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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6933624" data-attributes="member: 22424">Yep. As long as the PHB continues to fly high in the Amazon charts (and, one assumes, continues to sell elsewhere in large numbers), 5e will continue. Once it starts to slip, we'll start to see either 6e gearing up or a cancellation.However...What's less clear is how the production of supplements affects PHB sales. It appears (again from Dancey's analysis) that at least some supplements help to drive PHB sales, and so are a net good for the line. But, equally, I suspect [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] is right that too many supplements has the opposite effect - that they serve to drive people away from the PHB rather than helping.Where I think I disagree with Hussar, though, is that I think it's probably not the simple number of supplements that is key, but more likely the rate at which they are produced. (And it also matters a great deal which books are produced, as well as the simple numbers.)But that's just a best guess. Nobody knows exactly what the answer is - even WotC, who have the best available data, only know that some specific approaches don't work for them and that some other specific approaches are working... for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6933624, member: 22424"] Yep. As long as the PHB continues to fly high in the Amazon charts (and, one assumes, continues to sell elsewhere in large numbers), 5e will continue. Once it starts to slip, we'll start to see either 6e gearing up or a cancellation. However... What's less clear is how the production of supplements affects PHB sales. It appears (again from Dancey's analysis) that at least some supplements help to drive PHB sales, and so are a net good for the line. But, equally, I suspect [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] is right that too many supplements has the opposite effect - that they serve to drive people away from the PHB rather than helping. Where I think I disagree with Hussar, though, is that I think it's probably not the simple number of supplements that is key, but more likely the rate at which they are produced. (And it also matters a great deal [i]which[/i] books are produced, as well as the simple numbers.) But that's just a best guess. [i]Nobody[/i] knows exactly what the answer is - even WotC, who have the best available data, only know that some specific approaches don't work for them and that some other specific approaches are working... for now. [/QUOTE]

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