>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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>http://www.necromancergames.com
>"3rd Edition Rules, 1st Edition Feel"
I saw Ryan's post earlier, that was why I feel they will break 50,000 units for
the PHB pretty easily and probably 30,000 units for the DMG and MM. Unless some
other company has got some utterly fantastic product that uses a popular
license, I don't see anyone else breaking 30,000 units for a single product in
the p&p rpg area. Granted, I'd like to see everyone selling tons of products,
but I don't see it happening.
I was happy when our last version of the NERO rulebook broke 10,000 units in
three years. I was ecstatic when our new release broke 5,000 units in less than
6 months. If I break 10,000 units for this release in 2 years, I'll be very
happy.
One thing that is going to help drive sales of 3E products is the myriad of new
3E computer rpgs coming out. I expect to see a lot of sales to people trying to
get more insight for Icewind Dale, Pool of Radiance II, NeverWinter Nights,
etc...
John Bacon
Head Rules Designer
Nero International
www.nerolarp.com
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