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<blockquote data-quote="ad_hoc" data-source="post: 7839291" data-attributes="member: 6748898"><p>Convention attendance is too small and too selected to be worth considering. In other words, few people go to conventions and those who do tend to be really into RPGs and so would likely be interested in other RPGs.</p><p></p><p>As people have already replied to your numbers, I will just add that I also don't think they're accurate.</p><p></p><p>In 2013 with D&D in 2nd place to PF annual RPG sales were estimated by ICv2 (using what they track) to be $15 million. 2018 was $65 million. The rate of sales of D&D continues to climb.</p><p></p><p>18 months ago there was an estimated 12-15 million D&D players in NA alone. A few months ago a figure was given stating that 45 million people have ever played D&D.</p><p></p><p>I think a good current estimate would be around 20 million or more 5e players worldwide.</p><p></p><p>How many people total are playing other RPGs? How many people are playing online?</p><p></p><p>I think the vast majority of 5e players play over the table and I believe that the % of 5e play vs other RPGs is more pronounced offline than online. People going online are going to be more likely to be long time hobby gamers and exposed to more games. They also may be going online in order to find people to play their favourite games because it may be hard to find enough interested people in person.</p><p></p><p>D&D and RPGs are a word of mouth thing. I think people are far more likely to get into them through friends inviting them to groups. They then form their own group and so on which is why I think 5e has momentum. It's easy to pick up and intuitive to play so non-hobby gamers are playing it. I don't think non-RPG players are as likely to go online to try out D&D for the first time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ad_hoc, post: 7839291, member: 6748898"] Convention attendance is too small and too selected to be worth considering. In other words, few people go to conventions and those who do tend to be really into RPGs and so would likely be interested in other RPGs. As people have already replied to your numbers, I will just add that I also don't think they're accurate. In 2013 with D&D in 2nd place to PF annual RPG sales were estimated by ICv2 (using what they track) to be $15 million. 2018 was $65 million. The rate of sales of D&D continues to climb. 18 months ago there was an estimated 12-15 million D&D players in NA alone. A few months ago a figure was given stating that 45 million people have ever played D&D. I think a good current estimate would be around 20 million or more 5e players worldwide. How many people total are playing other RPGs? How many people are playing online? I think the vast majority of 5e players play over the table and I believe that the % of 5e play vs other RPGs is more pronounced offline than online. People going online are going to be more likely to be long time hobby gamers and exposed to more games. They also may be going online in order to find people to play their favourite games because it may be hard to find enough interested people in person. D&D and RPGs are a word of mouth thing. I think people are far more likely to get into them through friends inviting them to groups. They then form their own group and so on which is why I think 5e has momentum. It's easy to pick up and intuitive to play so non-hobby gamers are playing it. I don't think non-RPG players are as likely to go online to try out D&D for the first time. [/QUOTE]
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