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<blockquote data-quote="Frawan" data-source="post: 4149148" data-attributes="member: 57527">Well - If you would have read the rest of my post this is not just a fancy extrapolation, but also something to do with an analysis of the amounts of quality products being produced, and the rate at which they are sold out. You say that 5.5 play D&amp;D. Well - how many of them are actually regular players that have purchased a single WoTC book within say the last two years? Much less. Since I am book retailer I have access to one of the biggest book-distributors in the US (i.e. the one selling books to retailers). Lets look at some figures on how many books have been pre-ordered through their system:The Gift-set:Qty on Orderwith Publisher 600 Total Demand during the last 30 days 7 PHB:Qty on Orderwith Publisher&nbsp; 1500 Total Demand during the last 30 days 26 DMG:Total: 1200Last 30 days: 18MM: 2200Last 30 days: 17If you add this up you are FAR AWAY from 5.5 million or even something remotely close to that. I am aware that this distributor is not the only way WoTC gets their books out, but it is a least some tangible figures.Yes- they might sell say 100.000 copies of the new 4th ed. books.Paizo is still an underdog, but their piece of the cake would cetainly be visible and not merely a &quot;dent&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frawan, post: 4149148, member: 57527"] Well - If you would have read the rest of my post this is not just a fancy extrapolation, but also something to do with an analysis of the amounts of quality products being produced, and the rate at which they are sold out. You say that 5.5 play D&D. Well - how many of them are actually regular players that have purchased a single WoTC book within say the last two years? Much less. Since I am book retailer I have access to one of the biggest book-distributors in the US (i.e. the one selling books to retailers). Lets look at some figures on how many books have been pre-ordered through their system: The Gift-set: Qty on Order with Publisher 600 Total Demand during the last 30 days 7 PHB: Qty on Order with Publisher 1500 Total Demand during the last 30 days 26 DMG: Total: 1200 Last 30 days: 18 MM: 2200 Last 30 days: 17 If you add this up you are FAR AWAY from 5.5 million or even something remotely close to that. I am aware that this distributor is not the only way WoTC gets their books out, but it is a least some tangible figures. Yes- they might sell say 100.000 copies of the new 4th ed. books. Paizo is still an underdog, but their piece of the cake would cetainly be visible and not merely a "dent". [/QUOTE]

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