Starfinder Starfinder rockets to the top on Amazon!

[TerraDave]

D&D has some actual competition on Amazon.


Technically the PHB is still hanging at #1, but Starfinder is putting numbers far ahead of any past Paizo product, or non WotC game book.






I will have to dig around to find the links, but I think PF peaked at around 400-600, though it stayed in that range for a long time (and outsold many 4E books). EDIT: See below!

Paizo also does its own internal rankings. For months on presales it hung around in the middle of the pack, outsold by whatever the latest thing was for PF. As of last night it was reported as number 1. It would kind of have to be.

Now the question is will it have legs? I am going to be heading to my FLGS, and may have an opinion after that.

 

[Nikosandros]

Are Paizo's internal sales ranking available online?

 

[TerraDave]

I get them in a weekly email.

Normally the latest AP is top, then latest player splat, then DM stuff. Corebook is in the middle somewhere. Starfinder was hanging around the middle but no longer.

 

[Nikosandros]

I get them in a weekly email.

I had forgotten about those. I get them, but I haven't actually read them in a while...

 

[Erik Mona]

I was chatting with Bulmahn yesterday and he thinks he remembers the PF Core Rulebook peaking at 87 or so, so I guess at 86 above this thing technically outperformed our main product. It's at 93 now and bounces around a lot. I was pleased to see you caught it lower than I did!

--Erik Mona

 

[TerraDave]

I was chatting with Bulmahn yesterday and he thinks he remembers the PF Core Rulebook peaking at 87 or so, so I guess at 86 above this thing technically outperformed our main product. It's at 93 now and bounces around a lot. I was pleased to see you caught it lower than I did!

--Erik Mona

Thanks for that. We could never confirm it with the ole "wayback machine" or interweb chatter from the time.

 

[happyhermit]

It really seems to be doing well, apparently it sold very well at Gencon too, and of course Paizo sells direct. It has dropped down to #246 atm in the U.S in All books (#45 in Canada), which shows how hard it must be to keep those high rankings.

Interestingly, it is cheaper on amazon than at Paizo, right now $47.51, even when you price the PDF at $9.99 and compare to the subscription. Even more interesting to me though, is it is only $0.20 more in Canada, which is weird considering the exchange rate and everything right now (in Canada it is $38 USD and free shipping).

 

[Lygah]

It really seems to be doing well, apparently it sold very well at Gencon too, and of course Paizo sells direct. It has dropped down to #246 atm in the U.S in All books (#45 in Canada), which shows how hard it must be to keep those high rankings.

Interestingly, it is cheaper on amazon than at Paizo, right now $47.51, even when you price the PDF at $9.99 and compare to the subscription. Even more interesting to me though, is it is only $0.20 more in Canada, which is weird considering the exchange rate and everything right now (in Canada it is $38 USD and free shipping).

Sadly it may be cheaper on Amazon.ca, but its back ordered out at least a month at the moment. At least that's what my pre-order is still telling me, assuming they had copies in the first place.

 

[happyhermit]

Sadly it may be cheaper on Amazon.ca, but its back ordered out at least a month at the moment. At least that's what my pre-order is still telling me, assuming they had copies in the first place.

I wouldn't have expected that

 

[TheSwartz]

Ya, idunno. My gaming group played it at GenCon and totally hated it; so didn't end up buying the book.

This pretty much sums up our experience:

 

[Jester David]

Happy for Paizo. Glad for their success.

The book left me cold, so not buying it. Too much Pathfinder. I loved the 3e system compared to 2e and 4e, but it just doesn't do it for me anymore. But glad the system still has some fans

 

[Shasarak]

For me I am just grateful that Starfinder is d20 based and not "hey look at these wierd ass symbol dice we made a game around".

 

[barrowwight]

I have been thinking of picking this up from Amazon but I notice that about 6 out of the current 16 reviews mention missing pages and problems with the books binding. Anyone here that has recieved copy, have you had any of these issues?

 

[AJCarrington]

No issues with either of my copies. However, I have seen a number of comments out there regarding misprints and binding issues. Haven't heard of any case where Paizo hasn't stepped up to address the issue as needed (i.e. replacing the book).

 

[LordOz]

Glad I held off buying it. I saw it in my FLGS and quickly flipped through it, but wanted to read reviews before plunking down for the book. If there are print issues, I'll definitely hold off until a later print run.

 

[Jester David]

Shopping on Amazon today. Does look like it dropped back down.
Was fun while it lasted.

Glad I held off buying it. I saw it in my FLGS and quickly flipped through it, but wanted to read reviews before plunking down for the book. If there are print issues, I'll definitely hold off until a later print run.

I wouldn't worry about it.
Get it from your FLGS and you can flip through and check. If it's bad, grab another. If it dies quickly, I imagine Paizo will replace.

It's just a matter of numbers.
If 1 in a 1000 books die, and you print 10,000 copies, then the 10 people who get a crap book don't get noticed. But if you print and sell 250,000, then the 250 people who get the bad book seem a lot more visible since they're all complaining.

 

[Shasarak]

I thought that Starfinder was sold out, maybe Amazon has all the stock?

 

[Nikosandros]

I thought that Starfinder was sold out, maybe Amazon has all the stock?

Starfinder was sold out at Gen Con, but it is still available from Paizo's web stores. The first Adventure Path, however, is indeed sold out.

 

[barrowwight]

No issues with either of my copies. However, I have seen a number of comments out there regarding misprints and binding issues. Haven't heard of any case where Paizo hasn't stepped up to address the issue as needed (i.e. replacing the book).

Thank you

 

[Mistwell]

Wow, 8 of the 18 reviews on Amazon so far mention the binding/spine have problems. That seems like more than a minor glitch. I am sure Paizo will take care of anyone impacted by this issue though. They always have in the past.