Mad at Paizo?

[Imaro]

Hmmm so let’s see. Currently the core book is at 1234 ASR. From what I’ve read at other places that’s hundreds of books a day. This calculator tries to give a solid number which seems on the low side but for a sales rank of 1200 according to them that’s almost 600 books a day. Is that good sales? @Morrus ?

I think so. It’s been much higher for most of the month.

Just wanted to clarify... isn't that 600 in a month?

 

[Schmoe]

You are going from DnD5e to PF2e? Have you bought PF1 books? I'm asking because you might be the target audience they were after.

Hah, maybe, but probably not. I'd be going from 3.5 to PF2. I bought the PF1 core book but didn't get a chance to play for the next 3-4 years due to IRL things. By the time I was able to play again, I felt more comfortable going back to 3.5. Although I own 5e and have played it a bit, I still prefer 3.5.

 

[Schmoe]

Just wanted to clarify... isn't that 600 in a month?

According to the calculater, yes. But it's kind of weird, because even the #1 only gives 1500 sales/month. That seems low for the #1 best selling book on Amazon.

 

[darjr]

600 a month...... I think you are right.

See this one Amazon Sales Rank Calculator

 

[darjr]

But note the pf2e sales rank was under the phb for a few short hours. I wish I had captured the actual sales rank.

 

[Imaro]

600 a month...... I think you are right.

See this one Amazon Sales Rank Calculator

That one actually seems more questionable as there are actual booksellers in the comment section letting the creator know his calculations seem inflated...

EDIT: Anyway no biggie I was just asking for clarification around the 600 per day comment...

 

[Parmandur]

According to the calculater, yes. But it's kind of weird, because even the #1 only gives 1500 sales/month. That seems low for the #1 best selling book on Amazon.

That's ~50 books a day: the book industry is funny.

 

[Schmoe]

That's ~50 books a day: the book industry is funny.

Interesting, huh.

Well, the drop-off between #1 and #1234 (the number I think I saw from darjr) is only a drop from 1500 to 600 books/month, which means PF2 has 40% of the sales of 5e. From what I understand, 5e sales continue to increase from its launch, so 40% doesn't actually seem too bad.

 

[Imaro]

Here's another one... Amazon Book Sales Calculator | TCK Publishing

Honestly these things seem all over the place...

 

[ccs]

I don't know, that's what I'm looking for, I'm trying to understand why I feel that the 2e is bad (from my point of view).

Well, since you've said that you don't know about the new rules, & they haven't wiped anything out storywise, I don't think you should feel bad.

The only real issue in reading the new stuff might be the stat blocks as they'll be a bit different & littered with stupid little arrow symbols. And you might not know exactly what some of the feats do.