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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3445620" data-attributes="member: 2205">Yeah, not just "hardly scientific" but completely nonsensical.  I did a few quick searches on Amazon and jotted down the sales rank just for fun:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PHB 3.5 -- 2,038</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Wars Saga edition (preorders only, obviously) -- 3,605</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Wars Revised -- 42,902</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PHB 3e -- 30,061</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">d20 Modern - 34,135</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Buffy RPG -- none</li> </ul>There are other factors contributing to the "noise" too--the games essentially been unsupported for over a year now, with much of it's product line out of print too.  The prequels are done and over with, and they pretty much sucked, which contributes greatly to the market demand for the book.On the other hand, WotC have expressed (IIRC) satisfaction with the sales performance of the book line, and I'd be really surprised if it's not well above what would be expected from any other printer doing any other licensed property.  The only reason it's been unsupported recently is because the terms of the license only allow a certain amount of products to be released each year and the mini game products are much more profitable for WotC to make.I suppose that could be considered a failure in some sense, but comparing an RPG product to a miniatures game product is hardly fair.  Comparing Star Wars to any other RPG product other than D&D itself, which has always stood apart from the rest of the market--I'd bet it's one of the most successful RPG's ever printed.  :shrug:</blockquote>

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