09-26-2016, 08:15 AM | #21 |
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Re: what if another role playing game had DnDs cultural Impact?
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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09-26-2016, 10:37 AM | #23 | |
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http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/12/10/247521444/do-americans-spend-more-on-video-games-or-movies But they're in the same order of magnitude, and we spend more buying video games either box office sales or aftermarket sales. The data isn't as easy to find on statistica, but it gives similar figures: video Games Books I couldn't find a combined film statistics, but the numbers generally show that money comes in to all three at about the same rate, and if anything, more is SPENT on books. These are also all revenue, not profit. For all I know publishing has a very narrow profit margin.
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09-26-2016, 07:41 PM | #24 |
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Re: what if another role playing game had DnDs cultural Impact?
Wonder how book sales break down between recreational reading and school books. I imagine that documentaries and educational films are a tiny fraction of the film industry while text books seem like they are a good chunk of the book market.
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09-27-2016, 05:25 AM | #25 | |
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09-27-2016, 05:31 AM | #26 |
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