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No. I just do not get how you say it is not "their" market. Your efforts and especially your definition in this post are... strange. You are saying here that you were correct by saying Pathfinder did not capture part of Wotc's market because if it were so Wotc would not need to make now any...

The point is that Wotc could have claimed back part of that share if it were not for Pathfinder. Moreover Pathfinder not only has prevented Wotc from doing so -it also seems that it can claim part of Wotc's share. This environment makes Pathfinder the powerhouse it is. Sure, if it were not for...

I see your point. Obviously Pathfinder has had the opportunity to claim existent territory and so it did. I am not ignoring this. I have pointed this out more than one time. The deal is though that a D&D line is not only rules. There are many Pathfinder or 3.x players that play Pathfinder or...

True. Not only do I agree here, I also mentioned this in my post above. True. But this was an answer to what Wotc did. Moreover Paizo did try to explain or just say why they did not follow 4e and contrast it with a preferable 3.xe regarding certain important points and needs of their public...

The matter of liking something or not, in entertainment products is mostly a matter of choice or preference among alternatives -granted that the market exists more or less. Liking something or not, in this case is not an absolute thing. I am not contradicting myself. The keyword here is...

Pathfinder, while catering to the 3.xe was something new to explore. At the same time it was so close to 3.x (claiming compatibility) that must have cut it for many skeptical fans that had second thoughts regarding the steps towards 4e; fans that otherwise could have given 4e a better or a...

How are you so sure about people not liking 4e or even what that actually means? Games not only have their weak and strong points, they are also eligible to sorts of modifications. What you could rather say, that it would make more sense, is that you like more 3.xe than 4e. This I can...

Not necessarily. Some people have suggested upthread that a game like D&D gains heavily from good adventure and setting support. Paizo's APs are for 3.5 and Pathfinder. This is an existing market, created by Wotc's 3.xe. Paizo supports this market and this market supports Paizo. If Paizo...

Pathfinder is not a worse game than 4e. It is different and perhaps, as a game it may even have a longer lasting appeal. I believe, if another company made a game like 4e while Wotc went on with 3.5 or a game like Pathfinder, in this scenario 4e would fare much worse than how Pathfinder has...

You cant be serious. If there were no such thing as Pathfinder, more 3.xe people would have followed Wotc regarding their purchases for D&D. Especially if Paizo went on to make quality adventures & APs for 4e. But Paizo did not do this. Instead it tried to transform the 3.5 market to a...

Ehhh, realy? I am not sure anymore. In that article reference "Wotc" is in the title but "wizards of the coast" in the text.

No. People only type wotc. In typed searches wotc totally eclipses "wizards of the coast". OTOH the presence of the term "wizards of the coast" eclipses the term "wotc" within news articles.

Sure, but it is not likely that one product dominates anyone of these populations in expense of the other product. Both products can more or less equally reach these populations. They target the same market. There is really no evidence that some population should prefer one product over the...

Interestingly in the news articles press "wizards of the coast" eclipses Paizo but in web searches Paizo eclipses "wizards of the coast"

Well, Pathfinder is essentially a d&d 3.5e spin off. That is, I doubt that there is anyone on earth that has not heard of D&D, while being aware of the Pathfinder rpg. But Wotc currently only supports 4e. Mike Mearls' last article excluded, Wotc has given the impression to be aggressive towards...

What about "google trends"? Here is one trend request regarding the following keywords: pathfinder rpg, d&d essentials, d&d 4e http://trends.google.com/trends?q=pathfinder+rpg%2C+d%26d+essentials%2C+d%26d+4e&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Pathfinder and D&D compete for a segment of a shared market. I think that at this point this is undeniable. In the past D&D was the absolute king of the market. It had no fear of any competition. This is not the case any more. D&D competes with a player that produces support of the highest...

Burger King may also want a fee license deal as an entry filter of quality control of its partners. Also Burger King should be controlling if partners conform to quality standards and this thing costs. So, a license fee or some deal of some kind of partnership contribution should be something to...

I see what you did there ;)

The thing is that all other things are not equal. Who is not to say that Wotc could not find itself against a myriad of problems like a publisher producing a line that would be of a better quality and more successful than what they do and thus risking to hurt the privileges of the D&D brand's...