning cartoon, regrettably rented one of the movies, wore a t shirt, bought a plushie, etc. It's a measure of the brand, not of the game.
Ben's math feels like a good faith if imperfect effort to estimate the player base. He's far from the first to try and arguably fail. Cut him some slack.
More interesting to me is WotC's claim that 50 million people have "experienced" D&D. Experienced does not equal played. It probably includes those who have played the computer games, watched the Saturday morning cartoon, regrettably rented one of the movies, wore a t shirt, bought a plushie, etc. It's a measure of the brand, not of the game.