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4e was not OGL, yet its pre-orders were higher than 3.xe. This means that probably the OGL is irrelevant for the success of 5e. What matters the most is how well the game will be received by its fans and how much resistace in time it will have. If 5e is not recognized as an improvement over the...

While I accept the facts that Ryan is presenting us, I disagree with some of his conclusions. Regarding marketing to younger children and the micro-transaction model. Is there any data about the ages that this model can target and work out? Are there any entertainment products aimed at 10 year...

I think that in the 80s and 90s people had to go out to meet each other, to communicate and consume so they went out a lot more than they do now, where they may choose instead to conveniently put some of their free time on online communities like enworld, rpg.net and what have you. This is a...

4e is to Descent what Rolemaster is to classic D&D. Agree/Disagree Discuss.

Defcon the matter of fact is that the success of the product Wotc produces is linked to the nature of an existent and living market. What or where the appeal of their product is, it's not something easy to define. Here is where their problem lies. People talk about communities as these...

Yeah, but what you say here is kind of...redundant? Nobody believes that Wotc is supposed to not produce product. The question is if there is this kind of product they can produce that enough people will buy it.

Good post.

Gary Gygax stressed the need of a unified standard, so that the player base could grow in numbers. D&D's players would transcend from their houserules to the quality products of a publishing house. But in the age of internet and free online applications, is this still necessary and/or...

HA, good!

Your point? You do not need to have Wotc to officially do this when fans can credibly do it by themselves. And even if Wotc did point out the numbers that would not mean that they were lying. Hehe, Lisa Stevens and Mike Mearls (has he?) have made posts to boast about the height of their numbers...

Yes. The latest reports have also still influenced the interent D&D communities and edition wars.

It is not the first time we question ethics regarding what we know behind various announcements or methods or practices of Wotc or Paizo or what have you. They are companies after all, and companies are known to behave in whatever way it may help their bottom line. OTOH you are making it...

It is like someone casting some doubt after seeing an advertisement of some product and you jump on him accusing him of no actual evidence that give him no right to be questionable about said thing. Or like some people that have been questioning the credibility of the value of icv2 reports...

It was an hypothesis based on some logical possible cause. Why is it more interesting to see my motives than think about the logic behind the argument. In fact, the first thing that you do here is to show that you would rather dare accusing people of trolling if they dare think of some idea or...

I must have pissed in your cheerios or something...sorry bout that.

Many fans across the various community forums use the DDI subscription numbers as an argument to indicate that 4e is a healthy and solid affair for Wotc. Alas, since internet communities are important for the companies one could think that even edition wars (Pathfinder included as an edition)...

That would be my bet too. But... you never know.

Why? We have seen it before, publishers employing dishonest tactics to improve the public image of the performance of their products. It ain't something unheard of. Major -big business- cigarette companies have been accused of clandestine product sales. In general, companies are not genuine to...

Just a question. Is it reasonable, for Wotc to have created a few accounts themselves? I am not saying it is happening, I am just asking if it could be a possibility to consider or if we should rather to exclude it.

3.5e/Pathfinder fans do you like essentials? If not why is that? Do you still prefer 3.5/Pathfinder? If so, why?