Corpsetaker
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I was speaking to a friend of mine, who is in the business, about these survey's and the release schedule. He told me they are useless in gathering actual data and are not reflection on what the people actually want but they are not worthless as a PR tool.
Look at it this way. He believes Wizards has already made commitments to a specific number of products that are already laid out and planned. He says even if Wizards feedback showed that the general populace of gamers wanted more material and are not happy with the overall release schedule, which he believes to be true, Wizards would not change it because it would disrupt their already dedicated future flow. What these surveys do is they act as a PR tool for Wizards in order to give the illusion that we the players are actually driving the direction of the game. If you want something different and it doesn't go with what Wizards has planned, then it makes you seem like you are basically the only one who wants change and that the majority of gamers want exactly what Wizards is currently doing.
He says if Wizards made one product at a time, sat back and looked at how well it sold before moving on to the next, then the release schedule would be even slower.
In my opinion, a lot of this has a ring of truth around it.
Look at it this way. He believes Wizards has already made commitments to a specific number of products that are already laid out and planned. He says even if Wizards feedback showed that the general populace of gamers wanted more material and are not happy with the overall release schedule, which he believes to be true, Wizards would not change it because it would disrupt their already dedicated future flow. What these surveys do is they act as a PR tool for Wizards in order to give the illusion that we the players are actually driving the direction of the game. If you want something different and it doesn't go with what Wizards has planned, then it makes you seem like you are basically the only one who wants change and that the majority of gamers want exactly what Wizards is currently doing.
He says if Wizards made one product at a time, sat back and looked at how well it sold before moving on to the next, then the release schedule would be even slower.
In my opinion, a lot of this has a ring of truth around it.
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