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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 9065337" data-attributes="member: 6716779">1st I've heard of it. Somesales numbers for 5E have come up earlier in his thread.&nbsp;Depends on what exact numbers are and how accurate estimates are for 1E and B/X sales. I'm not sure if WotC knows how many of those were sold apparently&nbsp; TSR was terrible at records. And how you count PHB vs starter sets vs all the starter sets for B/X.3.0-4E didn't sell that well relative to the golden age so if the 5E numbers are accurate (800k starter sets in NA 800k-1 million phb by 2017 no modern edition has sold 800k phb) its plausible.&nbsp;First I've heard the claim and the video didn't source their claim. The numbers for 5E are out of date but ballpark figured are close to lower estimates for B/X red box vs starter set and 5E phb vs 1E phb as of 2016 6 years ago.&nbsp; If the numbers posted earlier in the thread are accute all the pre 5E modern editions together are similar to high end golden age estimates.&nbsp;I wouldn't shout it from the rooftops tops but if year on year growth claims are accurate (rpg market has gone from 13 million pre 5E to 150 million) it may be close depending on what you've counted and exact numbers of golden age stuff sold and if you count all the B/X sets and all the 5E starter etc.&nbsp;RPG market also doubled in size since 2017ish it was 67 million around then iirc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 9065337, member: 6716779"] 1st I've heard of it. Somesales numbers for 5E have come up earlier in his thread. Depends on what exact numbers are and how accurate estimates are for 1E and B/X sales. I'm not sure if WotC knows how many of those were sold apparently TSR was terrible at records. And how you count PHB vs starter sets vs all the starter sets for B/X. 3.0-4E didn't sell that well relative to the golden age so if the 5E numbers are accurate (800k starter sets in NA 800k-1 million phb by 2017 no modern edition has sold 800k phb) its plausible. First I've heard the claim and the video didn't source their claim. The numbers for 5E are out of date but ballpark figured are close to lower estimates for B/X red box vs starter set and 5E phb vs 1E phb as of 2016 6 years ago. If the numbers posted earlier in the thread are accute all the pre 5E modern editions together are similar to high end golden age estimates. I wouldn't shout it from the rooftops tops but if year on year growth claims are accurate (rpg market has gone from 13 million pre 5E to 150 million) it may be close depending on what you've counted and exact numbers of golden age stuff sold and if you count all the B/X sets and all the 5E starter etc. RPG market also doubled in size since 2017ish it was 67 million around then iirc. [/QUOTE]

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