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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 8691088" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I'm still a bit confused about what you're contesting.We've got two recent sources of more comprehensive sales data from TSR than were previously publicly available.&nbsp; Jon Peterson's book Game Wizards, from last year, and Ben Riggs' upcoming Slaying the Dragon, which comes out next week.Jon, to the best of my understanding, used actual TSR records from WotC.&nbsp; The numbers he put in the book were pretty high-level, though, as he wasn't interested in filling the books with numbers and charts, more in tracking how TSR did and what decisions people involved made.&nbsp; He gives summary revenue and profit figures at the end of each chapter, for each year.&nbsp; That article I just shared with you has images of three different internal documents from TSR- one showing income statements for '78 and '79, one showing unit sales for Q3 1979, and one showing unit sales of the top 39 modules in calendar year 1983.Ben says, if I understand correctly, that he got his figures from at least one anonymous source, likely a former TSR staffer, and that they've been corroborated by other inside sources.&nbsp; He's openly STATED that he only has partial data. For example, he's got numbers for sales of AD&amp;D hardcovers, but not for the modules.So are you claiming that Jon's lying, or that Ben has incomplete data (which he's openly stated), or something else?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 8691088, member: 7026594"] I'm still a bit confused about what you're contesting. We've got two recent sources of more comprehensive sales data from TSR than were previously publicly available. Jon Peterson's book [I]Game Wizards[/I], from last year, and Ben Riggs' upcoming [I]Slaying the Dragon[/I], which comes out next week. Jon, to the best of my understanding, used actual TSR records from WotC. The numbers he put in the book were pretty high-level, though, as he wasn't interested in filling the books with numbers and charts, more in tracking how TSR did and what decisions people involved made. He gives summary revenue and profit figures at the end of each chapter, for each year. That article I just shared with you has images of three different internal documents from TSR- one showing income statements for '78 and '79, one showing unit sales for Q3 1979, and one showing unit sales of the top 39 modules in calendar year 1983. Ben says, if I understand correctly, that he got his figures from at least one anonymous source, likely a former TSR staffer, and that they've been corroborated by other inside sources. He's openly STATED that he only has partial data. For example, he's got numbers for sales of AD&D hardcovers, but not for the modules. So are you claiming that Jon's lying, or that Ben has incomplete data (which he's openly stated), or something else? [/QUOTE]

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