Changeover poll

[DaveMage]

Wow. I'm pretty shocked at the numbers. About 50% of the people polled here are not switching? To be fair, I realize that a poll on ENWorld is not the most scientific of samplings. However, I'm simply surprised as all get out at the numbers. I truly thought that people would grumble a little bit but then get over it.

Since there is an alternative (Pathfinder) to switching, there's really no need to switch to 4E if one is relatively happy with 3.5. Most of those going 4E seem to have been unhappy with 3.5.

 

[Phlebas]

Regardless of the final numbers, i think this poll has proved that their are enough people playing 4E & enough people remaining with 3,xE that this forum (and by that i mean the members) have to find a way of keeping both camps happy rather than assuming that one point of view will eventually dominate.

Also, since this implies that no-one will ever 'win' an edition war maybe (just maybe) we can get on with talking about the games, and not the edition !

(please.....)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Personally, as a professed non-switcher, I'm quite surprised by the results- I was expecting 25-33% max not changing over.

And no, I'm not gloating- numbers like that would bode better for the health of the game as a comercial concern, including possible tweeks or all-out revisions in future releases that might make the game more palatable to those like me.

 

[cangrejoide]

(SCREW THIS FORUM LAG !I HAD TYPED A LONG POST AND LOST IT! BAH!)

Oke here is the summed up version:

50% change with only 2 months of the game being out is actually quite good, and consider that their is a 30% that havent tried it yet. SO I bet this poll will be very different in about a year from now.

But then again this is just a forum poll, this is not an actual market survey. Thank god Paizo doesn't listens to internet poll or else they would be screwed.

(If this seems to snarky, blame it on the forum lag)

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

750 votes! Cheers!

Same results, though.

37% Changeover
14% Partial Changeover
49% No Changeover

 

[BryonD]

(SCREW THIS FORUM LAG !I HAD TYPED A LONG POST AND LOST IT! BAH!)

Oke here is the summed up version:

50% change with only 2 months of the game being out is actually quite good, and consider that their is a 30% that havent tried it yet. SO I bet this poll will be very different in about a year from now.

There is a whole forked thread about this topic. If you go digging you can find it. It has been a couple weeks or so back.

But then again this is just a forum poll, this is not an actual market survey. Thank god Paizo doesn't listens to internet poll or else they would be screwed.

Agreed. Though it seems to stack up fairly well with the overall consensus.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

(bumps this up, thinking 800 votes is possible)

 

[Imaro]

One thing I find interesting is the number of people who tried 4e and decided not to switch. I wonder if this could account for some of the initial success of the 4e corebook sales. It will be interesting to see how well 4e does in the long run when looking at these numbers. I would love to see a poll about purchases of future products for 4e.

 

[Khairn]

One thing I find interesting is the number of people who tried 4e and decided not to switch. I wonder if this could account for some of the initial success of the 4e corebook sales. It will be interesting to see how well 4e does in the long run when looking at these numbers. I would love to see a poll about purchases of future products for 4e.

I'm really surprised at these numbers as well. To have that many people try 4E and say "nope ... not for me" is significant. I know that I'm pissed off with the amount that I spent, now being relegated to gathering dust on my bookshelf.

 

[Imaro]

I'm really surprised at these numbers as well. To have that many people try 4E and say "nope ... not for me" is significant. I know that I'm pissed off with the amount that I spent, now being relegated to gathering dust on my bookshelf.

Yeah, I totally empathize... I bought 2 PHB's (along with the DM guide and MM) thinking this could be a good starting point to get my son into the game...only to find it's not to my groups tatses.