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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Porridge" data-source="post: 7898303" data-attributes="member: 7020143">I've really enjoyed reading the careful analyses that people have posted here.One new data point to add to the mix is the following annual report from Diamond Comic Distributors ("the world's largest distributor of English-language comic books, graphic novels, and related pop-culture merchandise"):<a href="https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/44959/diamond-comic-distributors-top-100-games-full-year-2019" target="_blank">Diamond Comic Distributors Top 100 Games--Full Year 2019</a>I found the disparity between this list and the Amazon rankings to be very surprising.On Amazon, the PF2 core rule book seems to reliably hover in the 2000s-5000s range (currently #2498), while the D&D players handbook reliably hovers in the top 100 (currently #30).By contrast, on the Diamond distribution list, the top WotC title is "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS STRANGER THINGS EDITION CS", which is ranked #18, while the PF2 core book is ranked #1. (And the PF2 core book tops the list even though this ranks sales throughout all of 2019, and PF2 was only released at the end of 2019.)I'm not sure what to make of all this. But it makes me worry about one of the (reasonable) assumptions I'd been making. Namely, that the comparative sales rankings on Amazon are indicative of their comparative sales rankings through other venues.</blockquote>