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Originally Posted by Rechan  3e is an older edition. Therefore, the only players you are going to get are those that are not moving on to the new edition.
That in and of itself is a limited number. New players aren't going to want to learn the old system; new players are like "I want to play D&D, what's this system you're going on about?".
Not only that, but Pathfinder is an off-shot of 3.5. So you're splitting the numbers further between those sticking with 3.5 and those moving to Pathfinder.
It's limited because you're splitting your buyers, and new customers are harder to come by.
Pathfinder is, essentially, selling to the choir. |
While this is true, it is only one factor. There are things larger than edition that are to be considered for at least some third party gamers. I am a bigger fan of Necromancer than ANY edition. I'd buy their products if they came out with 3rd, 4th, pathfinder, or their own system. Same is true for the Midnight setting of Fantasy flight games, Green Ronin's Freeport, Privateer Press's Iron Kingdoms, or Paradigm Concept's Arcanis.
I actually prefer third edition to Pathfinder, but I'll take what I can get.
In any case, it's not that I want these companies to produce for pathfinder or for
4e. I just want products from them. I can convert them as I need. (Though if they were all one or two systems, that would be ideal)
On the other hand, products like Goodman's
4e dungeon crawls are not world specific, nor are they usually as inventive as the Necromancer adventures. I'd buy those if I wanted more
4e adventures (same reason I buy the third edition ones). They are great dungeon crawls. But that's generally all they are. They're not a reason to get into fourth edition, they're a reason to stay with fourth edition and broaden it. If I'm convinced to get
4e, I'll definitely buy their products to get more
4e. But what I'm looking for is diversity in
4e before I buy. If I can get that, I'm in.
Heck, I'd even convert my
3e stuff to
4e if they were in the same gaming worlds.
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