ICv2 -- 2011 Q3 RPG Sales

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wrecan

Nov 08, 2011 11:22:53		Pathfinder outsells WotC in RPG sales two quarters running.  Link and Link

Just to recap the ICv2 articles going back to Second Quarter 2009 (when they first began reporting).

2009 Q2
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Warhammer (FFG); 3rd-Song of Fire and Ice (FFG); 4th-World of Darkness (WWGS); 5th-Shadowrun (FASA)
"The roleplaying game category remains deeply troubled, with most brands down, and the gap between Dungeons and Dragons and the rest growing."

2009 Q3
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-World of Darkness (WWGS); 4th-Song of Fire & Ice (FFG); 5th-Shadowrun (FASA)
"RPGs, behind the new excitement associated with Paizo’s Pathfinder RPG, are also doing well. "

2009 Q4
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-Warhammer (FFG); 4th-Rogue Trader (FFG); 5th-World of Darkness (WWGS)
"RPG sales were down around 10% in 2009."

2010 Q1
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-Warhammer (FFG); 4th-Rogue Trader (FFG); 5th-Dragon Age (Green Ronin)
"Paizo’s Pathfinder is competing for #1 in some venues, especially in comparative sales of core books."

2010 Q2
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-Warhammer (FFG); 4th-Shadowrun (FASA); 5th-Rogue Trader (FFG)
"In RPGs, the battle for leadership between perennial winner D&D and Paizo’s Pathfinder continues, with Wizards of the Coast mounting a strong defense and Paizo on the attack"

2010 Q3
1st-D&D (WotC) & Pathfinder (Paizo) (tie); 3rd-Warhammer (FFG); 4th-Rogue Trader (FFG); 5th-Dresden Files (Evil Hat)
Oddly, ICv2 had no mention of the general state of the RPG market this quarter, despite the unprecedented tie for 1st.

2010 Q4
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-Rogue Trader (FFG); 4th-Dragon Age (Green Ronin); 5th Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin)
Again, no comments to elucidate any trends.

2011 Q1
1st-D&D (WotC); 2nd-Pathfinder (Paizo); 3rd-Rogue Trader (FFG); 4th-Dragon Age (Green Ronin); 5th Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin)
"And in RPGs, WotC’s Dungeons & Dragons and Paizo’s Pathfinder continue to duke it out, with D&D's coterie   of one-game stores, relative strength in the book channel, and   organized play allowing it to still hold a lead over-all.  That helps D&D overcome the stronger Pathfinder product schedule, which is swinging the balance in favor of the Paizo line in more stores that carry both."

2011 Q2
1st Pathfinder (Paizo); 2nd-D&D (WotC); 3rd-Rogue Trader (FFG); 4th-Dragon Age (Green Ronin); 5th-Shadowrun (Catalyst)
"In the RPG category, we estimate that Paizo's Pathfinder won the quarter, behind more and stronger releases than Dungeons & Dragons."

2011 Q3
1st Pathfinder (Paizo); 2nd-D&D (WotC); 3rd-Rogue Trader (FFG); 4th-Dragon Age (Green Ronin); 5th-Shadowrun (Catalyst)
"Paizo’s Pathfinder, #1 in the roleplaying game category, continued to gain momentum, with sharp differences in the number of releases between it and WotC’s category-defining Dungeons and Dragons.  Some retailers told ICv2 of differences between the customers of the two games, with D&D 4.0 appealing to new players and people that don’t want to get super-involved in an RPG, and Pathfinder the choice of players that want to spend more time on playing."