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<blockquote data-quote="Dragon Snack" data-source="post: 4573999" data-attributes="member: 9810">Sadly, people are sheep.&nbsp; If something is selling well, many of them will want to jump on the bandwagon - lest they get left behind...That said, in my job as a DJ, I basically have to scan the top 10 lists to buy music that I could care less about, since that's what people will usually request (and dealing with the &quot;You don't have *insert artist of the week*!?&nbsp; What kind of DJ are you!?&quot; gets old fast).As to the sales figures, of course it sold well - they are the core books and they have D&amp;D on their cover.&nbsp; Add in the cut throat Amazon pricing (under $60 with no sales tax and free shipping) and it couldn't lose.&nbsp; But that doesn't mean every one of them is playing it.&nbsp; How many of us have RPG books sitting on our shelves that we will never play (or only played for a few sessions before moving on/back to something else)?&nbsp; &quot;Sales&quot; mean nothing, even if you work for the company (see layoffs thread).It's the rift in the D&amp;D player base that's the real problem...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragon Snack, post: 4573999, member: 9810"] Sadly, people are sheep. If something is selling well, many of them will want to jump on the bandwagon - lest they get left behind... That said, in my job as a DJ, I basically have to scan the top 10 lists to buy music that I could care less about, since that's what people will usually request (and dealing with the "You don't have *insert artist of the week*!? What kind of DJ are you!?" gets old fast). As to the sales figures, of course it sold well - they are the core books and they have D&D on their cover. Add in the cut throat Amazon pricing (under $60 with no sales tax and free shipping) and it couldn't lose. But that doesn't mean every one of them is playing it. How many of us have RPG books sitting on our shelves that we will never play (or only played for a few sessions before moving on/back to something else)? "Sales" mean nothing, even if you work for the company (see layoffs thread). It's the rift in the D&D player base that's the real problem... [/QUOTE]

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