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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6204246" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>Reports from WOTC were that the initial sales of 4e were stronger than the initial sales of 3.0e or 3.5e. So the problem with 4e was sustainability of sales longer term.</p><p></p><p>This new poll has a "maybe" selection, which was not in the prior polls. If you add the probably and yes to about half the maybe (and the other half to the negative), you're getting almost identical "positives" to the 4e positives, and identical "negatives" to the 4e negatives, before it came out.</p><p></p><p>So, this tells me initial sales of 5e will be strong, stronger than initial sales of 3.0e and 3.5e, and about the same as initial sales of 4e. The question again will be one of sustainability.</p><p></p><p>That is, of course, if such a small sample from such a select group is representative of anything...which it might not be.</p><p></p><p>The other missing factor is, apparently, Hasbro intends a massive marketing campaign and related licensing for D&D that they have not done in decades. That could make all this a non-issue, as the quantity of completely lapsed AD&D players is likely greater than the total sum of all current players of all versions of the game (based on the old 1999 survey reports), and then the body of potential new gamers is extremely large. Now I have no idea the extent of those marketing plans and if they will come about and bear fruit, but those factors could well be far more important to the success or failure of the game than all the existing gamers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6204246, member: 2525"] Reports from WOTC were that the initial sales of 4e were stronger than the initial sales of 3.0e or 3.5e. So the problem with 4e was sustainability of sales longer term. This new poll has a "maybe" selection, which was not in the prior polls. If you add the probably and yes to about half the maybe (and the other half to the negative), you're getting almost identical "positives" to the 4e positives, and identical "negatives" to the 4e negatives, before it came out. So, this tells me initial sales of 5e will be strong, stronger than initial sales of 3.0e and 3.5e, and about the same as initial sales of 4e. The question again will be one of sustainability. That is, of course, if such a small sample from such a select group is representative of anything...which it might not be. The other missing factor is, apparently, Hasbro intends a massive marketing campaign and related licensing for D&D that they have not done in decades. That could make all this a non-issue, as the quantity of completely lapsed AD&D players is likely greater than the total sum of all current players of all versions of the game (based on the old 1999 survey reports), and then the body of potential new gamers is extremely large. Now I have no idea the extent of those marketing plans and if they will come about and bear fruit, but those factors could well be far more important to the success or failure of the game than all the existing gamers. [/QUOTE]
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