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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 7673899" data-attributes="member: 957"><p>This is a bit of a non sequitur.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure that hit novels and hit video games have a finite positive value. I never said they didn't.</p><p></p><p>But people who are going to play RPGs are going to play what they want to play. Cool D&D novels released two years ago might inspire Pathfinder fans to play more, but they would continue to play Pathfinder, so that wouldn't help WotC's D&D.</p><p></p><p>People who are not playing RPGs, first and foremost, are going to overwhelming continue to not play RPGs. </p><p>An important aside here is that if marketing non-RPG D&D to these people is more profitable, then more power to WotC for going there. I'm not disputing that. I'm just talking about the specific RPG market.</p><p></p><p>For the trivial number of people who decide to try RPGs they are going to play what they find people playing. If this happens in June 2015 then they are quite likely to find 5E players. But if the pre-existing 5E player base ebbs, and it will, then the chance that the people the new person finds are playing something else goes up.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the RPG market will continue to fight for share of the fanbase. If WotC doesn't defend their turf they will see the impact. They have plenty of inertia and a good game, so it isn't just going to roll over. But other options will chip away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 7673899, member: 957"] This is a bit of a non sequitur. I'm sure that hit novels and hit video games have a finite positive value. I never said they didn't. But people who are going to play RPGs are going to play what they want to play. Cool D&D novels released two years ago might inspire Pathfinder fans to play more, but they would continue to play Pathfinder, so that wouldn't help WotC's D&D. People who are not playing RPGs, first and foremost, are going to overwhelming continue to not play RPGs. An important aside here is that if marketing non-RPG D&D to these people is more profitable, then more power to WotC for going there. I'm not disputing that. I'm just talking about the specific RPG market. For the trivial number of people who decide to try RPGs they are going to play what they find people playing. If this happens in June 2015 then they are quite likely to find 5E players. But if the pre-existing 5E player base ebbs, and it will, then the chance that the people the new person finds are playing something else goes up. The rest of the RPG market will continue to fight for share of the fanbase. If WotC doesn't defend their turf they will see the impact. They have plenty of inertia and a good game, so it isn't just going to roll over. But other options will chip away. [/QUOTE]
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