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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8347962" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>This was the first time that I looked back over the history of these sales charts...and as usual, the history tells an interesting story.</p><p></p><p>2008: D&D 4th Edition was released.</p><p></p><p>2009: Pathfinder RPG was released.</p><p></p><p>2010: D&D sales begin to flag, and Pathfinder sales rocket; Pathfinder ties with D&D for best selling RPG. "D&D Essentials" was released.</p><p></p><p>2011: Pathfinder becomes the best-selling RPG, and D&D falls to 2nd place for the first time ever.</p><p></p><p>2012: D&D falls to 3rd place, behind Pathfinder and Star Wars. D&D 5th Edition was announced.</p><p></p><p>2013: D&D slips to 4th place, behind Pathfinder, Star Wars, and Fate Core.</p><p></p><p>2014: D&D 5th Edition is released that summer, and D&D jumps to #1 again before Christmas. D&D has remained #1 ever since.</p><p></p><p>It's fun to talk about the possibility of a "6th Edition" of D&D, and to speculate about what it might look like and how it might evolve over the years...but I don't really see it happening until their sales begin to slip. Right now, D&D is more popular than it ever has been, and selling more copies than it ever has. Until D&D slips to the #2 or #3 position on that chart, I doubt they are going to tamper with their product. Those were hard lessons to learn, and too important to forget.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8347962, member: 50987"] This was the first time that I looked back over the history of these sales charts...and as usual, the history tells an interesting story. 2008: D&D 4th Edition was released. 2009: Pathfinder RPG was released. 2010: D&D sales begin to flag, and Pathfinder sales rocket; Pathfinder ties with D&D for best selling RPG. "D&D Essentials" was released. 2011: Pathfinder becomes the best-selling RPG, and D&D falls to 2nd place for the first time ever. 2012: D&D falls to 3rd place, behind Pathfinder and Star Wars. D&D 5th Edition was announced. 2013: D&D slips to 4th place, behind Pathfinder, Star Wars, and Fate Core. 2014: D&D 5th Edition is released that summer, and D&D jumps to #1 again before Christmas. D&D has remained #1 ever since. It's fun to talk about the possibility of a "6th Edition" of D&D, and to speculate about what it might look like and how it might evolve over the years...but I don't really see it happening until their sales begin to slip. Right now, D&D is more popular than it ever has been, and selling more copies than it ever has. Until D&D slips to the #2 or #3 position on that chart, I doubt they are going to tamper with their product. Those were hard lessons to learn, and too important to forget. [/QUOTE]
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