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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7660716" data-attributes="member: 2525">I find it rather silly to see some people claiming releasing all three core books is the &quot;industry standard&quot; when the only company that's done that (that's a real player in the industry) is WOTC itself.&nbsp; So if they set the industry standard before (despite Paizo not following that standard) then you're saying they set the new standard now.&nbsp; Which means them not releasing them all at once is the new industry standard.None of this &quot;release all at the same time&quot; makes sense from an &quot;industry standard&quot; basis.&nbsp; It's not the industry standard, and never was.&nbsp; One company has done that, it was WOTC itself, and they didn't like the results so decided to change their minds on how to do it.&nbsp; You can dislike it, but the &quot;industry standard&quot; argument doesn't make sense for that part of this topic.Moreover, it's meaningless now.&nbsp; You had to wait a few months, and those months are done now, and it's obviously not the end of the world here or even a genuine mark against them - I see no evidence it hurt their sales or games started in 5e because of the core release schedule - a schedule somewhat similar to their primary competitor (Paizo).&nbsp; It doesn't &quot;add up&quot; to another list of complaints to tip any scale - anything which was as finite as a few months, that's already passed, during heavy sales, is a sign it is not a factor contributing to any &quot;adding up&quot; of factors which harm the game.&nbsp; It's a one-off issue that they got through just fine, at worse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7660716, member: 2525"] I find it rather silly to see some people claiming releasing all three core books is the "industry standard" when the only company that's done that (that's a real player in the industry) is WOTC itself. So if they set the industry standard before (despite Paizo not following that standard) then you're saying they set the new standard now. Which means them not releasing them all at once is the new industry standard. None of this "release all at the same time" makes sense from an "industry standard" basis. It's not the industry standard, and never was. One company has done that, it was WOTC itself, and they didn't like the results so decided to change their minds on how to do it. You can dislike it, but the "industry standard" argument doesn't make sense for that part of this topic. Moreover, it's meaningless now. You had to wait a few months, and those months are done now, and it's obviously not the end of the world here or even a genuine mark against them - I see no evidence it hurt their sales or games started in 5e because of the core release schedule - a schedule somewhat similar to their primary competitor (Paizo). It doesn't "add up" to another list of complaints to tip any scale - anything which was as finite as a few months, that's already passed, during heavy sales, is a sign it is not a factor contributing to any "adding up" of factors which harm the game. It's a one-off issue that they got through just fine, at worse. [/QUOTE]

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