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<blockquote data-quote="Parmandur" data-source="post: 7795053" data-attributes="member: 6780330"><p>There is no evidence that the strategy has anything to do with a skeleton crew, particularly as the WotC D&D team has continued to grow for five years. They have said repeatedly it is because most people switch off and stop buying when too many books come out, with 3-4 a year being the sweet spot for generating interest (I myself bought two D&D books before 5E came out, and have now bought everything except the Acquisitions, Inc. book). That this strategy has proven extremely effective is not an ironic coincidence, bit a successful plan </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was not implying that Haffung was wrong to want something different, but history has indeed demonstrated that WotC current approach is not "mistaken."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There were other windows of nerd culture opportunity that didn't work out the same way for D&D. The current ruleset, and the current publishing strategy, are a definite part of the mix right now. WotC has marketing research about how many books people are comfortable with in a given year, and are making informed decisions based on data and psychology. And, it is working, and hence is not "mistaken."</p><p></p><p>"Mistaken" is best applied to the strategy that leads to mass layoffs or bankruptcy, which is what previous publishing strategies have led to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parmandur, post: 7795053, member: 6780330"] There is no evidence that the strategy has anything to do with a skeleton crew, particularly as the WotC D&D team has continued to grow for five years. They have said repeatedly it is because most people switch off and stop buying when too many books come out, with 3-4 a year being the sweet spot for generating interest (I myself bought two D&D books before 5E came out, and have now bought everything except the Acquisitions, Inc. book). That this strategy has proven extremely effective is not an ironic coincidence, bit a successful plan I was not implying that Haffung was wrong to want something different, but history has indeed demonstrated that WotC current approach is not "mistaken." There were other windows of nerd culture opportunity that didn't work out the same way for D&D. The current ruleset, and the current publishing strategy, are a definite part of the mix right now. WotC has marketing research about how many books people are comfortable with in a given year, and are making informed decisions based on data and psychology. And, it is working, and hence is not "mistaken." "Mistaken" is best applied to the strategy that leads to mass layoffs or bankruptcy, which is what previous publishing strategies have led to. [/QUOTE]
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