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<blockquote data-quote="Maul" data-source="post: 7850773" data-attributes="member: 6701428"><p><u><strong>You can't compare 5th to other editions because of several reasons. </strong></u></p><p><strong>1.</strong> There are way more people on the planet so the chances of a person becoming interested in D&D is higher. A way higher base group metric than back in the 70's and 80's. Its like comparing Ghostbusters from the 80's to Lord of the rings from the 2000's. Just way more consumers available to partake in the product.</p><p><strong>2. </strong>Social Media gets the word out to more people than back when the internet didn't exist. </p><p><strong>3</strong>. The previous editions of D&D have cumulatively added more and more D&D players over the years so every edition after the 1st stands on the shoulders of the previous editions efforts for marketing and simple existance on the market over the years. </p><p><strong>4. </strong>The kind of D&D your playing. Every edition before 4th edition was a "Thinking-Mans-Edition" of D&D. You had to use your brain and come up with strategies for character creations but the end result was amazing. The newer editions (4th & 5th) are what I like to call "Drive-Thru-Mcdonalds" simple versions of D&D which pandered to the video game generation where everything needed to be streamlined because the fine details that rounded out your character were too complicated thus simplifying it to make it seem more like a video game where the rules steer you in the direction they want you to for character development.</p><p></p><p>So, in my opinion, these are the reasons why you can't compare the newer versions to older versions when it comes to sales. Their not on even grounds for comparison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maul, post: 7850773, member: 6701428"] [U][B]You can't compare 5th to other editions because of several reasons. [/B][/U] [B]1.[/B] There are way more people on the planet so the chances of a person becoming interested in D&D is higher. A way higher base group metric than back in the 70's and 80's. Its like comparing Ghostbusters from the 80's to Lord of the rings from the 2000's. Just way more consumers available to partake in the product. [B]2. [/B]Social Media gets the word out to more people than back when the internet didn't exist. [B]3[/B]. The previous editions of D&D have cumulatively added more and more D&D players over the years so every edition after the 1st stands on the shoulders of the previous editions efforts for marketing and simple existance on the market over the years. [B]4. [/B]The kind of D&D your playing. Every edition before 4th edition was a "Thinking-Mans-Edition" of D&D. You had to use your brain and come up with strategies for character creations but the end result was amazing. The newer editions (4th & 5th) are what I like to call "Drive-Thru-Mcdonalds" simple versions of D&D which pandered to the video game generation where everything needed to be streamlined because the fine details that rounded out your character were too complicated thus simplifying it to make it seem more like a video game where the rules steer you in the direction they want you to for character development. So, in my opinion, these are the reasons why you can't compare the newer versions to older versions when it comes to sales. Their not on even grounds for comparison. [/QUOTE]
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