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Originally Posted by Aberzanzorax

About a 1 to 1 correlation with those who want 3rd party production. I.E. everyone who cares about the GSL and everyone who would expand or develop interest in 4e if there were third party production.

That's not what I'm saying.

I don't have a FLGS. The nearest place to me with gaming books is a Books-A-Million. They have the most recent WotC books, a few White Wolf books, and one or two Pathfinder modules.

That's it.

They didn't have any 3e 3rd party options when 3e was out, and I highly, highly doubt that they will have any 4e 3rd party publications there,.

If I wasn't on EnWorld, I would know Jack about the 3rd party situation, much less the GSL and Pathfinder split business.

So my point: to the non-internet crowd, 3rd party publishing (3e, Pathfinder or 4e) may not be as significant a buy, due to a lack of information and exposure.

The question therefore I am proposing is: Which is bigger, the customer base outside of the know (thus, not 3PP customers) and/or those that just buy 1 or 2 WotC books in addition to the Core Rules, versus the customer base who are 3rd party supporters? If the former is larger than the latter, then threatening WotC with going home with your ball (so to speak), WotC might call that bluff.