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<blockquote data-quote="jsaving" data-source="post: 5894278" data-attributes="member: 16726"><p>My 4e group feels your pain, not wanting to remotely believe 4e could be a subpar marketplace performer unless someone can somehow sneak into WotC and give you the numbers only they have to prove it. All we can do is point you toward people like The Rouse who do know those numbers, surveys like the several that have been posted on ENWorld over the last year or so that show Pathfinder surpassing D&D at FLGSs, and the early plug-pulling on 4e by WotC to lay out a logical case that the sales numbers are likely considerably worse than you and (some) others believe them to be.</p><p></p><p>But I would dispute your statement that those who do accept this case are "dancing" on 4th edition's "grave". I for one think 4e is a solid system, enjoy playing it with my 4e group, and don't see that it has necessarily gotten a fair shake from some portions of the gaming community. And I deeply regret that the RPG market has gotten so fragmented over the last few years. It split my own gaming group in two, and not a day goes by that I don't wish 4e had been the uniting edition that 5e now seeks to be. I don't know myself whether a new edition that combines the best of 3e and 4e can pull it back together. But I have to hope that it can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jsaving, post: 5894278, member: 16726"] My 4e group feels your pain, not wanting to remotely believe 4e could be a subpar marketplace performer unless someone can somehow sneak into WotC and give you the numbers only they have to prove it. All we can do is point you toward people like The Rouse who do know those numbers, surveys like the several that have been posted on ENWorld over the last year or so that show Pathfinder surpassing D&D at FLGSs, and the early plug-pulling on 4e by WotC to lay out a logical case that the sales numbers are likely considerably worse than you and (some) others believe them to be. But I would dispute your statement that those who do accept this case are "dancing" on 4th edition's "grave". I for one think 4e is a solid system, enjoy playing it with my 4e group, and don't see that it has necessarily gotten a fair shake from some portions of the gaming community. And I deeply regret that the RPG market has gotten so fragmented over the last few years. It split my own gaming group in two, and not a day goes by that I don't wish 4e had been the uniting edition that 5e now seeks to be. I don't know myself whether a new edition that combines the best of 3e and 4e can pull it back together. But I have to hope that it can. [/QUOTE]
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