John-
I agree with your assessment. The game industry was
better 20 years ago. But check out this information:
You wrote:
"I'm willing to bet that the 3E books are the only p&p
rpg products to break 50,000 and probably even 30,000
units this year. I can think of dozens of products
that sold that much 20 years ago."
In an old email, Ryan Dancey wrote:
"GenCon is not like any other gaming (or scifi)
convention you've ever been to. The >turnstile< will
exceed 20,000 unique individuals. Every hotel
room in Milwaukee is sold out and usually sleeps four
people or more. We're planning on selling 10,000
PHBs."
Holy $h*t! 10,000 PHBs!...and thats just at GenCon.
The PHB--before its release--is already a huge seller
at Amazon.
Looks like the purchasing base for 3e is plugged in.
People are ready for the renaissance.
Clark
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