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Originally Posted by malloyd
I don't think that's true. Sales are of course somewhat tied to the economy, so they may be down some from their peak, but that probably would have been in the 00s. And it's always been a niche hobby. Estimates for the total number of people to have *ever* bought or played a table-top RPG tend to be around 25 million. That would be excellent for a single computer game (successful titles tend to sell 8-10 million copies, though Minecraft still might have it beat) or MMORPG (World of Warcraft peaked at about 12 million paying customers) but for 40 years worth....
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Haven't computer games reached the point where their sales dominate all other entertainment media, not just books (a niche market for a long time) but movies and video?