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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 6020443" data-attributes="member: 10177"><p>Depends on the customer base. IF they are attracted to the "new shiny", or not. Plus it also depends on if the "new shiny" is actually any good in comparison to PF.</p><p></p><p>So I am sure Paizo is hoping that people will either realize that since they have loved their PF experience that there is not need to check out the "new shiny", or after a few months of checking out 5E they will decide they still love what PF gives them much better and return.</p><p></p><p>So I am sure Paizo is hoping a large number of their current fan base will continue to be their fan base.</p><p></p><p>Considering how poorly things have apparently gone for WOTC with 4E (since they are switching to a completely new edition already, I am assuming it went poorly) I think Paizo has a very real chance of once again keeping a large number of fans.</p><p></p><p>See, TSR/WOTC in the past apparently carried a lot of their fans over to the new edition by default, because there was no support for the "old" edition. So I am thinking with 4E, they were kind of shocked to see a very significant number of their fan base stay with the old edition. To the point where that support, Paizo, even started to outsell them.</p><p></p><p>So assuming WOTC has actually learned their lesson, for the first time they actually have to put out a "knock your socks off" new edition. Otherwise, Paizo is going to keep their market share.</p><p></p><p>So if WOTC succeeds, and actually knocks our socks off with 5E, then Paizo may have to do something to continue to thrive. If WOTC fails to deliver a truly new and IMPROVED RPG over what has come before, then Paizo should be fine with going on as they have.</p><p></p><p>So I for one am very interested in seeing how it plays out in two years. On one hand, I would love to see a new version of D&D that I think is actually a better game than what I play now. I really would. On the other hand, I may hate what happens to Paizo if that does happen.</p><p></p><p>Then again, if WOTC is sticking to the "Rosseta Stone of RPG's" idea, and succeeds, by default all the wonderful setting and adventure stuff Paizo does will remain viable and sell to a broad customer base.</p><p></p><p>Thats why I buy Paizo stuff, because I am playing the current "Rosetta Stone of RPG's", so even if WOTC does gain me as a customer with their "Rosetta Stone" RPG, Paizo will still have me as a customer, because they will still create the awesome content that I like to buy.</p><p></p><p>So its definitely going to be interesting to see how everything actually does play out in 2 years. I certainly hope that it goes where Paizo will be staying around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 6020443, member: 10177"] Depends on the customer base. IF they are attracted to the "new shiny", or not. Plus it also depends on if the "new shiny" is actually any good in comparison to PF. So I am sure Paizo is hoping that people will either realize that since they have loved their PF experience that there is not need to check out the "new shiny", or after a few months of checking out 5E they will decide they still love what PF gives them much better and return. So I am sure Paizo is hoping a large number of their current fan base will continue to be their fan base. Considering how poorly things have apparently gone for WOTC with 4E (since they are switching to a completely new edition already, I am assuming it went poorly) I think Paizo has a very real chance of once again keeping a large number of fans. See, TSR/WOTC in the past apparently carried a lot of their fans over to the new edition by default, because there was no support for the "old" edition. So I am thinking with 4E, they were kind of shocked to see a very significant number of their fan base stay with the old edition. To the point where that support, Paizo, even started to outsell them. So assuming WOTC has actually learned their lesson, for the first time they actually have to put out a "knock your socks off" new edition. Otherwise, Paizo is going to keep their market share. So if WOTC succeeds, and actually knocks our socks off with 5E, then Paizo may have to do something to continue to thrive. If WOTC fails to deliver a truly new and IMPROVED RPG over what has come before, then Paizo should be fine with going on as they have. So I for one am very interested in seeing how it plays out in two years. On one hand, I would love to see a new version of D&D that I think is actually a better game than what I play now. I really would. On the other hand, I may hate what happens to Paizo if that does happen. Then again, if WOTC is sticking to the "Rosseta Stone of RPG's" idea, and succeeds, by default all the wonderful setting and adventure stuff Paizo does will remain viable and sell to a broad customer base. Thats why I buy Paizo stuff, because I am playing the current "Rosetta Stone of RPG's", so even if WOTC does gain me as a customer with their "Rosetta Stone" RPG, Paizo will still have me as a customer, because they will still create the awesome content that I like to buy. So its definitely going to be interesting to see how everything actually does play out in 2 years. I certainly hope that it goes where Paizo will be staying around. [/QUOTE]
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