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D&D Increases Its Lead In Orr Groups Q3 2015 Report
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7683770" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>It's that time again! Every quarter or so, we get stats from The Orr Group, Fantasy Grounds, and ICv2. Usually, they all say the same thing - over the last year, they've all been saying that<em> Dungeons & Dragons</em> has retaken its #1 market position from Pathfinder. The Orr Group's Q3 2015 (that's July - September) stats just came in. The Orr Group maintains the Roll20 virtual tabletop app, which has over a million users. These stats indicate that D&D has held on to its overall lead, and that for the first time the player count is the highest, as opposed to just the number of games.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p>Below, as usual, I present the stats. D&D leads Pathfinder by 10% in terms of number of games, and by 3% in terms of number of players. I'm not sure how to interpret those two different figures - but I'm sure you will in the comments! Interestingly, D&D 4E is higher than any non-D&D-derived (by which I include Pathfinder) game - D&D and its derivatives have nearly 70% of the number of games played. As Monte Cook once observed<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBmzrQnxf4w" target="_blank"> in an interview I conducted with him and Shanna Germain</a>, it's interesting that the top spots are being vied for by variations of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> by a BIG margin.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]109972[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>Orr Group's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2517-D-D-Surges-Into-Lead-In-Orr-Group-Figures" target="_blank">previous report is here</a>. In that report D&D had 25% of the number of games, and 31% of the number of players, and now it has 30% and 41% respectively. That's some growth. <em>Pathfinder</em> has dropped very slightly (and it is slight) to 20% and 37% from 21% and 40%. </p><p></p><p>Also see the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present" target="_blank">ICv2 figures from the last few years</a> (I expect new figures soon). They say much the same thing, especially the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings" target="_blank">Spring 2015 ICv2 report</a>, as, indeed, did <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings" target="_blank">Fantasy Grounds' latest report</a> (although now they're officially licensed by WotC their stats are probably not as useful).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7683770, member: 1"] It's that time again! Every quarter or so, we get stats from The Orr Group, Fantasy Grounds, and ICv2. Usually, they all say the same thing - over the last year, they've all been saying that[I] Dungeons & Dragons[/I] has retaken its #1 market position from Pathfinder. The Orr Group's Q3 2015 (that's July - September) stats just came in. The Orr Group maintains the Roll20 virtual tabletop app, which has over a million users. These stats indicate that D&D has held on to its overall lead, and that for the first time the player count is the highest, as opposed to just the number of games. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Below, as usual, I present the stats. D&D leads Pathfinder by 10% in terms of number of games, and by 3% in terms of number of players. I'm not sure how to interpret those two different figures - but I'm sure you will in the comments! Interestingly, D&D 4E is higher than any non-D&D-derived (by which I include Pathfinder) game - D&D and its derivatives have nearly 70% of the number of games played. As Monte Cook once observed[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBmzrQnxf4w"] in an interview I conducted with him and Shanna Germain[/URL], it's interesting that the top spots are being vied for by variations of [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I] by a BIG margin. [CENTER][ATTACH=FULL]109972[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] Orr Group's [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2517-D-D-Surges-Into-Lead-In-Orr-Group-Figures"]previous report is here[/URL]. In that report D&D had 25% of the number of games, and 31% of the number of players, and now it has 30% and 41% respectively. That's some growth. [I]Pathfinder[/I] has dropped very slightly (and it is slight) to 20% and 37% from 21% and 40%. Also see the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1984-Top-5-RPGs-Compiled-Charts-2008-Present"]ICv2 figures from the last few years[/URL] (I expect new figures soon). They say much the same thing, especially the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings"]Spring 2015 ICv2 report[/URL], as, indeed, did [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2760-D-D-Still-Leads-ICv2-s-Quarterly-Hobby-Game-Rankings"]Fantasy Grounds' latest report[/URL] (although now they're officially licensed by WotC their stats are probably not as useful). [/QUOTE]
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