Pathfinder 2E Release Day Second Edition Amazon Sales Rank
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Well, sure, that was bound to happen: it's not like 5E is going out of style any time soon. The Beastiary has fallen behind Volo's Guide to Monsters as well. Still, pretty good opening for a non-D&D brand RPG.
Ancalagon
Dusty Dragon
Well the short spike is the keeners, the enthousiasts. Then there is going to be a slow trickle of current users. If the reviews are good, a fair amount will switch and sales will go up. If this is the best system since Gygax, then new users will jump on board.
So we will see
So we will see
mach1.9pants
Hero
[MENTION=6780330]Parmandur[/MENTION] I love your term Beastiary 
darjr
I crit!
It is as of this moment #183 in books. The PHB is #66.
I have to say I am happily surprised at their success. That's huge and I think a signal that there is an audience hungry for more complexity, even if it's not for me.
And the are so savy, they personally handed a deluxe fully autographed copy to Mathew Mercer.
I have to say I am happily surprised at their success. That's huge and I think a signal that there is an audience hungry for more complexity, even if it's not for me.
And the are so savy, they personally handed a deluxe fully autographed copy to Mathew Mercer.
This is based on current sales, or what?
If it is current sales then I'm surprised. I would have figured the market for the 5e PHB would be saturated by this time.
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
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Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
[MENTION=6780330]Parmandur[/MENTION] I love your term Beastiary
It makes more sense in my head, my subconscious apparently refuses to accept the correct spelling
Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
These rankings reflect current sales.
The 5E PHB has sold better each subsequent year since 2014, beyond not saturating they have been actively growing their audience. The 5E Starter box has actively pulled ahead again now, too, as people are still buying the five year old beginner package like hotcakes.
The Bestiary has fallen below Mordenkainen's Time of Does now, so all three 5E monster books are now currently outselling it on Amazon.
