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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6553586" data-attributes="member: 996">To be clear, Essentials released in Q3 2010, and proceeded to beat Pathfinder the next two quarters. For perspective, Pathfinder, according to the same source, beat D&D the quarter 5e was released.  Not tied.4 is a number of books, and it was pretty clear that WotC had already given up on Essentials at that point.  Again, for perspective, from the same sources, more than 21 4e products came out in 2009, and 4e beat out Pathfinder for a full year starting with the launch of Pathfinder's core books - always the biggest sellers.  Yes, Pathfinder eventually beat Essentials (which represented a significant change in direction from 4e), when it was down to just shaking the dregs out of the pipeline.  Now D&D is beating Pathfinder, again, with the core books - no surprise, again, they tend to sell best.  It'll be interesting to see if it continues with just a couple of big adventure modules a year coming down the line.   If WotC has learned anything from the edition war, hopefully it's that there will always be negative fan reaction to anything/everything, and that whipsawing the game's direction & design goals around in response to every little criticism doesn't help.  If they have learned that lesson, 5e will chug along with bounded accuracy and a stately pace of releases long enough for the naysayers to get tired, and the broader fan base to evaluate, and hopefully, accept, the latest version of the game.  (And, no doubt, become so attached to it they respond to the next with a flurry of criticism, as well).</blockquote>

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