D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

[Jefe Bergenstein]

I assume the rapid decline was from people remembering DDB is pretty terrible at anything other than offering a place to give WOTC more money. Any measure of homebrew or house ruling is needlessly difficult to impossible. For example, something as basic as creating a new Warlock invocation simply cannot be done. Or making a house rule weapon that isnt a reskin of an existing one. Want a chain sword that deals 2d8? Too bad! You can make a custom attack, which is barely passable until you actually need it to factor in a +1 enchantment or something. Want to run a campaign? Too bad. You get 2 notepads. A text chain has more usability.

They're pulling in millions of dollars and it continues to completely suck. I like 5E a lot but resent every penny I have spent on DDB.

 

[Distracted DM]

Just some interesting numbers shared- obviously not directly tied to the graph but it's relevant. 10M users in 2022 to 21M today.

 

[Sulicius]

Just waiting for people to spin fastest selling into anything other than “selling the most shortly after release”.

 

[Clint_L]

It was kind of inevitable that 2024 would have the largest sales on release given how much the player base has grown over the course of 5e. But those comments, aside from the specific DDB numbers, are just PR spin anyway.

 

[SlyFlourish]

Just waiting for people to spin fastest selling into anything other than “selling the most shortly after release”.

Aren’t those the same thing?

 

[bedir than]

It was kind of inevitable that 2024 would have the largest sales on release given how much the player base has grown over the course of 5e. But those comments, aside from the specific DDB numbers, are just PR spin anyway.

The dramatic increase in DtC isn't PR spin.

It's also a number that explains how 2024 D&D is doing well while people who only go to box stores or Amazon think it isn't

 

[darjr]

The dramatic increase in DtC isn't PR spin.

It's also a number that explains how 2024 D&D is doing well while people who only go to box stores or Amazon think it isn't

From retail I hear it’s doing very well.

 

[bedir than]

From retail I hear it’s doing very well.

My local FLGSs move them a lot, but I'm also in the region where it has extremely high penetration (because everyone has a neighbor who works at WotC and I see the HQ when I drive into town).

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

Just waiting for people to spin fastest selling into anything other than “selling the most shortly after release”.

Yeah, it's like, "100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes!"*

*The day after release of the movie. It's at 51% now and falling.

 

[Imaro]

Yeah, it's like, "100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes!"*

*The day after release of the movie. It's at 51% now and falling.

Is there anything to support this is what's taking place?