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I'd take it one step further -- it may well be that alternatives like
video games have priced themselves out of the same competitive
entertainment space. Video games are selling for 60 dollars a game,
last 10 to 60 hours, and rapidly become outdated because the player
base moves on to the next multiplayer game. RPGs move slower in a
multitude of aspects, including the community adoption rate.

As a comparison, Modern Warfare 2 had about a year window. Halo Reach
came out, and all of my gamer friends moved on to it -- and then Call
of Duty: Black Ops came out and now they're all playing that. This
would be like a new version of D&D coming out every six months.

This speed and fragmentation has a very high churn. Try finding
someone online to play a game that's five years old. Comparatively,
role-playing games move slower and sell slower. It's a better
investment, especially during a recession.

With hobby games up -- all of them, not just RPGs -- it's possible
that the alternatives are less appealing than they once were. A RPG
selling at 60 bucks is a good deal considering how many hours of game
play, the fact that there is unlikely to be a new version everyone is
playing within six months, and that not every player needs a copy to
play.

Then again, see GMSkarka's post about this very subject:
http://gmskarka.com/2010/10/21/tabletopocalypse-now/

Of particular interest is the discussion about the 5th best seller on
ICv2s list, the Dresden files.

On Nov 10, 12:28 pm, Scooter C <scooteri...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> No worries. Thanks for the follow up.
>
> Hawke raises an interesting point. Are we in fact seeing roleplaying
> games selling more, or is there simply a higher price tag on them? A
> good parallel to this would be the movie industry. Movies like Titanic
> and Avatar are called the biggest selling movies of all time, but they
> don't factor in that, for example, my dad would pay a dollar or
> something to see a movie when he was a kid (and now we pay $10+). It's
> also a tough comparison because it's easier to see a movie now.
>
> Likewise, it is easier to buy roleplaying games now. Many games are
> now sold in comic stores, book stores, and through online venues.
> There are also more of them (stores and games). Just like with the
> increasing variety of movies and access to theatres, its simply easier
> to buy roleplaying games. But the question still stands: Are they
> selling more, or are they selling for more?
>

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