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An update on SR6e DriveThruRPG ratings
penllawen:
A few weeks ago, FastJack said:
--- Quote ---Was my wording off, or were a lot of people surprised that sixth edition was more popular than they thought it would be? I suspect a lot of people are feeling shocked that Sixth World is the number one download on DriveThruRPG ever since it came out.
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This made me curious so I compiled a list of the top 10 on DTRPG at the time, complete with the star rating that is displayed next to each item. This wasn't a good showing for SR6, with a rating at the time of 3.4/5 -- the next lowest in the top 10 was 4.8/5.
However, that was based on a scant four days of sales, so I made a note to revisit it when a few weeks had passed. I've now done this, and here it is. As you can see, SR6e has fallen from the #1 spot and is receiving a bit of a kicking from DTRPG reviewers.
Position Title Score Number of ratings Release date 1 Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit 4.8/5 42 August 01, 2019 2 Shadowrun, Sixth World Core Rulebook 2.8/5 19 August 26, 2019 3 Eclipse Phase Second Edition 5/5 13 August 09, 2019 4 Legend of the Five Rings: Courts of Stone 5/5 2 August 27, 2019 5 The Short Games Digest: Volume 2 5/5 5 September 09, 2019 6 Bayt al Azif #2: A magazine for Cthulhu Mythos roleplaying games n/a n/a September 09, 2019 7 Stars Without Number: Revised Edition 4.9/5 154 December 29, 2017 8 Occult Philosophy 5/5 24 July 29, 2019 9 Rangers of Shadow Deep: Ghost Stone 4.3/5 3 August 02, 2019 10 Esper Genesis 5E Threats Database 5/5 6 August 15, 2019 11 Rangers of Shadow Deep: A Tabletop Adventure Game 4.8/5 62 November 02, 2018 12 Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. The Second Edition, Version 2.01 4.5/5 79 March 09, 2014 13 Lords and Lands: a Witcher TRPG Expansion 3.3/5 12 August 01, 2019 14 Apocalypse World: Burned Over Hackbook 5/5 3 August 01, 2019 15 Star Trek Adventures: Alpha Quadrant Source Book 4.3/5 3 July 25, 2019
FastJack:
Well, the reason the Cyberpunk Red retook the top spot is because they cut the price in half this past week.
As for reviews... The Streetpedia, which everyone here loved, has a 2.9/5 rating.
penllawen:
--- Quote from: FastJack on ---Well, the reason the Cyberpunk Red retook the top spot is because they cut the price in half this past week.
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Incorrect. The PDF version was always $15, the $30 comparative price shown on DTRPG is for the physical release. Citation: many places, but for example, IGN: "The digital edition, available as of August 1, 2019, will retail for $15.00 USD and the physical edition (available exclusively at GenCon 2019 initially then at your local hobby shop) will cost $29.99."
--- Quote ---As for reviews... The Streetpedia, which everyone here loved, has a 2.9/5 rating.
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So there's nothing to see here, you think? Nothing worrying at all about those reviews?
Michael Chandra:
--- Quote from: FastJack on ---Well, the reason the Cyberpunk Red retook the top spot is because they cut the price in half this past week.
As for reviews... The Streetpedia, which everyone here loved, has a 2.9/5 rating.
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It's not as if the review-count is high enough to be significant. Plus a lot of people have 6w free through another store or official channels and cannot review it. So the review-score is just a number, not reliable at all. :-\
penllawen:
--- Quote from: Michael Chandra on ---It's not as if the review-count is high enough to be significant.
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I disagree, I think the sample size is becoming large enough. But sure, we can give it a few more weeks and check back in.
--- Quote from: Michael Chandra on ---So the review-score is just a number, not reliable at all. :-\
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I imagine the review score is much more than "just a number" for potential purchasers browsing DTRPG. It's very prominent in the UI.
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