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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 6204438" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>I think the success of 5e is important to the name "Dungeons & Dragons" though, RPGs will survive even if 5e tanks. Paizo seems to be a well-run company that is good at appearing to respond to the wishes of their fans. However, over the long term, is the name "Pathfinder" going to bring in new people or even the children of people who played D&D in 1e/2e and even 3e days? Or, people who played earlier editions as teens or college students? Will they return if they don't see that D&D is still around? </p><p></p><p>D&D as a brand name has been around from the 1970s and has only become common in popular culture over the last 10-15 years. While the internet makes the dissemination of information a lot faster than it was 30-40 years ago, it will still take a long time for Paizo to get up the cultural name recognition that D&D has had. (I'm not talking about current sales - just if you ask the average person on the street, I'm guessing that D&D is far better known than Pathfinder, and it will take a long time for Paizo to get up to that level of name recognition.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 6204438, member: 10784"] I think the success of 5e is important to the name "Dungeons & Dragons" though, RPGs will survive even if 5e tanks. Paizo seems to be a well-run company that is good at appearing to respond to the wishes of their fans. However, over the long term, is the name "Pathfinder" going to bring in new people or even the children of people who played D&D in 1e/2e and even 3e days? Or, people who played earlier editions as teens or college students? Will they return if they don't see that D&D is still around? D&D as a brand name has been around from the 1970s and has only become common in popular culture over the last 10-15 years. While the internet makes the dissemination of information a lot faster than it was 30-40 years ago, it will still take a long time for Paizo to get up the cultural name recognition that D&D has had. (I'm not talking about current sales - just if you ask the average person on the street, I'm guessing that D&D is far better known than Pathfinder, and it will take a long time for Paizo to get up to that level of name recognition.) [/QUOTE]
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