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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack99" data-source="post: 4149136" data-attributes="member: 53135">I could have sworn we have been over this at least a gazillion times. Anyway. Paizo has created some high-quality adventures and some great fluff. However, creating adventures and fluff is not the same as creating a great system, so will they be able to make Pathfinder a great game, that will appeal to all but their hardcore fans? That remains to be seen. There is about 5.5 million people who play DND worldwide (last figure I have heard)Pathfinder Alpha has been downloaded by more than 10.000 (last figure we have gotten afaik). While this is more than Mr. Mona had hoped for (at least he made it sound as if he was very pleased by said number) 10.000 downloads on a free rules-system doesn't sound like it will be a system that even makes a dent into WoTC sales. Lots of people who downloaded it, did it out of curiosity, but curiosity won't pay the bills, come august (or whenever) 2009. Don't get me wrong. I like Paizo, I love their products, and their customer business is the best I have ever experienced in my 30-odd years of life. I was subscribing to both the Pathfinder series and to their Game-Mastery Modules until they decided to not wait for the GSL (I don't blame them for that either, since it's a business after all, Mr. Mona can't gamble with the jobs of 22 people). I want Paizo to succeed, if only so that they can produce some top notch 4e modules, but also because they are helping keep some people who otherwise would have stopped playing (this happens with every edition change). But that doesn't change the fact that most people who play DND have very little clue about Paizo (mostly because they don't spend huge amount of their time on boards like this one) and on a larger scale, Paizo's number of customers is relatively insignificant.Of course, I could be all wrong, and due to the success of Pathfinder, Paizo will be buying Hasbro in 2010....Cheers</blockquote>

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