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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 7688738" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>Those sort of things can actually do more harm than good, depending on the situation. </p><p></p><p>There are some games where the vocal Internet doesn't represent the reality of what's happening. For example, the Battletech guys recently put out the final House book (Kurita) even though they confirmed that series was a slow seller for them. That doesn't sound like a great business decision to me. </p><p></p><p>They did it for the "fans" that kept asking for it in their forums. Fans that made a lot of noise on the Internet, but not with their wallets. As a business, at some point, you have to confirm if the fan base is growing or just growing louder. (What is that theory in entertainment/music where you have to be aware that as you are catering to your fans, you might be actually shrinking your fan base?)</p><p></p><p>And I say that as a big fans of both Mystara and Ravenloft. I enjoy the occasional FR book, but for me Mystara was my first love and the ultimate drop in and play setting*. (When your races were as vanilla as you can get, the designers had to focus on politics).</p><p></p><p>And Ravenloft is great for those nights you feel like an evil GM. YMMV, but for me DS and Eberron are great imaginative settings while FR is decent- but oversold. </p><p></p><p>*If I knew then what I know now, I would have just kept all my stuff until CnC and 5e came back around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 7688738, member: 15582"] Those sort of things can actually do more harm than good, depending on the situation. There are some games where the vocal Internet doesn't represent the reality of what's happening. For example, the Battletech guys recently put out the final House book (Kurita) even though they confirmed that series was a slow seller for them. That doesn't sound like a great business decision to me. They did it for the "fans" that kept asking for it in their forums. Fans that made a lot of noise on the Internet, but not with their wallets. As a business, at some point, you have to confirm if the fan base is growing or just growing louder. (What is that theory in entertainment/music where you have to be aware that as you are catering to your fans, you might be actually shrinking your fan base?) And I say that as a big fans of both Mystara and Ravenloft. I enjoy the occasional FR book, but for me Mystara was my first love and the ultimate drop in and play setting*. (When your races were as vanilla as you can get, the designers had to focus on politics). And Ravenloft is great for those nights you feel like an evil GM. YMMV, but for me DS and Eberron are great imaginative settings while FR is decent- but oversold. *If I knew then what I know now, I would have just kept all my stuff until CnC and 5e came back around. [/QUOTE]
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