How few are they again according to your data?
Few enough.
Litteraly. :P
Here's a little quote from a website that actually has numbers:
There are currently an estimated 13.7 million active tabletop D&D players worldwide. Since the inception of D&D in 1974, that number has continued to grow. And with D&D becoming more mainstream, projections are that the number of D&D players will continue to rise.
Core D&D rules difficulty setting is a requirement at this point, with so many liberties being taken that actually make the game worse, not better.
Yes ... that indeed is a number.
Its unrelated and completely irellevant to this topic ... but it is "a number", big one even.
Your point?
Trying to put the topic in context with the information available. I would encourage you to also search for data to back up those long opinionated posts of yours that usually try to dissect and debunk other posters.
Well, that didn't happen here. Let me show you why:
Currently, I
estimate that only 100 players bought BG 3 looking for 5e. I'm being generous with this
estimation,
based on the estimated number of unique posters on these topics.
Now, the actual number of active players could be much higher, or much lower. That's why they open their statement with "estimated". It could be really flawed if, for example, they're basing it on what's been sold. How many unique sales are there? Is there a server you have to log in to in order to play in a TT game? Their number likely includes me, who hasn't purchased anything since they launched 4e, people that no longer play at all, for various reasons, and would leave out players that just use someone else's books at the table. So, while "an estimated 13.7 million players" looks really impressive, it's useless for this discussion, because there hasn't been 13.7 million sales of the EA, and according to some, end sales won't even come close to that, and I'm fairly certain that one could count me amongst those that doesn't think it's going to do that well. Meaning that not everyone that plays DnD, or that has ever played, is going to buy this game.
