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No, I have survey data. Please detail your data. Oh, you haven't a clue. That's what I thought...

Keep reading and you'll understand, eventually.

Read the rest of my post and answer to that.

It is when I found them by random means and in random places. So, what is your experience in marketing & surveying? I'll wait for you to answer this inexplicably, unanswered question...

Please state the "bias" you see. I've successfully run mktg for a very large multinational for 10+ years & 5 years of a large US company. How about you?

Umm, milk. What ARE you talking about? I already stated this. There was no self selection. It was a list of current players from groups that didn't know each other I've met over 15 years. Pretty random in location, age and other demographics... If you have better survey data I'd like to...

In a sense it helps solve the energy crisis. In reality it does nothing to stop those PDFs from being pirated...

Well, not really anecdotal. I did a formal survey to known customers. And yes, I know how to structure and perform surveys. Sample size isn't too bad considering size of cust base. My data covers 3 continents of players who don't know each other. Overall, my survey is a better sampling than...

No. Pulling PDFs that are already all over the net does NOTHING to stop the piracy of those items. So, that is a lie. It ONLY keeps legit customers from purchasing legacy product. Now, that is a strat if you think an old product line is damaging an existing one. That is what the pulling of...

Here's a good way to detect a lie. WotC says PH2 is being pirated so we are stopping the sale of ALL PDFs. Okay, how does ceasing the sale of a D&D 1st Ed DMG PDF have anything to do with 4.0 PHB2 pirating? Answer, nothing, ergo a lie. So, it's not that people don't believe anything WotC...

All I know is that when I surveyed the ~90 people I know that play D&D on 3 different continents, only 10 replaced playing 3.x with 4.0. About 25 bought the 4.0 PHB, DMG, MM in some combo.

Nope. Having worked in publishing it means they didn't really know how fast it would move. That is disconnected from the goals set by corp management for the product line in general. Top management doesn't make print run decisions (unless it is a tiny company.)

Again, not relevant. Did the sales reach the goals set by corp management? When you know the answer to that, you will know whether it was a success or failure...

Again, not apples to apples. In 4.0 they split up what would normally be in a 1st PHB & made 2 PHBs. Neat mktg ploy though. Better would be to compare PHB, MM & DMG sales after one year for both editions.

That would help except, a wall of force isn't an object, no more than X-rays are an object. Therefore, dragon doesn't know it's there until he smacks into it. Roll damage as per rules and dragon falls...

Umm, not exactly applicable. 1st, you as a DM have to modify the monster to make it be damaged by water. In that process you determine how much water does what damage. Then at that point it is easy. It has nothing to do with a player doing something not covered in the rules. It has more to...

After a period of time that was much longer than 3.x books & not worth the shelf space. Not relevant to how many books move in a particular book store as evidenced by local sales.

After a period of time that was much longer than 3.x books & not worth the shelf space. Not relevant to how many books move in a particular book store as evidenced by local sales.

Yep, I don't see how anyone, with the data provided by WotC, can say it is failing or succeeding. Those terms are subjective. What is the criteria used to determine? All anyone outside the company can do is show objective statistics (hard to come by).

You can print for your own use but can't give to others.