Sales Information for TTRPGs
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Not really. There is partial information available for multiple sources, but at best, it leaves out a large portion of sales, and at worst, some of the data can be ambiguous, since it's not intended for the purpose for which fans are using it.
Mostly not. Companies are by no means required to release sales data, and there are some good reasons for them to not make such information public.
Not for a long time and not as far as I remember sales data. Roll 20, D&DBeyond and FantasyGrounds used to release usage information occasionally but not recently as far as I know.
Not that I'm aware of, no.
Remember - sales data is proprietary business information. Other people having that data can impact the business. For drivethru to release it would be a breach of trust that would likely make sellers abandon the platform in droves.
I think that there's one company (it might be Evil Hat) that talks directly abotu their sales (a kind of yearly review).
And note that usage information is not sales information for the individual games in question.
Remember - sales data is proprietary business information. Other people having that data can impact the business. For drivethru to release it would be a breach of trust that would likely make sellers abandon the platform in droves.
I think that there's one company (it might be Evil Hat) that talks directly abotu their sales (a kind of yearly review).
And note that usage information is not sales information for the individual games in question.
Most companies do not publish sales data (Evil Hat is a notable exception to this).
You can infer some limited information -- such as what 'metal award' bracket something is in on DTRPG, an Amazon ranking, or what it raised on Kickstarter -- but those aren't solid numbers and there's no way to know what they sell on their own websites or through distribution or at conventions. You also don't know what percentage of their sales are made through what channels. And for some channels you can access BookScan data. But these are all just bits of data, not the whole picture.
So the short answer is generally no, not really, unless they tell you.
You can infer some limited information -- such as what 'metal award' bracket something is in on DTRPG, an Amazon ranking, or what it raised on Kickstarter -- but those aren't solid numbers and there's no way to know what they sell on their own websites or through distribution or at conventions. You also don't know what percentage of their sales are made through what channels. And for some channels you can access BookScan data. But these are all just bits of data, not the whole picture.
So the short answer is generally no, not really, unless they tell you.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The metal ratings are displayed, and each covers a discrete band of sales numbers and some bloggers have scraped the whole site and seen that 75% of products never even get to copper sales (which I believe is 51 sales).
So, yes, generally speaking, but specific sales numbers are proprietary.
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