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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7810545" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>That is fine but relative to D&D and the scale. D&D in the same time frame sold over a million units, hell if you cherry pick 83 to 91 its even higher. </p><p></p><p> MERP went under, so did 2E, both had lots of books. </p><p></p><p> I gave Lorraines exact quote in the OP, we know roughly how much 2E sold and when and we also know how many sets the black box sold. Both of them dwarf MERP using the knowledge Lorraine had in 1992. </p><p></p><p> Its a relative thing, MERP put up good numbers for a not D&D RPG but its not D&D scale. </p><p></p><p> IN 2E first year they sold around 270-280k copies thats almost the lifetime sales of MERP. That black box sold 500k and then ad a follow on box released 1992 IIRC. </p><p></p><p> If one product outsells the other by a factor of 10 roughly in a year what are you going to focus on?</p><p></p><p> Lorraines quote "its not worth our while". Context look at early 2E sales before it tanked, look at BECMI sales which had the Rules Cyclopedia and 2 boxed sets released around that time frame. </p><p></p><p> I never said MERP was worth nothing, its context. If you have 3 or 4 products all of which outsell MERP Lorraines quote makes perfect sense IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7810545, member: 6716779"] That is fine but relative to D&D and the scale. D&D in the same time frame sold over a million units, hell if you cherry pick 83 to 91 its even higher. MERP went under, so did 2E, both had lots of books. I gave Lorraines exact quote in the OP, we know roughly how much 2E sold and when and we also know how many sets the black box sold. Both of them dwarf MERP using the knowledge Lorraine had in 1992. Its a relative thing, MERP put up good numbers for a not D&D RPG but its not D&D scale. IN 2E first year they sold around 270-280k copies thats almost the lifetime sales of MERP. That black box sold 500k and then ad a follow on box released 1992 IIRC. If one product outsells the other by a factor of 10 roughly in a year what are you going to focus on? Lorraines quote "its not worth our while". Context look at early 2E sales before it tanked, look at BECMI sales which had the Rules Cyclopedia and 2 boxed sets released around that time frame. I never said MERP was worth nothing, its context. If you have 3 or 4 products all of which outsell MERP Lorraines quote makes perfect sense IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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