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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5342420" data-attributes="member: 92511">Mistwell, thanks for the attempted clarification.I am shocked that that is considered a &quot;real marketing decision based on real marketing research.&quot; Regardless of reusing some 20 year old cover art, it still looks like some 80's music video (exceptionally poor by today's standards but would be &quot;really cool&quot; for the time). As for what the &quot;effect&quot; nostaliga has on me being different from other people, I cannot say. I like nostalgia. I get nostalgic. I recognized all (or practically all) of the art used in the &quot;video-turned-ad.&quot; Probably still have most of the source material floating around in an attic somewhere. &quot;What's this with the Githyanki image from FF?&quot; was my first thought when I saw the screen...and how I was looking forward to something &quot;extremely awesome.&quot; That just wasn't it.Still, speaking as someone who could be counted among that &quot;extraordinary number&quot; of lapsed 1e players, seeing that display would neither entice me to buy it for myself nor to share with my kids (if I had any).Sure, if it does for other people then yes, objectively speaking, that would be &quot;good for the hobby.&quot; But having a bit of marketing and advertising experience myself, as well as some graphics experience, THAT was not worth what WotC paid for it (to be banking on &quot;nostalgia&quot;), research or no. Just my humble opinion. If you enjoy it, enjoy it. But for me, not so much.--SD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5342420, member: 92511"] Mistwell, thanks for the attempted clarification. I am shocked that that is considered a "real marketing decision based on real marketing research." Regardless of reusing some 20 year old cover art, it still looks like some 80's music video (exceptionally poor by today's standards but would be "really cool" for the time). As for what the "effect" nostaliga has on me being different from other people, I cannot say. I like nostalgia. I get nostalgic. I recognized all (or practically all) of the art used in the "video-turned-ad." Probably still have most of the source material floating around in an attic somewhere. "What's this with the Githyanki image from FF?" was my first thought when I saw the screen...and how I [I]was[/I] looking forward to something "extremely awesome." That just wasn't it. Still, speaking as someone who could be counted among that "extraordinary number" of lapsed 1e players, seeing that display would neither entice me to buy it for myself nor to share with my kids (if I had any). Sure, if it [I]does[/I] for other people then yes, objectively speaking, that would be "good for the hobby." But having a bit of marketing and advertising experience myself, as well as some graphics experience, THAT was not worth what WotC paid for it (to be banking on "nostalgia"), research or no. Just my humble opinion. If you enjoy it, enjoy it. But for me, not so much. --SD [/QUOTE]

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