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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6941114" data-attributes="member: 22424">Honestly, the single biggest factor in the numbers coming back up is simple: WotC published some books. Between 2012 and 2014 they'd more or less put D&amp;D on hiatus while they developed the new edition, so of course there was a big hit. And when they then published a new edition, of course the numbers bounced.What's more surprising is that the numbers have stayed high - that D&amp;D continues to do well in the Amazon charts, that the market continues to be at that $30M level, and that there seems to be no obvious drop in either sales or interest.And since that's not consistent with what we saw with 3.0e, 3.5e, 4e, or Essentials, that strongly suggests that whatever they're doing differently is the thing that's making the difference. And, as far as I can tell, the main thing they're doing differently is that much slower release schedule.I don't particularly like it, but it's kind of hard for me to argue against it. WotC have a strategy that is working for them (for now) and that they're happy with (for now), so [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]'s right - it doesn't make sense for them to significantly change (for now).And since I don't say it enough: congratulations to WotC on their success.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6941114, member: 22424"] Honestly, the single biggest factor in the numbers coming back up is simple: WotC [i]published some books[/i]. Between 2012 and 2014 they'd more or less put D&D on hiatus while they developed the new edition, so of course there was a big hit. And when they then published a new edition, of course the numbers bounced. What's more surprising is that the numbers have [i]stayed[/i] high - that D&D continues to do well in the Amazon charts, that the market continues to be at that $30M level, and that there seems to be no obvious drop in either sales or interest. And since that's not consistent with what we saw with 3.0e, 3.5e, 4e, or Essentials, that [i]strongly[/i] suggests that whatever they're doing differently is the thing that's making the difference. And, as far as I can tell, the main thing they're doing differently is that much slower release schedule. I don't particularly like it, but it's kind of hard for me to argue against it. WotC have a strategy that is working for them (for now) and that they're happy with (for now), so [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION]'s right - it doesn't make sense for them to significantly change (for now). And since I don't say it enough: congratulations to WotC on their success. [/QUOTE]

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