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<blockquote data-quote="SMHWorlds" data-source="post: 7848801" data-attributes="member: 6853809"><p>I have a few thoughts on sales numbers</p><p></p><p>-By 1994, twenty years of D&D, there was a lot more competition in terms of RPGs and computer games than there had been in the period of 1979-1983/85. Although personal computers and PC gaming was on the rise as well during the 80s.</p><p></p><p>-There was also a cultural shift; Vampire and to a lesser degree other games were taking things outside of the dungeon. Yes your basic fantasy stuff was still popular as it is today, but White Wolf, FASA, WEG, and others were big RPG companies like TSR and put out fantastic products that were not dungeon crawls. Perhaps they never reached AD&D/D&D heights, but their sales were not insignificant. Of course, like TSR, many of these companies did not make it out of the 90s intact or at all. Perhaps there are larger market forces at work during the 90s across the entire RPG industry?</p><p></p><p>-These are just sales of the PHB/DMG. Do they include the Monster Manual? That would need to be adjusted perhaps because the format of the MM changed from AD&D 1st to 2nd. What about the sales of the setting material? That lovely 2nd edition FR hardbook that I wish I still had. How did all of that figure into the financials?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMHWorlds, post: 7848801, member: 6853809"] I have a few thoughts on sales numbers -By 1994, twenty years of D&D, there was a lot more competition in terms of RPGs and computer games than there had been in the period of 1979-1983/85. Although personal computers and PC gaming was on the rise as well during the 80s. -There was also a cultural shift; Vampire and to a lesser degree other games were taking things outside of the dungeon. Yes your basic fantasy stuff was still popular as it is today, but White Wolf, FASA, WEG, and others were big RPG companies like TSR and put out fantastic products that were not dungeon crawls. Perhaps they never reached AD&D/D&D heights, but their sales were not insignificant. Of course, like TSR, many of these companies did not make it out of the 90s intact or at all. Perhaps there are larger market forces at work during the 90s across the entire RPG industry? -These are just sales of the PHB/DMG. Do they include the Monster Manual? That would need to be adjusted perhaps because the format of the MM changed from AD&D 1st to 2nd. What about the sales of the setting material? That lovely 2nd edition FR hardbook that I wish I still had. How did all of that figure into the financials? [/QUOTE]
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